Senior communities often offer a wide variety of home maintenance programs specifically for seniors. Some of the services offered in senior communities include inside work such as cleaning, dusting, vacuuming and taking care of the laundry chores. Outdoor maintenance can include such seasonal work as lawn mowing, shoveling snow, raking leaves or any other outdoor…
A Comparison of Senior Living Housing Options
Senior living housing options can vary widely, both in the level of care offered as well as the costs involved. As our longevity increases, more and more of us will be required to consider how and where we will spend our senior years, and senior living options are a large part of this decision. While…
Taking Advantage of the New Food Pyramid for Seniors
If you are wondering about the best diet for elderly people, you might be surprised to learn that there has been a special food pyramid that was designed specifically with the needs of seniors in mind. Tufts University recently created this new pyramid, which helps to guide seniors to understand their nutritional requirements. The first…
Using Assistive Technologies to Stay in Touch with Friends and Family
The current array of assistive technologies is making it easier and easier to stay in touch with loved ones. After all, few things are more important in life than family and friends and there are lots of different ways that you can keep in touch. In this article, we will explore some of the more…
Preventing Repair Scams
As the old saying goes, “beware of strangers bearing gifts,” and this is especially true when considering elderly home safety issues. Unfortunately, seniors are more and more often the target of fraud or financial crimes. This breach of elderly home safety occurs because many older folks have worked hard throughout their lives, building up significant…
The Benefits of Rehabilitation Communities After a Major Health Issue
If you are currently considering assisted living communities and retirement communities, it is imperative to be sure they have good rehabilitation options. Many health issues are of such a nature that a degree of rehabilitation is required. In this article, we will look at the benefits of rehabilitation and how using physical rehab services may…
Why Your Parent Should have a Medical Alert System
Providing your elderly loved one with a medical alert could conceivably save their life. Many seniors have experienced falls in their own home, rendering them unable to get to a phone and call for help for hours or even days, yet a simple medical alert device could have allowed them to get help almost immediately….
How Can I Get a Motorized Scooter or Electronic Scooter?
The simple fact is that the electronic scooter or mobility scooter has transformed the landscape of what is possible in the world of senior mobility. Today’s modern scooter effectively allows people to get around easier and more effectively than ever before, thanks, in no small part, to the mobility scooter. In this article, we will…
Is an Automatic Pill Dispenser a Good Investment?
Remembering to take prescription medication can be a big task—big enough that you may have considered a new automatic pill dispenser, either for yourself or for your parents or other loved one. Because many medications have extremely precise instructions as far as when and how to take them, remembering the exact schedule can be grueling….
Care of the Elderly: Managing Medications
Care of the elderly will definitely include the management of medications because the vast majority of seniors are taking some type of medication for their health. In fact, nearly one quarter of all seniors currently take more than three pills per day. According to the National Council on Patient Information and Education, 34%of all prescriptions…