Seniors and the Flu – Get Vaccinated!

Everyone age 50 and older should get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible.

Seniors who have health conditions associated with a higher risk of flu complications should get the H1N1 vaccine.Use our Flu Shot Locator to get vaccinated where you live.

For older adults, the seasonal flu can be very serious, even deadly. Each year in the U.S., an average of 36,000 people die and...

Outdoor straight stair liftsare ideal products for business firms, tourism facilities, hotels, hospitals and other establishments where service to the common public is given utmost importance. These are used on straight or vertical stairways. These straight chair lifts are less costly compared to expensive elevators and are designed to operate in a wide variety of outdoor settings.Outdoor straight stair lifts, as the name suggests, are intended for outdoor access to higher levels in...

With workout facilities, pools, golf courses and trips, the aging communities today are not looking for their parents assisted living communities of the past. In fact, Baby Boomers are looking to live out their golden years packed full of as much adventure and fun as possible. <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >California assisted living</a>, Arizona, Florida and <a...

In the pilot episode of Frasier, Frasier and his brother are debating on whether or not to put their father, who can’t live alone, in <a title=”Let Great Places help you find information on assisted living facilities!” rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >assisted living facilities</a>.  He pulls a brochure out of his pocket that reads “We care – so you...

For us age 65 and older our vulnerability to depression seems to increase. When we reach our senior years the environments that most of us find ourselves in are ideal for depression to silently move in. In most cases our children have all grown up and their dependence of us has evaporated, due to their busy life we are lucky if we get a chance to see them once a month. Also, many of us may have a spouse that has passed on, so that silent void can be very disturbing, as we are use to...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 33 percent of Americans, age 65 or older, have at least one serious fall each year. About 60 percent of those falls occur at home during normal daily activities. While downsizing to a smaller, one-level apartment may be the perfect solution for seniors who still want to live on their own, there are still many things to consider for their safety.

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A Beautiful Funeral Program Templates from The Funeral programs can be as simple as a letter size paper, handwritten and folded in half or as elaborate as an engraved invitation obituary. It isn't necessary to have a funeral program for all memorial services, of course, but there are many reasons why its desirable to do so.

If the service is a religious one, it can serve as a form of instruction, helping people who are unfamiliar with the order of service to find their way...

Watches and bracelets, many of us wear them and the fiddly wrestle we go through while attempting to fasten the clasp is maddening. For some people this exercise in dexterity is literally an agonising experience. For sufferers of conditions such as arthritis with stiff or worse, gnarled fingers, even simple everyday tasks most of us take for granted can be frustrating and impossible. While a wristwatch is useful and an attractive bracelet is decorative, to many people suffering a form...

Before you take the time to learn about baby boomer retirement communities, there are a few important things that you will want to learn more about, and that includes learning about how to properly plan for retirement. One of the most common questions that people ask is what the baby boomer retirement age.

There is actually no specific baby boomer retirement age, but instead a bracket that people fall into and in which they are eligible to begin receiving retirement benefits....

Winter and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

As winter draws near, people with respiratory problems are waiting with bated breath. The winter months often cause an exacerbation or acute worsening of COPD symptoms, often leading to other illnesses and even hospitalizations. I have seen first hand that a large percentage of hospital admissions this time of year are COPD patients. Even my mother suffers from COPD.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease...