What is a Geriatrician and How Do They Benefit Older Adults?
With most seniors already seeing an array of doctors, can there be any real advantage to adding yet another? In the case of a geriatrician, the answer is a definite, “Yes!” To answer the question, “What is a geriatrician and what do they do?” this type of specialist is board-certified in either internal or family […]
Safety Tips for Traveling with an Alzheimer’s Patient
After spending considerable time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you more than usual to want to go to visit friends and family, or even to simply experience a change of scenery and a few enjoyable activities. And if you provide care for a family member with Alzheimer’s, having a senior loved […]
Top Tips for CKD Management
They’re only about the size of your fist, but they are vital to your body’s functioning. Kidneys serve as filters to eliminate waste from the body, but they also control our blood pressure and help with the creation of red blood cells. For individuals diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), effective management is crucial to […]
Medications for Older Adults Can Lead to Negative Side Effects
Anyone who has taken prescription medications is aware that they usually come with an in-depth list of possible side effects to watch for. Although prescriptions are, of course, designed to help us, the problems that can result from these negative reactions can sometimes outweigh the benefits we receive. For seniors, nearly all of whom take […]
Safety in the House: Modification Tips to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place
With the vast majority of older adults choosing to continue to live at home during aging, it’s important to perform a thorough home assessment to find and correct any dangers and make certain the seniors you love stay safe. The most effective way to accomplish this is to start outside of the home and work […]
Hearing Disability and Loss in Seniors: Signs, Causes, and How to Cope
Isolated. Misunderstood. Ignored. These are only a few of the many emotions which are common in those with hearing loss, who find it difficult to continue social connections with friends and loved ones, who struggle to communicate with them. For older adults, hearing loss is quite common, for many different reasons: genetics, a lifetime of […]
Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms and Prevention for Older Adults
When you think of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your first thought may be a sports-related accident, such as a football player crashing head-first into a rival, or even a head-on collision in a car accident – something less likely to affect seniors. Yet the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in older adults is much […]
Arthritis Tips, Treatment Options and Risk Factors for Seniors
Impacting 30 million individuals in the United States alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results due to the wearing away of cartilage, causing friction within the joints as unprotected bones rub against each other. While it can happen in virtually any joint, it is most prevalent in the hands, hips, knees, lower […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Engaging Activities and Hobbies for Senior Males
For most older men, who have spent a lifetime on a meaningful career, family, hobbies and interests, the very thought of settling in for a few hours of crafting is, at best, unsettling. The secret to discovering appealing activities and hobbies for senior males is in first making the effort to dig back into the […]
Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Older Adults
Feelings of exhaustion may seem as though they are a regular occurrence for a few us. The alarm goes off too early, the busyness of everyday life is exhausting, and by the end of the day, when we can once and for all sink into bed, it is often not easy to stop our thoughts […]