As we approach the holidays, or any other time of year when you like to remember the special people in your life with a gift, it is often difficult to find the right gift for someone who is memory impaired.

As we approach the holidays, or any other time of year when you like to remember the special people in your life with a gift, it is often difficult to find the right gift for someone who is memory impaired.
There is something magical about the age 16 or 21, most people look forward to those milestones in their life, but you seldom hear someone say, “I can’t wait until I’m 67 or 72.”
Everyone, from time to time, experiences stress in life, even as we become seniors. Learn what’s causing your stress, and begin to manage it with these tips.
So many seniors move into senior living communities each year…is this your year? Maybe you have already made the move…are you happy? If you’re not, these tips will certainly help your become so…
How’s that smile? Good dental health is important for everyone, but it’s especially important as we age, because how you care for your teeth influences your overall health. In fact, good oral health is as important as good heart health.
Sometimes it’s difficult to have a conversation, because it’s not always easy to find something to talk about. But there is one sure fire way to get them talking and give them real pleasure.
It’s important to maintain good relationships with our friends or parents who are growing older…we want to maintain those relationships, and most often it requires good communication. But it isn’t always easy to communicate effectively with an elderly adult.
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…
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