What’s on Your Senior Menu?
There’s less than a week to go to Thanksgiving. Travel plans are all in order. Menus are set. We’re all set to smile tolerantly in the face of whatever familial tortures are headed our way. It’s a holiday. It’s a time for family to get together. It’ll be over soon. We...
How to Gauge a Senior’s Driving Ability
How Can You Tell Whether Your Elderly Parent Should Stop Driving?The danger of putting off the dreaded “car keys” conversation with an elderly parent is clear. However, it is also harmful to deprive a senior of a big part of his freedom before it is necessary. Just...
Addressing Negative Thoughts Most Effective In Fighting Loneliness
The University of Chicago Medical Center recently published news about a study conducted there which indicates that in some cases, social intervention may be as effective as medications for combating loneliness and depression in the elderly. According to the press...
How Thyroid Disease Can Affect Seniors’ Quality of Life
What Seniors Need to Know About HypothyroidismMany seniors associate feelings of fatigue, depression, and weakness with the normal aging process. Apart from a medical condition, however, such symptoms don’t have to be associated with growing older. In fact, they may...
Blood Pressure: How Good is “Good Enough?”
New Study Offers Different Perspective on Blood Pressure for Older AdultsPrevailing medical thought has generally agreed that systolic blood pressure–usually the first number in a blood pressure reading, and the higher of the two–should be kept under 140. High blood...
How to Manage Senior Diabetes with a Healthy Lifestyle
Living a Full Life With DiabetesDiabetes affects millions of Americans, causing frightening symptoms and costing billions of dollars annually in health care services. But despite the reputation diabetes has as a life-altering disease, seniors can effectively manage...
When Home Care is Better Than Hospital Care for Seniors
Should Your Elderly Loved One Be in the Hospital?Hospitals provide wonderful care for acute medical problems such as a heart attack, stroke, or necessary surgery. But for the chronic issues faced by many elderly people, the hospital may not be the best care option. As...