Whether you and your loved ones gather each year at a family beach house, or if you choose different places each year to visit and enjoy each other’s company, summer vacations are special – no doubt about it. As we get older, our lives change, but the ...
What’s your favorite part about your home? Is it the way the light shines in a certain way in the living room every morning? Is it the comfortable bedroom filled with personal and beloved touches? Is it your garden that has been lovingly crafted by your ...
The power of music is something that can’t be replicated. We’ve all had moments when a beautiful piece of music has brought us to tears, or experienced a surge of memory when hearing a particular pop song from our past. Many of our most precious moments ...
“As a community dedicated exclusively to caring for those with memory challenges like Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, we understand firsthand how community design can impact quality of life for our residents,” says Reshma Nair, Executive ...
We know from personal experience that technology can be a great form of entertainment. Whether browsing social media to catch up on friends and family members, playing games, watching videos, learning a new skill and more, technology has become a “must ...
Estate planning is an important process that should be part of any senior’s life – no matter how little or how much money you have.
“Many people feel like estate planning isn’t for them because they don’t have large sums of money or assets to pass on, ...
When it comes time to choose a memory care community for your loved one with dementia, there are a lot of factors to consider. Pricing structure, availability, floor plans, activities ... as you’re going through your list, here’s one more item to ...
When you hear the word “hospice,” what do you think? There are many questions, myths and misconceptions surrounding this topic, and because of the sensitivity that some people feel, often they don’t ask questions until they’re in the middle of a ...
Seniors and technology sometimes go together like oil and water – or so many people think. We’ve all seen the memes of what it’s like to help Mom or Grandma navigate the Internet. It’s downright frustrating for everyone involved, and doubly so because ...
There are more than 5 million seniors in America with a form of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly 80 percent of these individuals will eventually develop symptoms like anxiety, aggression, hallucinations, wandering or delusions. These ...
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing about how technology was both improving our lives and ruining everything – particularly our health and our happiness. And while that may be true in some instances, the coronavirus ...
The old adage goes “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” but today’s seniors are beating that misconception into the ground. In today’s population, 71 percent of seniors go online every day, while 81 percent of seniors use social media regularly to ...