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Coping with Loss and Grief

June 16, 2023

The advancement of age brings various reasons to grieve. Loved ones move or pass away. Life’s normal routines change with new medical diagnoses or assistance may be needed for daily tasks. Most importantly, find the positive when faced with a loss. Grief is a result of losing happiness; without happiness we would not experience grief. […]

Summer Safety Tips for Seniors

June 7, 2023

Have you noticed? Temperatures are rising across the country. Bright sunshine and warm breezes are getting more of us outdoors. As teenagers we worried less about ultra-violet rays, the possibility of wrinkles and skin cancer, but as Seniors the concern is unquestionable. Statistics support skin cancer, or melanoma, is rapidly rising amongst the elderly. The […]

Happy senior couple walking arm in arm in nature in summer with trees around them. Aging with grace is a love story to be told of these two Seniors walking together.

Aging With Grace: A Story

May 25, 2023

Edward and Grace… a love story if ever there was one. The two met in college, dated, fell in love, and wed. Early years were filled with all the firsts… home purchases, career navigation, children. Inevitably home repairs, hospitalizations, moving costs, and unexpected expenses arose. Somehow, Edward and Grace managed. Every night they held hands […]

Diverse group of people are meditating in a yoga class. A senior woman is featured in front of the class meditating peacefully. This relates to the benefit of meditation for seniors.

The Benefits of Meditation for Seniors

May 18, 2023

Meditation… focusing on an object, word, or breathing in order to decrease stress, improve health, and relax the body and mind. Social media portrays a younger generation sitting cross legged on yoga mats, humming ad infinitum while windchimes pleasantly ring in the background. There are more age-friendly options for Seniors however. The stressors of age […]

Traveling in Your Golden Years

May 4, 2023

“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” –Unknown. What a wonderful thought… you are in total control of which road to take, the destination, and the people met along the way. Retirement has presented Seniors time to travel, whether to another neighborhood, city, state, or country. […]

Skincare Protection for Seniors

April 27, 2023

Skincare Protection for Seniors The largest organ in the body is skin. Amazing! We exercise to keep our hearts, brains, muscles, and joints healthy but skin? Drier, thinner skin is unavoidable during the aging process. Once one enters their sixties or seventies, “beauty” spots become “age” spots. Bruising becomes common, skin is suddenly itchy, and […]

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