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…
Using your smart phone or your computer (both of which should be equipped with a camera) – you can log in to the website where…
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…
Here’s how to keep an elderly mind sharp and healthy: Incorporate the right foods Keep maintaining social ties Challenge the brain through games and puzzles…
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 who works with senior patients who have few or no remaining teeth, I can tell you that oral hygiene is still…
Helping the elderly remember to take medications can be a daunting task. After all, when you get a call from your loved one’s doctor stating…
Dehydration in seniors is both more common than you would think and more dangerous than it might seem. As an example, I have an elderly…
