Senior Health Changes: Time to Check Up on Your Parents 

With all of this season's visiting, traveling, and holiday gatherings, this makes a good time of year to check up on your parents and other elderly loved ones' health for any indications that a greater level of care may now be required

A Guide to Senior Heat Exhaustion

As temperatures rise ever higher, so do the dangers inherent to your elderly relatives, neighbors, and loved ones.

Stroke Awareness Month

The American Stroke Association has designated May American Stroke Awareness Month in an effort to spread the word on identifying, preventing and treating stroke. 

Online Entertainment Guide for Staying at Home

Here are a collection of fun & educational websites focusing on entertainment to help stave off any budding cabin fever.

Six Spring Crafts for Seniors

Here are a selection of tutorials for thematically relevant crafts that use inexpensive & easy-to-find materials and should be simple enough to perform for those with potential hand dexterity or strength issues.

Senior Food Health: Compensating for Loss of Taste

As we age, many people discover that their preferences for certain types of foods will wax or wane. This is particularly true with the elderly who may begin to lose their enjoyment of meals with a diminished ability to distinguish flavors.

Basic Diet Guide for Overactive Bladders and Incontinence

The symptoms of an overactive bladder or incontinence can strike at any age, however, these problems tend to grow more pervasive as people grow older, especially when it comes to women. 

5 Best Sources of Vitamin D

 One of the most helpful & prescribed vitamin supplements for the elderly is Vitamin D, a fat soluble vitamin that's naturally present in few foods and synthetically added to others.

How to Get Seniors to Drink More Liquids

Proper hydration when it comes to the elderly is always an important consideration due to the many factors that tend to put seniors at greater risk of dehydration.

15 Best Foods for Stress Relief

This list comprises foods that either boost mood enhancing or calming hormones such as dopamine or serotonin or lower the levels of stress related chemicals such as cortisol or adrenaline or by helping to lower blood pressure and heart rate.

Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Some foods are known to reduce the risk of inflammation due to their chemical make-up and the presence of antioxidants, polyphenols, essential fatty acids, and other known anti-inflammatory elements.

How To Guide for Fall Prevention

While accidental falling is the leading cause of injury amongst elderly adults with the risk of falling and the severity of the injuries incurred increasing with each added decade in age, unlike other related health risks there are many different steps that can be taken to help prevent such falls.

Beginner's Guide to Medical Lift Chairs

Medical lift chairs can help those with mobility problems, or whose legs simply need that added extra "oomph" to stand up or sit down by changing the positioning of the chair itself from vertical to sitting.

Fall Prevention Exercises for the Elderly

These exercises help improve the body's ability to control and maintain its position through muscle support.

Bathroom Safety Tips for Seniors

A primary concern of senior citizens is whether they can continue to live independently as they get older. Their loved ones often have the same concerns. 

A Guide to Pressure Sore Prevention

Pressures sores, also known as bed sores or decubitus ulcers, are injuries to the skin & underlying tissue caused by prolonged pressure to the area.​

Creating an Accessible Bathroom in Your Home

Most elderly falls take place near the toilet area, while the tub and shower are the most hazardous areas for adults. A wet floor, small spaces to maneuver, and/or bending and lifting required in accessing the tub, shower or toilet can often cause falls to occur. To make the bathroom a safe space for everyone who uses it is the ultimate goal in accessible design.

Introduction to Dementia

Dementia is not one specific disease, but instead is a general term used to describe severe physical changes within the brain that cause memory loss, degradation in language, mental acuity, decision making, as well as changes in behavior and personality that end up impacting  the ability to perform normal everyday actions.

Types and Triggers of Dementia

Lewy Body Dementia, also called cortical or diffused Lewy body disease, is the third most common type of dementia accounting for between 5 - 10% of all cases. 

Helpful Apps for Dementia Support

Free & educational games that center around dementia, to a low-cost interactive guide to help in preventing Alzheimer's before its onset, to various other apps whose use will help further the research for cures.

Online Brain Games for Memory Improvement

Clinical studies so far have indicated that they do help maintain and sharpen certain cognitive functions such as memory, concentration, and attention span and may well help mitigate the early symptoms of Alzheimer's and dementia.