Caring for the elderly can be daunting and challenging at times. It is something to that everybody has something to worry about sometime. Everyone gets old in each and every family, and at the very least, most people have a relative of an advanced ag Continue...

There was a time, not that long ago, when a senior citizen could plan on living with an adult child as the years took their relentless toll. Now senior retirement centers are popping up seemingly everywhere.It's a good idea to take a look Continue...

An area of concern that I get asked about the most is finding someone to give the caregiver a break.Most adult children fall into caregiving as a result of an incident that placed their elder in a crisis situation. After the d Continue...

Assisted living is simply finding help in the form of a care giver or a family member assigned to assist an elder who with illness or diminished mental ability is no longer capable of living an independent life. Depending as to the circumstances inv Continue...

There are many things to consider before you purchase a wheelchair. Regardless of whether you want a manual or powered chair, consider the following: 1. Folding or rigid frames?On manual chairs, folding frames are the usual co Continue...

Alzheimers disease is a progressive disease in which the condition worsens over time. As more parts of the brain are being damaged, the symptoms of Alzheimers disease become more severe. Patients experience frustration and grief as they struggle wi Continue...

 If you are selling a house over the next 10 or more years you need to know about a huge trend.  Many buyers are retiring.  Is the house you are selling fit for an aging buyer?  Here is a list of eight things you can do to m Continue...

Q. When do you need a care facility? A. A residential care facility should be taken into account when at least one of the following circumstances happens:- Your elderly relative requires and demands twenty four hour of continuous ca Continue...

Summer heat waves pose a very real danger to the eldely. Normally, our body controls and regulates elevated temperature by allowing heat loss through the skin and by evaporation. As we age, our ability to control the body's temperature is Continue...

Martin was an 80 year old citizen of North Dakota. He had relatives who lived far away and were only able to visit periodically. Although he is up in age, he still does all the things he needs to live from day to day. With a little help from his nei Continue...

With more and more people living longer and longer, the question of quality of life is a constant concern. Some older people choose to grab life by the horns and soak up every second. Others are simply unable to do so. Still others choose to let litt Continue...

Here are five things you must do to ensure that you and your parents will have a great vacation.1. Ensure that the itinerary is not too fast paced.Old folks tend to get tired easily and thus it is not advisable to include acti Continue...

The Sixty Year Old Personality Benjamin Franklin once said that all would live long, but none would be old. What should we actually expect of ourselves after sixty years? Must we eventually become senile and mentally old, or can we have a long life Continue...

Healthy eating and nutrition for the elderly is greatly impacted by several factors, one of thembeing a change in body composition. During thelater years in life, the body will lose bone andmuscle and gain fat because the hor Continue...

You have spent all of your life raising children, working to feed everybody, buy a home, buy clothes to dress everyone, made all of your own financial decisions and you have done a really good job of it. Now, someone comes along and decides that you Continue...

Going through life's sunset presents many daunting challenges and consequences. You will have to face financial constraints and inflexibility due to limited source of income, fixed social security benefits, facing the high cost of health care and pre Continue...

Finding an appropriate retirement home could waste you precious time and money. So make sure you're ready to plan for this major change. Retirement homes are usually developed as a condominium or a compound of properties, but are these the only optio Continue...

Senior citizens are at high risk of catching bird flu during a pandemic because their immune systems are weaker due to their age.While it's true that not many bird flu victims of the current strain of H5N1 have been elderly, that's probab Continue...

Ever wondered how you could nurture your aging parents while you are sandwiched between caring for them and the rest of your family?It was painful for Tricia, as her father declined in his 80's. "Dad and I shared such fun times together Continue...

Here are some other ideas of helpful projects that would be of benefit to Senior Citizens.1. Rake the leaves in a Senior's yard. 2. Assist with shoveling the snow from a walkway.3. Help with the grocery shopping.4. Che Continue...