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It’s a known fact that seniors today have already redefined retirement—and according to their terms! Today, specific facts for retirement are only those you will find written as a law, other than that, it is solely up to the senior how he or she chooses to spend the so-called golden age.

Traditionally, when you reach the legal retirement age, you are expected to quit your job, collect your benefits, stay at home and spend the rest of your life in a leisurely manner. While some of the seniors today have saved enough money to cover their backs, they prefer to stay employed or at least generate money just for the fun of it—and of course, enjoy the many benefits it brings.

Studies show that working retirees are not prone to depression and it keeps mental diseases at bay. And because more seniors are now conscious of their health, taking a little extra effort in making their bodies as fit and strong as possible, they live a much longer and enriched lives. Furthermore, seniors swear that working in their retirement years brings them a certain level of satisfaction and security. Part time retirement jobs give time flexibility making seniors enjoy the best of both worlds.

With that said, here are some suggested jobs after retirement:

·    Healthcare administration- This doesn’t mean you will work in a hospital scene. Of course, you won’t, instead, you will work at the other side of the healthcare profession. It can be clerical or managerial positions where tasks are much lighter to handle.
·    Tutorial and teaching aides- The best thing about this job is that you are assured of a steady income and you can conduct tutorial sessions right from your own home.
·    Writing jobs- Seniors who belong to the “frustrated-writers” group would be the perfect-fit for a job like this. Usually, those blogs you see are not written by their owners, instead they hire someone to maintain it for them. If you love writing so much and you have a lot to spare, you can try looking for job like this.
·    Merchandise and retail shops- With much pursuing made by senior groups, most retail shops are now hiring seniors to join their workforce. Check out reputable grocery chains in your area for convenience.
·    Book keeping- Let’s face it, most business people are too busy to even keep their books straight hence they hire somebody to do it for them.
·    Sales and marketing- This field has required someone with long standing experience to do the job right. This person could be you.
·    Customer service- If you enjoy talking over the phone and find it easy to chat for hours on end then it’s time to put your talent into an income generating venture.

Centuries back, Celiac disease was known to exclusively plague kids until the later years of 1990’s when it was found out to be an inborn disease which many of us were said to have, only we were vaguely aware of it. Babies are known to be sensitive to many things, or we tend to be very observant around them thus early signs of the disease are detected at once. We believed Celiac disease to be something that can be outgrown, only to be corrected by medical researchers claiming otherwise. Now, Celiac disease is established as an auto-immune disorder that is both inborn and lifelong.

This medical development gave birth to what is now known as gluten-free diet. Gluten-free diet is a must for all Celiac disease sufferers and for those with gluten allergies. Dermatitis herpetiformis is known to have a very strong link to the aforementioned disease and is suspected of being Celiac disease’s complication. Since the lifestyle has diet written all over it, diet gurus are quick to pick up, evangelizing gluten to be a bad protein that harms the body.

Celiac disease tends to be harder to spot than most illnesses since its symptoms can range from mild to moderate to severe. Because of this, health care providers now consider Celiac disease when checking a patient. What bothers these health care providers is the staggering number of seniors whom they suspect of having the disease. When left untreated, it can trigger, or even lead to, most fatal diseases such as gastric cancer, liver cancer, diabetes and even Alzheimer’s disease. Upon consumption of gluten, the most typical symptoms of Celiac disease are weight loss, anemia and diarrhea. A gluten-free diet is known to alleviate symptoms and help improve the sufferer’s health tremendously.

At early stages, Celiac disease is not at all fatal but its complications prove to be one. It triggers underlying diseases making it manifest prematurely and when they do, they are often unmanageable. When left undetected—and untreated—it can cause the sufferer great deal of pain later in life. Studies have shown Celiac disease to be hereditary so when your grandson’s pediatrician diagnosed him to have one, it is better to have yourself checked too by your own doctor. Working with your doctor proves to be the best thing you can do to keep the disease in check.

