Older people may be victims of frauds like con games and insurance, home repair, telephone, or internet scams. Even “trusted” friends or family members have been known to steal an older person’s money or property. The following tips may help:

Don’t be afraid to hang up on telephone salespeople. You aren’t being impolite. You are taking care of yourself! Remember, you can say no to any offer.

Don’t give any personal information, including...

Your wheelchair has become your second home and it is quite understandable why.

With time, you have come to terms with your disabled state and have learnt to make the most of your life, sitting in your wheel chair. Did you know that your life could be a lot easier to you as well as to the people serving you?

Whenever you go shopping, someone has to lift you out of the car and lace you on your wheel chair and same when you return. This involves discomfort and pain on your...

Over the past 20 years, more and more Americans have developed into a trend of depositing our elderly into nursing homes, assisted living facilities and the like.  Recent studies have shown that over half of these seniors do not require the type of intensive medical supervision nursing homes and intermediate care facilities were designed to provide.  These facilities were established for seniors who are in, or are very close to hospice level medical condition, and who require...

Many people still associate yoga with a bohemian life style. Other people believe it is part of a specific religion and are scared to engage in it. Contrary to all these beliefs yoga is an excellent form of physical activity that can be done by anyone.

Yoga is a low impact form of exercise and while it is far from being easy, there are many exercises that would suit elderly people.

Staying fit in your later years is just as important as it is for younger people. Many...

Moving your parents to a retirement home or a long-term care home can be very stressful. Deciding what’s best for an aging parent is a task of utmost responsibility.
Thinking about who is the best person to care for your mom or dad is a never ending thought. Here I am writing some tips to guide you in selection of best care home for your loved ones.

• Choose a location. The best location for the retirement home for your loved ones is close to where most of...

In Home Care Service for Seniors

• Companion Care -One of the most important aspects of in-home care is providing a strong sense of belonging and comfort. Taking an interest in the client, his/her life and environment creates a lasting bond between caregiver and the individual. Whether it is playing a favorite board game or card game, reading, taking a stroll or visiting with friends and neighbors, life is meant to be enjoyed by the individual.
• Personal Assistance...

There is much to learn about really when it comes to baby boomers, and especially baby boomer retirement trends are important to be aware of. More than anything, you want to be aware that baby boomer retirement trends show that most baby boomers want to retire late. They want to stay healthy and young and not have to retire because this is basically telling them that they are old and too old to work anymore.

Learning about baby boomer retirement trends is very helpful, as is...

Learning about the baby boomer age range and what this means is really very important, even though there are so many people who have no clue why. Baby boomers aging, means that most of them are at retirement age now and will be gone soon. Well if you want to know more about the baby boomer age range, then you should know that the start of the baby boom was post-World War II which means that it was around 1946 that the boom begun.

Of course the end of the baby boomer age range was...

A lift chair is a device that aids a person to stand and sit independently.  It has an electric lifting system to make the chair rise and lower.  When the lift chair is in its reclining position, the person can easily stand.  Furthermore, the backrest and footrest of this chair are easily manipulated electronically.

Lift chairs are available in a variety of styles from simple models to luxurious models.  Most of these lift chairs are available on the...

Growing old is inevitable. And as much as we would want to skip that phase in life, the more that we will be headed that way. If we think it will never happen to us, think again because in the peak of our life and our health, unimaginable as it can be, we will need nursing home care. Circumstances change; in fact, it is the only thing that is constant in this world. Certain as it seems, as we are approaching our senior years, we will be forced to seek for assistance from some of these...