On October 14th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
This topic of advocacy has been whirling in my mind for some time. Advocacy is defined by Webster's dictionary as: “advocacy: the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating something”. Most of the time we do not think of our elderly loved ones as a “cause” to be […]
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On October 9th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
If you have somehow found this article without reading Part 1, you may want to go back and read through the introduction. You'll find helpful information there to spur your own creative thoughts on this subject and give you the “why” behind the projects that I've highlighted here. I hope you find at least […]
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On October 1st, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
All of us need activity. From the smallest child to the oldest adult, our bodies urge us to move after a time. As we age our joints become stiff and painful if we are stationary for too long, in front of a television, for instance. It is good to change positions and do something […]
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On September 24th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Nursing homes across the country have gotten a bad rap over the past decade. Some have been found guilty of negligence and have had people within that are malicious and cruel. That is absolutely inexcusable and they've been prosecuted. By and large, however, nursing homes provide care for our very aged or infirm loved ones […]
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On September 18th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Have you ever noticed the vast difference between the cognitive abilities of people in their eighties and nineties? Some of these differences are due to genetics, and some are due to injuries or lack of injuries. But some, you can be sure, are due to the amount of mental engagement those individuals have in […]
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On September 11th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
When you were young, do you remember looking at the skin of aging or elderly individuals? Sometimes the quantity of wrinkles was astonishing! Sometimes brown aging spots showed up on otherwise smooth skin and it made me wonder what caused them. The thing that befuddled me the most, as a youngster, was just how […]
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On September 3rd, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
The population of senior citizen is well over 50 million people. This is a dramatic number. When you consider the percentage of those adults that are or are at risk of becoming a vulnerable adult, however, it is staggering. Knowing that there are so many of our population that fall into that category can […]
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On August 28th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Grief is a topic that people generally do not want to face. As we age, however, it becomes more prevalent than ever. Acquaintances begin to have injuries or pass away and it is startling to realize that some of them have diseases or injuries that we’ve always associated with old age. Things like knee […]
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On August 20th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Diabetes is running rampant throughout the world, but it’s prevalence in the United States of America is almost unchallenged. If you’ve listened to health news at all in the past decade, you will have heard it described as an epidemic. This is not without reason. An epidemic is defined as: “a disease widely occurring in […]
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On August 14th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
How often do you think about your knees? Chances are that you don’t give them much thought, unless you have arthritis or if you are injured in some way. Most of us don’t pay attention to our joints until they are in pain. If you have been in pain for some time, you may need […]
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