Now that you finally gave in to your peer’s constant harassing, you find yourself staring helplessly to your supposedly profile page, not knowing what to do. Honestly, as much as Facebook is fun, it is equally complicated. On average, a person with no Facebook experience whatsoever in the past will spend at least half of the day before he can be left to his own devices. Of course, if you are to observe a child of three, an hour of tinkering would do.

What makes Facebook fun—and complicated—is that it can do more than add friends and post pictures like the old ones do. It can multitask and freakishly enough, it can even suggest friends whom you really know and not just random ones as if it has been stalking you all your life. But, the crowning glory of Facebook, and the most interesting of all, is its live feeds.

Opening a Facebook account is fairly easy. All you need is a valid email address and off you go. Make sure that you are using a VALID email address since Facebook will ask you to confirm via this email address. Now, moving on to the basics..

Since there will be millions upon millions of potential viewers, you might want to consider how much information you are willing to share. When using social networking sites, make sure that your safety and privacy come first. Also, don’t ever post pictures that you might regret seeing in the future since photo theft is very common in Facebook. Keep your private photos, well, private. You don’t need them to be in Facebook anyway. Privacy settings can be adjusted according to levels. It is highly advisable for you to go all “only friends”. This way you won’t risk being viewed by somebody you don’t know.

Search for your friends by doing an advance search. Upon finding them, hit the “Add as Friend” button and wait for their confirmation. You can also browse through your friend’s list for other people of interest. Furthermore, it is not unusual to receive a friend request from someone you don’t know since many online marketers are trying to penetrate Facebook via this route with no apparent success. If this happens to you, just hit the reject button, he won’t find out that you did anyway. If he persists then your last resort would be to block this person from having any connection with you.

Wall posts are those you write in the “what’s on your mind?” box. Be extra careful when posting in this little box since the whole Facebook community will be able to read it. Keep it simple and don’t communicate with someone using this option, instead send them a direct mail or write on their “walls”. Walls are what you see when you hit the profile button. That is your wall.

The first page you will see upon logging in is the live feeds. In this page, you’ll see your friends’ activities such as when they befriended someone or just won the poker game. When you opt to publish an activity, it will also appear on the live feeds, along with many others. Video posting, pictures and even editing your profiles goes straight in that page, notifying your friends of your movements. Speaking of your live feeds, it’s okay to comment on someone else’s activity if you wish to. In an event when a person is already cluttering your live feeds with too many annoying posts, hover your mouse just far opposite of your friend’s name until the “hide” button appears then choose what exactly it is that you want to hide.

Communicating in Facebook is the easiest of all. You can do the wall post from your own to all or directly to your friend’s wall. You can also send direct mails which will land straight to their inboxes and won’t be published to the live feeds or you can chat with them real time. Chatting with your friends in Facebook does not require rocket science, just find the “chat” box below, hit on that and check who’s online. If you don’t feel like chatting right now, choose offline.

It is okay to experience a couple of hit and miss posts. You can remove them from your wall anyway. It can be a bore during your first few days but as your friends increase in number and your live feeds roll like crazy, you will soon find yourself checking your account every hour of the day! Happy Facebooking!

Since the last time’s post garnered favorable response from seniors-site.com’s visitors, we would assume that most viewers of this site come from the senior workforce. Actually, this data should be expected since most seniors today still belong to the office-going group and 9-5 jobs. Although at this point in one’s life when freelancing must be the most suitable considering health and comfort, you’ll notice that there are seniors—and that is, a significant number of them—who prefer to stay within the confines of offices where they have spent almost all their lives. Adaptability, however, has nothing to do with it, but loyalty appears to be a great factor affecting their choice.

