If you're a senior spending your first holiday season alone, here are tips to help you cope and enjoy this time of the year.
Independent seniors like to travel on their own even when it can be challenging. If you're such a senior, check out this guide on ensuring your overall safety and wellness when traveling during the cold winter months.
It's a good idea to keep an eye out for the symptoms of senior depression, especially during the holidays. Help your senior loved one make simple lifestyle changes to avoid feelings of loneliness and isolation so they can stay healthy and happy.
There is no one size fits all solution to stop shorter days from impacting the quality of life of your elderly loved one during the fall and winter seasons. Try these tips to ensure the seniors in your family continue experiencing regular socialization and physical activity so they stay healthy and happy.
Daily walks help seniors maintain stronger muscles, stronger immune systems, and better cardiac health as well as aid with mental well-being when battling feelings of isolation. Keep them safe and healthy when they take a walk on a cold morning or in winter with these helpful tips.
Though it seems like a small thing, showing gratitude can greatly impact your mental and emotional health—especially as you age. Seniors who demonstrate gratitude are more likely to experience positive emotions, better sleep, and less anxiety and depression. So, if you are looking for ways to improve your loved one's quality of life, encouraging them to express gratitude may be a good place to start. As we approach World Gratitude Day (September 21st), here are 5 mental and emotional benefits of gratitude that are especially relevant for older adults in St. Louis, Ballwin, Fenton, and Arnold.
We all know that our senior dogs will eventually get older. The following are the expected changes they'll experience and some tips to help them cope up.
Our eyes are one organ that many of us use every day of our lives. As we age, though, these trusty companions age with us. Keeping a senior's eyes healthy is important, so finding ways to protect them and ensure they keep working right for as long as possible is crucial for a caregiver. As with many things, prevention is the best medicine, which means eye health exams. But how often should a senior have their eyes examined?
Virtual and online programming activities allow older individuals to socialize, engage, and connect. The generational gap in technology is closing in, as internet use has increased among people aged between 65 - 75, from 53% in 2011 to 83% in 2019.
Social interaction is a crucial component when it comes to aging joyfully, especially since aging adults are more susceptible to experiencing feelings of loneliness. Due to lack of transportation, living alone, and experiencing the loss of loved ones, seniors tend to feel more and more isolated.
Alzheimer's disease is a difficult diagnosis, requiring a high degree of sensitivity along with some alteration in lifestyles. Finances must also be considered anew to ensure funds are available for the highest quality at-home care possible. However, it doesn't have to be as difficult as it might initially seem if you follow these basic tips for managing an aging family member's finances post-Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
Journaling has been widely lauded for its perceived therapeutic benefits – but now, there is even mounting clinical data pointing to the empirical efficacy of journaling for improved physical health, as well! By stimulating healthy expression of thoughts and emotions, keeping a regular journal is a highly therapeutic and physically healing practice, especially when other forms of expression and emotional regulation are not readily available. What exactly is it about journaling that enhances brain health so thoroughly as to create lasting improvements in mental, emotional, and physical health as well?
Swimming is part of the exciting physical activities with many health benefits. It is even more beneficial for seniors with Alzheimer's. Water exercises are recommendable because they do not strain the body. Read on to discover the benefits of swimming for seniors needing Alzheimer's care.
Are you looking for healthy hobbies for seniors in the St. Louis area? There are plenty of great hobby ideas that can help seniors stay healthy. In many of those activities, caregivers can also participate to help enhance seniors' enjoyment of the activity or provide companionship.