When you think of your elderly parents or grandparents, you want to picture them happy, fulfilled, and enjoying life. As we age, however, many factors…
One major concern with maintaining health in the elderly population is getting them to stay as active and as mobile as possible. Exercises of the…
It’s Friday, March 13, 2020 and it seems that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is not going away anytime soon so I wanted to write down some…
The fairly new wave of telehealth / telemedicine is giving more people (especially older adults) greater opportunities to get help from a medical professional than…
After retirement, creating a schedule for your day to day life can easily be done. What is more difficult is creating a schedule that is…
One of the best ways that seniors can avoid fall related injuries is to build up their “core muscles”. Core exercises train the muscles in…
Whether the senior in your life is starting to experience a decline in cognitive health or you yourself don’t want to have memories slipping away,…
Something that can certainly help seniors to prevent falling are the type of shoes that they wear. Just to generalize a bit, if the shoes…
As a dental hygienist, I am always concerned about the dental health of my senior patients. The elderly often have problems with manual dexterity, dry…
As a dental hygienist who works with senior patients who have few or no remaining teeth, I can tell you that oral hygiene is still…