Having a pet at home can bring love and joy into the life of pretty much anyone who has one, not to mention they have added benefits like encouraging physical activity and providing their owners with ...
It’s important to take several factors into account when planning to travel with your elderly friend or family member. While their advanced age is one element to keep in mind, you should consider ...
Have you noticed that your friend or a family member has more difficulty than they used to in completing everyday activities? Do tasks like putting on their shoes and socks or doing household chores ...
You want what’s best for your elderly loved one who would rather age at home than in a nursing facility. After all, this is a much more desirable option for many seniors who would like to stay in ...
Sometimes it’s difficult to broach specific topics with your elderly parents, such as their finances, legal issues like advance directives, estate planning, safety at home, when they should stop ...
It can be difficult to become accustomed to the diagnosis of dementia as an adult child of an aging parent. You may feel as though your roles have suddenly swapped and are now unnatural, as though you ...
With advanced age comes the risk of severe injuries from falling, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept falling as an inherent part of aging. While it’s true that your risk of falling goes up as ...
Being a caregiver for an elderly loved one isn’t easy, particularly if they have an illness that affects their interaction with the world around them. One such illness is an advanced eye disease ...
Having a stroke is undoubtedly a traumatic life event. A stroke is also called a “brain attack,” and can harm any part of the brain where oxygenated blood stops flowing which causes damage to the ...
Have you considered assuming the role of a full-time caregiver for your elderly mother or father? Even in the closest-knit families, this is a major decision that takes serious thought before you ...
According to 2019 data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging , loneliness is an unfortunate reality among many seniors, with as many as one-third of adults between the ages of 50 and 80 suffering ...
If you are tasked with caring for an aging family member or another loved one with a history of heart issues, it is essential that you know how to spot heart failure when it happens. Contrary to what ...
You’ve just been dealt an emotional blow: Your parent has an incurable, terminal illness. Although most adult children are aware their likelihood of outliving their parents is more common than not, it ...
More than one-third of seniors aged 65+ fall every year, and the risk of repeat falls increases with age. These falls can have catastrophic consequences, especially for adults with osteoporosis – a ...
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. This serious optical condition refers to a group of diseases that damage the optic nerve, and often those who have it are unaware because of its lack of ...
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