A new study reveals that people in different parts of the world do not age at the same pace. There are a lot of factors that seem to have an influence over the aging process, and this study tried to account for many of them. For example, … [Read more...]
Expanding Services to Senior Citizens
The senior care business is one that is set for expansion. The healthcare business in general is growing thanks to the increasing population of the United States, but the senior citizen population is growing at the fastest rate of any age … [Read more...]
Top 5 Things to do Before Senior Care
Before you hire any sort of senior care service, there are a few things that you should do. Here, we’ve compiled our top five things that must be done before you finalize any sort of care for an older loved one or … [Read more...]
Relieving Knee Pain in Senior Citizens
Knee injuries are common in the elderly, and knee replacement surgeries have become safer over the past several years, leading to a rise in the number of these that are occurring. For the most part, this is a good thing, but pain management … [Read more...]
Teaching Seniors Technology
Technology has made the world a lot more convenient for people, but many senior citizens do not take advantage of this, simply because they never learned how to use computers or smartphones, or they do not have the confidence to do so on … [Read more...]
Seniors and Back Pain
Many senior citizens face back pain. Back pain is often a precursor of disability, and many long term care insurance policies will automatically disqualify people for qualifying if they do have chronic back pain since it increases the … [Read more...]
Team Elder Care
Most elder care experts warn that it is not best to wait for a medical emergency before you start planning for senior care for an elderly loved one. Right now though, this is exactly what is happening for many senior citizens, either … [Read more...]
Saving Billions with Personalized Care
A recently conducted study indicates that a personalized approach to medicine has the potential to save billions of dollars down the road in healthcare costs. The experts behind this say that $114 billion could be saved by targeting therapy … [Read more...]
Daily Aspirin Use is Up in Senior Citizens
According to researchers at the Oregon State University, more than half of the older adults in the United States take aspirin on a daily basis. The old adage is that this helps with not only the minor aches and pains associated with growing … [Read more...]
Pain Management in Seniors
Senior citizens have a special set of needs, and this is often accompanied by medications. Because pain management is often needed, opioids are often prescribed more heavily to senior citizens than to other age groups. In the past, it has … [Read more...]
The Senior Care Conversation
The senior care conversation can be a very difficult one to have with an older parent. That doesn’t mean that it’s not an important one to have, though. In fact, it might be one of the most important talks you ever will have with your … [Read more...]
Purpose and Quality of Life
A new study reveals that having a sense of purpose in life might help protect you from heart disease and stroke during your senior years. For this particular study, they defined having a sense of purpose in life as feeling that life is … [Read more...]