Hygiene is an extremely important part of your living space, and sanitization is a great way to keep your living area clean. Our loved ones, especially if they are seniors, should live in a well-sanitized space because they may be more susceptible to illnesses and diseases. It is also safer to invite your loved ones…
Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are one of the most widespread health infections in seniors. Seniors are more prone to this infection, yet it is also harder to diagnose because the symptoms of UTI are not easily recognizable. If left untreated for long periods of time, UTIs can cause severe health issues including sepsis and…
In almost every society, healthy and luxurious hair is often associated with beauty, youth and good health. Maintaining healthy hair can thus play a vital role in improving our confidence, moods and standards of living. However, undoubtedly, as we get on in years, we may come across certain challenges when washing, cutting or grooming our…
As your loved one or family member ages, keeping their brains active is as important as maintaining their physical health. Games such as traditional card games, memory games and stimulating puzzles, can provide a good platform for exercising the mind. The effect of playing games is noticeably beneficial for the mind in the short term…
Don’t know what to do with all the free time you have after retirement? Making crafts may be the perfect answer to your boredom! There are many benefits of crafting for seniors, including lessening stress and anxiety, widening your circle of friends, as well as improving motor skills control. If you are interested in crafting…
Art therapy is often used as a way to help people deal with pain, as well as physical and mental stress. It provides them with an avenue to express themselves in creative ways through the visual arts. Although art therapy is a specialized profession, studies show that regularly going for art classes can achieve a…
Whether you’re a senior who is considering assisted living or have been looking at assisted living opportunities for a loved one, you may not be sure what to expect. Who knows what you’ll find? To help you make the decision to switch to assisted living from independent living, we’d like to offer you some of…
Before we look into the benefits of journaling for seniors, let’s first explain journaling. For those not familiar, it means, in part, to keep a record of your activities and thoughts. While a list of activities may be mentioned, journaling moves beyond that while it focuses on recorded daily events and present occurrences. It’s more…
Here’s a little bit of trivia: How many fires in the home are experienced with cooking as the cause? Answer: A whopping 49%! Where home fire deaths are concerned, cooking amounts to one in five; and 44% of in-home fire injuries are experienced because of cooking. For the reasons above, and many more, we’re going…
Change is seldom easy, no matter who you are, how old you are, or how you have lived your life. As people get older, however, they tend to become set in their ways, so it can seem even more taxing when they must deviate from the status quo. Yet dramatic lifestyle changes are frequently necessary…