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Exercises at Home for Older Adults

Staying physically active has many health benefits for older adults, but this can sometimes be a challenging goal to meet. This is reflected in a report published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that indicates nearly 27% of adults aged 65-74 and 35% of tho... read more →

Choosing Good Nutrition to Support Your Health

Eating well throughout your life is the cornerstone of keeping you strong, active, and healthier. Even if you have bad habits around your diet, it’s never too late to make positive changes to support healthy aging. Your doctor may have already made specific reco... read more →

Learn How to Manage High Blood Pressure

If you’re an older adult that has a diagnosis of hypertension, or high blood pressure, you’re not alone. As many as 70% of adults aged 65 or older may have high blood pressure. 1 And many of them don’t even know it. Because high blood pressure can cause serious... read more →

What is Hospice Care and When Should I Choose It?

Decisions about care at the end of life are complicated and often emotionally charged. Many of us have heard of hospice care, but what hospice care is and when it should be started are very commonly misunderstood. For older adults who are seriously ill or have a... read more →

Tools for Safe Mobility at Home

Limited mobility in older adults is often due to common changes that happen with aging. Stiffness and pain from arthritis, trouble with balance after a stroke, slower reflexes, and other challenges can make getting around harder. They can also increase your risk of... read more →

Dating and Relationship Tips for Older Adults

Being single can be a reality during any season of life. Older adults may find themselves without a romantic partner due to divorce or separation, or sometimes due to the death of a spouse or partner. According to the Pew Research Center, out of adults aged 65 and... read more →

Safe Driving and Older Adults

Driving whenever and wherever you need or want to is an important part of independence. For older adults, it is very common for changes related to aging to interfere with safe driving. Because of this, it’s also very common for families to question whether an ol... read more →

Helping an Older Adult Who is Resistant to Long-Term Care

It’s not an uncommon scenario: as your mom, dad, aunt, uncle, or other friend or family member ages, they begin to struggle with everyday tasks. You might worry about their health and safety. Maybe they even have a fall or two, or you notice they’re forgetting impo... read more →

Become Your Own Healthcare Advocate

At any stage of life, taking charge of own our healthcare is a big part of successfully managing health concerns. For older adults, who often face chronic health conditions, this can become an overwhelming tangle of problems, solutions, goals, questions, and tasks.... read more →

Tips for Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Older adults often experience chronic health conditions, in part because of a combination of lifestyle habits and the aging process. Type 2 diabetes is a very common chronic health problem in older adults. As many as 33% of adults age 65 and older have this diagnos... read more →

How to Care for Tubes and Drains at Home

Most people don’t expect to become medical experts on equipment used to treat health concerns, but if you’ve been sent home after a procedure with a feeding tube or drain, it can feel more than a little intimidating. Even after you’ve been shown how to use them,... read more →

Choosing Long-Term Care: Alternatives to Enhanced Assisted Living

Lifestyle, Tips

Many older adults will eventually need long-term care. On average, adults age 65 and older can expect to need at least 3 years of this type of care. 1 What level of care will depend on many factors, like ongoing health concerns, availability of family support and h... read more →

A Complete Guide to Common Health Concerns for Older Adults

Health Basics, Tips

The health concerns accompanying aging are an important topic as the population of older adults in the US continues to grow. The number of people 65 and older is projected to double in the next 40 years.1 What common health concerns will play a role as this phenome... read more →

What Older Adults Should Know About Vaccines

Health Basics, Tips

August marks National Immunization Awareness Month, and it’s a perfect opportunity to make sure your vaccines are up to date to protect you against serious illness. It may surprise you to learn that 42,000 adults die each year in the U.S. due to vaccine-preventable... read more →

Choosing Long-Term Care: Alternatives to Personal Care Homes

Lifestyle, Tips

Questions and decisions about long-term care options are common later in life. As we age, activities of daily living (ADLs) can begin to become too challenging to manage alone. Older adults experiencing changes in mobility, vision, and even cognition have several l... read more →

