Baby boomers are living longer than ever before, and not only that, but most importantly of all, they are choosing to work longer than ever. This is the main reason as to why when using a baby boomer retirement chart you will see that the baby boomer retirement rate is slowing significantly, and why it will probably continue to do so in the near future.

There are a few reasons for why the baby boomer retirement rate continues to drop. One reason that the baby boomer retirement...

The entire purpose of our existence is to learn how to discipline our natural passions and tendencies, and in the process, develop the highest of all attributes – that of charity. Never forget, however, that charity and service are not the same. Charity is a characteristic trait, service is a kind act! And while charity is certainly developed through continual kind acts of service, charity also seeks no reward and is initiated because of unselfishness and love rather than the hope...

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Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) recently announced their collaboration with The Charity Guild of Brockton in the development of a new program known as “Special Foods for Special People”.

The goal of the “Special Foods for Special People” program is to distribute special dietary foods to homebound elders who suffer from diseases common to this age...

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...

Seniors are especially prone to complications related to exposure to excessive heat. Now that we are in the midst of our summer weather, seniors and their family and friends should be aware of the risks to older citizens during excessively hot weather. You may hear that a "heat advisory" or "excessive heat advisory" has been issued by the national weather service. But exactly what does that means?
A Heat Advisory is issued when there is a heat index of 105...

If you do not have enough money to buy stair lifts , do not worry as you can always opt for stair lift rental.

People do not need to stay confined at one place if the two legs given to them are working properly. But sometimes it so happens that due to some reason or the other the ability to walk is lost. You cannot move about freely and you cannot even go up and down the stairs as and when you require.

Losing the ability to walk is really painful. Most of the time, one needs...

This is such a tough time for everyone. Sometimes it’s a relief all round, other times it can be very tense. Depending on your circumstances, you have two courses of action: to sell the property or rent it out.

Whether you decide to rent out the property or sell it often depends on three factors:-

1.    Is your parent ‘happy’ to let go of the property or do they still think they will come home at some stage? This can be the case...

It is really painful for the disabled person to stay confined in a room or in a floor. But due to the invention of the handicap stair lift , things have changed today.

Handicap stair lift is like a blessing in disguise for the handicapped people. They no more need to feel depressed and low because they cannot move about freely in their own house.

If you really care for the handicapped person in your house then you surely need to get one handicap stair lift for him or...

Maybe you’ve been frustrated the last few times you visited uncle Bob at the <a title=Nursing homes at Great Places! rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= />Nursing Homes </a> or cousin Lou at the <a title=Assisted living at Great Places! rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >Assisted...

Understanding Elder Abuse

Kanshi Ram , a homeless,  87 years old farmer, feels  like carrying the dead weight of life being abandoned by his own children and uprooted from a house which he used to command and direct a few years ago. He is surviving on the charities of distant relatives. It is piteous that, Kanshi Ram’s perpetrators are his own children whom he taught to say their first word and take their first step. There are ostensibly inadequate reasons...