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Assisted living is not your grandma’s nursing home, despite what many people think. Many people don’t want to make the move into an independent or assisted living community and will fight to […]

Unfortunately, isolation among seniors is alarmingly common, and will continue to increase in prevalence as the population grows. Learn how to help your loved ones stay healthy by reading more […]

Some people have the wrong idea about hospice care. They think that hospice is only about dying and that hospice is the place you go when there’s nothing more to […]

As we age, we need to keep ‘purpose’ in our lives.    The definition of “purpose” should be different for every one of us and it shouldn’t be defined by […]

About one in four people over the age of 50 have some level of hearing loss, increasing to over 70% of people over 70 The exact reasons for deteriorating hearing […]

TACKLING SPRING CLEANING AT MOM’S OR DAD’S   What does Spring Cleaning mean? Well, back in the olden days, it meant cleaning every surface of the house to remove the […]

  Here’s an assessment checklist that will help you determine if mom or dad should safely continue to live at home.  This assessment take a good look at the present […]

Are you lonely or suffering from ‘loneliness’? In a 2010 AARP survey, 35% of all responders reported feeling lonely. Of those, almost 50% said their loneliness had gone on for […]

Visiting Elderly Family at the Holidays When families live far away from one another, the holidays may be the only opportunity that certain family members have to personally observe older […]

It is the holiday season. It is hard to find the right gift for your loved one with dementia. What do they enjoy doing?  For those in the early stages of dementia […]