The Benefits of a Live-In Caregiver

Lifestyle, Tips

Many older adults can benefit from the help a caregiver provides. As changes in mobility, cognition, vision, and hearing begin to cause difficulty in everyday activities, having an extra pair of hands to help with personal care, daily tasks, transportation, and mor... read more →

4 Ways Caregivers Can Engage Older Adults

If you’re a caregiver for an older adult, you may have noticed that at times, it’s difficult to connect with your loved one. Maybe they seem depressed and withdrawn, or maybe you’re stuck in a rut with the same routine. Or, dementia may be making communication diff... read more →

Kitchen Tips and Hacks for Older Adults

Spending time in the kitchen serves the basic function of preparing healthy food to eat, but for many, it’s also a source of enjoyment and the center of social activities in the home. Over the years, cooking and spending time in the kitchen can become more diffi... read more →

Important Fire Safety Tips for Older Adults

Each year in the United States, there are an average of 346,800 house fires resulting in 2,620 deaths and 11,070 injuries. 1 By themselves, these are concerning statistics. For adults age 65 and older, this is an even more important concern, as this age group repre... read more →

Understanding Hepatitis and How it Can Impact You

Health Basics, Tips

Each year worldwide, viral hepatitis claims a life every 30 seconds. Many of us are unaware of how this disease could impact us, including our personal risk level, symptoms to watch for, and when to have a conversation with our doctor about hepatitis. The World... read more →

Choosing Long-Term Care: Alternatives to Assisted Living Facilities

Lifestyle, Tips

For many older adults, there comes a time when considering long-term care options becomes necessary. Changes in the ability to perform daily activities independently, along with chronic health conditions and limited mobility, often mean extra help is needed. A c... read more →

UV Safety Tips for Older Adults

July marks UV Safety Awareness month, a topic all older adults should be familiar with as part of healthy skin care and skin cancer prevention. Ultraviolet radiation, known as UV radiation, is a form of electromagnetic radiation that is made by the sun. Because... read more →

Travel Tips for Older Adults and Caregivers

The free time afforded by retirement means that travel is a high priority for older adults. Many adventures that were not possible in younger years due to job and family obligations are no longer on hold as an older adult. Travel is on the rise again for older a... read more →

A Complete Guide to Paying for Long-Term Care

For seniors with long-term care needs, the cost of care can be a source of stress and worry. What type of care is needed and the cost associated with it will vary from person to person. There are many options you can use to help you cover the cost of this care,... read more →

Tips for Coping With Anxiety

From time to time, everyone experiences stress and worry. When coping with worries becomes overwhelming, these feelings can develop into more than just a passing concern– they can become an anxiety disorder. There are several types of anxiety disorders. How do you... read more →

Tips for Healthy Aging

More and more of us are living longer and participating in healthy active lives into our senior years. If this sounds like you, or you are heading into your 50s, 60s, and beyond and want to stay as healthy as possible, it’s important to practice habits that support... read more →

Signs & Symptoms of Stress and How to Conquer It

Lifestyle, Tips

Stress is a common experience for most of us. It is a part of everyday life and can be a minor and passing experience or become a more chronic problem. When dealing with personal health concerns, worries like the COVID-19 pandemic, or the challenges involved in bei... read more →

Six Care Tips for Someone Who is Bedbound

If you are a caregiver for a family member or other loved one, you know what kind of commitment it can be. When someone’s mobility is affected by complications of conditions such as stroke or Parkinson’s disease and they become bedbound, caregiving tasks can be eno... read more →

What Do Stroke Symptoms Look Like?

Health Basics, Tips

If you or a loved one were to have a stroke, do you know all the symptoms to look for and what to do? Every 40 seconds in the United States, someone has a stroke. 1 Understanding stroke, stroke symptoms, and what to do in an emergency is crucial. This is especially... read more →

Is it a Respiratory Infection? Important Symptoms to Look For

With the introduction of COVID-19 to our vocabulary, most of us are familiar with the symptoms of respiratory problems. It can be hard to know sometimes, though, if symptoms are due to a respiratory infection, an existing health condition, or something else altoget... read more →

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