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What are Some Strategies to Promote Positive Aging?
If you’re a precocious teenager chock full of energy and dreams, growing old hardly seems real. You know it’s out there but it is so far away, you can barely see it in the distance. If you just turned 70,…
Support Senior Safety and Happiness During the Holiday Season
The holiday season tends to carry changes in routine, decor, diet, and more. For seniors, these shifts can hinder safety and make the season stressful. Use these tips to ensure seniors have a happy, healthy holiday. Top Challenges to Holiday…
The Pros and Cons of Walk-in Tubs
As people age, many everyday tasks become more difficult, such as getting in and out of bed or a car, moving heavier objects, performing general household maintenance, and typical health regimes. The latter can be especially concerning given elderly people’s…
How Caregivers Can Increase Driving Safety for Older Adults
Given 18% of all traffic fatalities are people who are 65 years of age or older, it is important to learn about senior safety on the road. Changes Influencing Seniors on the Road Given how experienced most of them are…
Why Screening for Prostate Cancer is Vital
The obvious reason for screening older men for cancer is that early detection increases the odds of survival. There are other reasons for getting screened, though: Men with prostate cancer may have genes that predispose both their sons and daughters…
5 Common Barriers to Aging in Place
A critical and oft-desired component of “successful” aging, or aging gracefully, is maintaining independence. The mental benefit alone of remaining independent is proven to be enormously effective in helping seniors more fully enjoy and even extend their golden years. One…
