Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a handful of articles about how incorporating more physical activity into your lifestyle can have a profound impact when it comes to reducing the risk of heart disease and other … [Read more...]
Downsizing and Unexpected Expenses
Senior care can be quite expensive, especially if you are moving a loved one into a nursing home. The average cost of one year in a nursing home for an American is $90,000. Regardless of your income or financial status, that’s a lot of … [Read more...]
The Increasing Cost of Living, and Care’s Place
You’re probably experiencing this, along with the majority of Americans. The cost of things is going up as inflation continues to hit us. Food, gas, and everything in between continues to go up in price. It has a lot of senior citizens … [Read more...]
Comorbidities Continue to Have a Growing Impact on Seniors
According to recent numbers, the average person living in a senior care facility has twelve different chronic conditions at any given time. When more than one condition exists at a time, it is referred to as a comorbidity. And … [Read more...]
A Link Between COVID and Alzheimer’s?
One of the concerns when the COVID-19 pandemic first began was that no one knew what the long term repercussions of the disease would be. As time separates us from the start of the pandemic over two years ago now, we are starting to see … [Read more...]
A Better Understanding of Huntington’s Disease in Seniors
Like many other diseases and illnesses, Huntington’s disease can have a much bigger impact upon the elderly than it would on younger folk. Like other degenerative diseases, symptoms tend to get worse and worse over time, meaning that the … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Cut Care Corners
When it comes to planning and investing in a loved one’s senior care, cutting corners in the process can sometimes result in disaster. A recent look at this concept of “cutting corners” indicates that sparing on some of these … [Read more...]
Senior Care and the Real Estate Business
One of the common trends that we’ve observed over the last couple years is a symbiotic relationship between senior care companies and real estate businesses. This often takes the shape of one company developing the land and constructing the … [Read more...]
When People Play Favorites in Senior Care
If you were to favor one of your children over the other, it would be a really big deal. No one would be happy about it. I have three kids, and although I treat them differently, I never favor one over the other. But every day, … [Read more...]
Minority Access to Elder Care
All across the country, care services are severely understaffed. As you’ve probably experienced, this creates a lot of inconvenience for those of us that are used to the routines we established before the pandemic began. But … [Read more...]
What is Huntington’s Disease?
Huntington’s disease is a brain disease, progressive in nature. It usually will start manifesting in visible symptoms between the ages of 30 and 50, but sometimes it happens younger or older. Once symptoms begin, they continue to get worse … [Read more...]
Preventing Falls, the High Tech Way
One of the coolest things about this day and age when it comes to senior care is the huge advances that we’ve seen in technology and how it can help improve lives for the elderly. We’ve seen big advances in how we communicate with one … [Read more...]
