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Communication Tips for Seniors with Dementia

January 26, 2023

The Alzheimer’s Organization defines communication with an Alzheimer’s or Dementia diagnosed person clearly and honestly. “Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias gradually diminish a person’s ability to communicate. Communication with a person with Alzheimer’s requires patience, understanding and good listening skills.” Life changes when a loved one develops dementia or Alzheimer’s. The most loving person may become […]

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How to be Social as a Senior

January 19, 2023

How to be Social as a Senior More than 13 million people aged 65 and older lived alone in 2017, a situation challenging to a person’s mental and physical health. Social well-being is not a product of spontaneity, but of a lifestyle. As we age it is natural to withdraw as we lose family and friends to […]

Healthy Holiday Recipes for Seniors

December 14, 2022

During holiday season the sight of cookies heaped onto holiday platters is difficult to resist. Never mind the decadent fudges, peanut brittle, and other sugary sweets! Holidays are an epicurean delight, are they not? Alas, metabolisms ran higher in youth and calories were burned in outdoor activities or plotting just how to snag an extra […]

How to Manage the Stress of the Holiday Season

December 7, 2022

Social Media, the press, broadcasts… all address holiday stress during this time of year. Thanksgiving kicks off the holidays and is quickly followed by Hanukkah, then Christmas, and lastly Kwanzaa. As holidays approach Seniors feel the empty places at the table, families too busy to visit, or sadness when hearing a holiday song reminiscent of […]

Seasonal Depression 101

November 18, 2022

It’s the turkey’s fault. According to Camille Styles, author of Lifestyles Daily Blog, ”a turkey food coma has less to do with the turkey and more to do with eating a variety of other foods also containing tryptophan. Thanksgiving is a tryptophan gold mine.” Tryptophan, an amino acid found only in food, induces relaxation, or […]

How to Stay Fit After 70

November 14, 2022

A previous blog extolled the joys of Fall… fresh air, sunshine, a palette of colors, and fun outdoor activities. Was there a message between the lines? A silent intention?… perhaps the intended moral was to remind Seniors enjoyment is simpler when physically fit, especially after the age of seventy. Physical and mental fitness is serious […]

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