While essential for daily living, the bathroom can sometimes pose unexpected hazards, especially for seniors. As we age, the need for a safer environment in spaces like the bathroom becomes paramount to prevent slips, trips, and falls. With that in mind, here are several safety tips to ensure seniors can maintain their independence while staying…
Category: Senior Citizens
Spring Cleaning Tips for The New Season
With the weather warming up, it is time to start thinking about your spring cleaning projects. This is the perfect time to start preparing your home for the new season. As the weather starts to warm up, it is time to pack away the bulky clothes and do away with unused household items. Many senior…
Helping Seniors Through The Holiday Season
The holiday season is a typically a time of great joy spent with family and friends. However, among the twinkling lights and the sweet treats, the holidays are often very stressful. If you care for a senior citizen, you are familiar with the difficulties of the holiday season. The following tips will make your senior…
Preparing Elders for Colder Weather
As the weather changes for a large majority of the country, cold weather is just a few short months away. Cold rain showers, heavy wet snow, and below freezing temperatures are inconvenient for all of us but these extreme weather conditions can have a major impact on senior citizens. Cold weather can cause major issues…
Reading Benefits for Seniors
Reading- it’s fundamental! Reading has always been a way of enriching your mind and escaping from the monotony of everyday life. It is also a great way to learn, exercise your mind, and escape into another world. Reading is important for those of all ages, but especially beneficial for seniors. Here are a few reasons…
Summer Safety Tips for Seniors
With less than two weeks away from Summer’s official start, warmer weather, backyard barbecues, and dips in the pool are just around the corner. This is a great time to relax and enjoy the sun, but it is important to make safety a priority especially as the temperatures increase. Sunshine, as beautiful as it may…
With Aging Comes More Creativity
The need to create—whether it’s painting, writing, dance, floral arrangement, you name it—is one of the most basic human impulses, and it doesn’t diminish with age. In fact, studies suggest that with aging comes more creativity. You’ll probably be more creative at 70 than you were at 20, so make time for an old creative…