Our Top Tips to Help Older Adults Live Their Best Lives
As we prepare to move forward into 2023, it is the perfect time to think about what we have learned through the previous year and what changes we would like to make in the coming year. It’s not just about making a resolution that’s likely to be given up on within a matter of weeks. […]
Reduce Agitation With These Sensory Dementia Care Activities
Unexplained mood swings are hallmark symptoms of dementia, and can be challenging for family caregivers to navigate. One minute you are enjoying a nice activity together, when seemingly out of nowhere, the person’s countenance darkens. You may then find yourself walking on eggshells as you cautiously make an effort to resolve a situation you don’t […]
Fun and Engaging Activities for Seniors with Dementia
Remaining active and involved in meaningful interests is vital for our mental health. We all want to feel both successful and needed. This feeling does not disappear because of a diagnosis of dementia, although it might require some creativity to achieve. In fact, engaging and rewarding activities can lessen stressful symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease such as […]
Daily Exercise Leads to Better Aging Through Improved Health
We are on the verge of a brand new year, and we all know what that means: time to make some resolutions! If you are similar to most people, you will begin with the best of intentions. But as the days go by and life gets busier, you could find your resolve diminishing until you’ve […]
Celebrate Social Wellness Month by Helping Seniors Connect with Meaningful Activities
Living through more than a year of a worldwide pandemic taught us never to take for granted the small but extremely significant things in life: shared laughter, hugging our loved ones, a lunch date in our favorite café. We learned firsthand exactly how much socialization is to be valued, and how lost and empty we […]
The Mutual Benefits of Grandparent/Grandchild Relationships
As the saying goes, “What happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s!” Being a grandparent could very well be one of life’s greatest joys – an opportunity to experience once more the satisfaction of doting on and spending quality time with the children in your life; only this time around, they’re your children’s children, and so […]
Tips on Summer Safety for Older Adults
The longer days of summer mean additional time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other wonderful seasonal pursuits. Yet it also means an increased risk for a variety of health concerns for seniors, who are more susceptible to heat-related issues such as: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) Heat exhaustion […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Engaging Activities Designed for Senior Men
For lots of older men, who have spent a lifetime on an important career, family, hobbies and interests, the concept of settling in for an afternoon of crafting is, at best, unsettling. The answer to identifying engaging activities designed for senior men is in first finding the time to dig back into the history of […]
Benefits of Lifelong Learning for Seniors
Step into practically any store at this time of the year and you will be inundated with displays of sale-priced backpacks, pencils, notebooks, and lunchboxes – and aisles full of parents scrambling to check off all the items from the kids’ back-to-school supply lists. And while we might connect the new school year with children, […]
Using Nature to Nurture: The Benefits of Being Outside for Seniors
Is there anything better following the long, cold winter than finally having the ability to open up the windows and let the fresh, warm, springtime breezes blow throughout your house? Something about the sights, aromas, and sounds of nature gives us an effective pick-me-up, which is the reason why it is so important for older […]