#Assisted Living | Health & Wellness | Lifestyles & Activities for Seniors
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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On August 7th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
The long, dog days of summer are upon us. The intense heat can make it difficult to get outside and be involved in things going on, even though the options are generally more plentiful at this time of year. But, please remember, no matter what your age, it is important to be involved in the […]
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On August 1st, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Admittedly, active lifestyles are pretty rare in the elderly population these days, but they are on the rise. People are discovering how much better their quality of life can be if they remain as active as possible and deal with health issues as they arise instead of letting them debilitate them before dealing with them. […]
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On July 18th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Aging comes with many difficult challenges. Meeting those challenges often requires that new skills be learned in order to adapt and survive. A hip replacement requires that you learn a new way to sit. A decision to stop driving may mean that you need to learn to use public transportation of some kind. So, it […]
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On July 9th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
There are many decisions to make about the end of your life, perhaps especially while you are feeling well and healthy and can think clearly about the choices that you need to make. It is difficult, however, to make those when you’re unsure about all of the terminology involved. What is the difference between a […]
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On June 19th, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Loneliness is an evasive thing. People have been studying it for years, especially in elderly adults who seem prone to sadness and isolation. But, those studies have contradictory data. Some of them include statistics for people who “feel isolated” while others only study data from people who have been so lonely and depressed that they’ve […]
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On June 3rd, 2019 by Chassidy Greaver
Last year I went into the doctor because I wondered if I had a strain of influenza that was going around the area where we live. It turned out that I only had a bad cold. The thing that surprised me about this was that along with a prescription for cough medicine, the doctor also […]
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