Mental Health in Senior Citizens: A Growing Concern

They are called our “golden years” for good reason; growing older brings with it a great deal of positive benefits, including greater wisdom, the freedom to experience life without having the responsibilities of a career and young family to raise, in addition to the ability to spend more time with family and friends and participate […]

Top Tips to Help Manage Kidney Disease in Seniors

They’re only around the size of your fist, yet they’re crucial to your body’s performance. Kidneys serve as filters to remove waste from the body, but they also regulate our blood pressure and help with the production of red blood cells. For individuals diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, effective management is vital to prevent further […]

DIY Home Safety Assessment to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place

With the majority of seniors choosing to continue to live at home during the course of aging, it is important to complete an extensive home safety assessment to identify and repair any dangers and make certain the seniors you love remain secure and safe. The easiest way to do this is to begin outside the […]

Tips on How to Manage Osteoarthritis

Impacting 30 million individuals within the U.S. alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results due to the wearing away of cartilage, creating friction in the joints as unprotected bones rub against one another. Although it may appear in almost any joint, it’s most prevalent in the hands, hips, knees, lower back, and […]

Home Modification Tips to Keep Bathrooms Safe for Seniors

Even though you may consider your bathroom to be a safe place where you can relax and rest with a soothing bath or invigorating shower at the end of an extended day, for older adults, the bathroom is actually probably the most dangerous room in the house. With slippery floors that are even slipperier when […]

New Year Goal Setting: Meaningful Resolutions for Caregivers

We either love them or avoid them, but no matter what our stance on New Year goal setting, there is something incredibly invigorating about moving into a new year, providing us with a clean slate and the chance to make any changes we aspire to improve wellbeing or to accomplish a new goal or dream. […]