To get insightful on Fall Prevention day, let’s discuss how medications can affect your balance. If your beloved senior takes a daily pill regimen that’s more colorful than a bag of jelly beans or has a list of side effects longer than the Constitution, then you need to heed this info. Pharmaceuticals can be keeping Read More
Month: September 2019
Alzheimer Awareness Month: Occupying Busy Hands in September
September is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. In honor of those who are caring for a senior with this cognitive disorder, we are hoping to make your experience better with some soothing information. If you are caring for a senior with Alzheimer’s or dementia, their anxiety and agitation may manifest itself as fidgety hands. If you see Read More
National ALF week
What the heck is ALF week? It is NOT a celebration of that goofy sitcom with an alien puppet from the late 1980s, but it is a celebration from the National Center for Assisted Living to promote wellness, awareness, and well-being for the seniors who live in assisted living facilities. Even if you are caring Read More
Celebrating Healthy Aging Month Outdoors
September is Healthy Aging Month, and since in many places, the summer scorching is cooling down and breezes are picking up, particularly in the early morning and evening, let’s talk about getting our seniors outside more and why it’s so important for them to do so! A recent scientific study of almost 20,000 people concluded Read More