None of us want to just sit and stare all the time, that why it’s important for seniors with dementia to have activities throughout the day that they can enjoy, be kept busy with and feel successful with, just like you and I do. What does your senior do all day?
With summer here, and temperatures rising, (especially here in Arizona), it’s a good time to talk about preventing heat stroke, especially in seniors.
Sure, it’s inevitable that as we age, we have a tendency to slow down a bit, our bodies are getting older, but that doesn’t mean we should stop using them, a sedentary lifestyle is not a healthy or fulfilling lifestyle…
We all live with infections, the common cold, the flu, bronchitis, and many others. And for most of us, those infections last for a few uncomfortable days and then they’re gone. But when a senior is attacked by infection, it’s much more serious
In today’s world, people are living longer than ever before…but are they living healthier? Living longer isn’t such a great deal if you don’t have your health.
Unfortunately, well over 2 million elderly are involved in accidents in the home each year, many resulting in death, and the majority of them being attributed to falling. Here are some ideas to help make the home “senior safe”.
The holidays are supposed to be a wonderful time of year, but for many seniors, it’s a very difficult time. While people are around them are joyful and happy, seniors often find themselves feeling lonely, unhealthy, isolated and depressed..
Does eating healthy change when you get older…when you become a senior? Surprisingly, yes it does. If you have basically been eating a healthy diet all, or most of your life, things change – you change.
For a senior being asked to move into a senior community, it’s a difficult to impossible thing. But what happens if they have a cat or dog that they love and can’t live without…can they take it with them?
Dementia can leave a person afraid, angry, paranoid, confused and sad, and can cause them to become aggressive or even violent…how do you deal with challenging situations like that?