For the young and restless, this must be a little hard to understand since their life’s choices heavily depend on primal instinct, wherein when faced with office conflicts, instead of dealing with it in a mature, business-like way, they tend to “fight or flight”. Due to this attitude, it is 100% possible for offices to undergo changes from time to time, such as recovering from an office conflict, calm before the storm and of course, the main event. During these office episodes, it is best if you always know where to stand or how to react THE RIGHT WAY just so you prevent getting into unnecessary trouble. Here are some basic office etiquette for working seniors:

·    Even if you are already starting to look like a carved ornament in your office due to your extensive working years with the company, it is still not nice to act differently when someone new comes around. While your position in the office structure has long been established, just consider how the newbie might be feeling right now. Instead, as the “senior”, you must act as the welcoming committee of your team and make the new recruit as comfortable as can be.
·    Learn to modulate your voice when talking. No need to shout when you need something or when conducting business. Never when calling out your office mate’s name, not when talking over the phone, not even in emails (It’s possible to shout there. To prevent this, stay away from the Caps Lock button). When you feel that everyone around you is starting to talk in hushed tones, then it’s time to have your own ears checked.
·    A healthy, working environment is when everybody is helpful and workers are willing to share their expertise. Since by now, you must be “the expert”, the best thing you can do is help others make the work easier for them rather than just watch them wade helplessly through tasks.
·    Humans make mistakes. It is part of the growing process and you should allow it. Sometimes, hardcore office bodies—such as you—tend to be hypercritical when it comes to the work done by beginners. So what if they made a mess with the task assigned to them? Maybe you weren’t guiding them enough.
·    You have come this far. It means you got enough office experience under your belt and most probably, you are the most favored person in the office. Please don’t use this advantage for power-tripping and such. It is not nice. Give others a chance to grow and see where their talents lie.

Office politics is no joke and it is not exclusive to the younger society as well. Seniors can also encounter these problems even if they are not asking for it. No matter how you stay humble and efficient when it comes to handling jobs, it can arise at most unfortunate times. The only advantage we, seniors, may have is that we are more experienced to handle these kinds of situation especially if we have been in the workforce for only God knows when!

Office politics is one of the many workplace stressors. It usually occurs when something new happens to the office’s structure, such as when an aggressive newbie comes in and has been an instant favorite of the superiors for whatever reason. It can create a lot of stress to the existing work structure and can seriously affect those who have been working harmoniously prior to the change. On the other hand, office politics can exist even before you get hired which only makes it harder for you to blend in.

Upon detection, we must not attempt to change anything because we risk losing our job all the more. Unless you are ready to get fired, the best thing to do is to divert your attention to yourself so you can adequately protect your being for what it’s worth.

·    Be wise. Let’s face it, when your superiors chose to shower someone with lots of love, there’s not much you can do. While it’s most appealing to just fight back, it is not very healthy for your career. If the situation is somewhat manageable then let them be. If you cannot take it anymore, then drop the job like a hot potato. Either way, there’s no need to fuss about it unless you prefer to look like a jealous lover.
·    It’s funny how office politics can easily turn a good employee to one unproductive being. This is because conflicts like this can cause unwanted diversion, no matter how much you choose to ignore them. If you’re the victim then it’s time to put the blinders on and just continue doing your job.
·    Know when to back off. Backing off does not make you a coward, it’s a strategy best learned by winners. Instead, focus on making things done so there will be no loose ends on your part.
·    ..and shut up. There’s nothing worse than bitching around and spreading gossip about someone you don’t like. The lesser you speak, the more you are handling the situation well. Plus, it eliminates the possibility of you being torn between two opposing bodies.
·    Don’t take it personally. You don’t control other people’s action, what you can only control is your own. Instead of taking everything personally, opt to take a mindset that is business-like. You don’t need these people hindering your success.
·    If, for some reason, you’re unable to fully detach yourself from office politics, then try a different approach. Since you wish to be taken personally, why not make friends with the opposition and try to understand where this person is coming from. Next, try to make it more productive for both of you and work towards it. It’s called compromising.

It seems like everybody has been tweeting and it’s not about birds! One short trip to your favorite hairdresser and you’ll surely encounter the words “tweet”, “tweeting” and “twitter”; worse, you’ll have someone asking you of your Twitter ID! If you are not familiar with this free social networking/micro-blogging service that has been taking the world by storm, then it’s easy to get yourself embarrassed by the situation at hand for the Twitter community has their own “special” language to get by.

The way you use Twitter is very different from the traditional social networking sites we’ve grown so used to. Of course, it still requires a photo of you so you’ll be recognizable to your friends, in case they are hunting you down. Aside from that, you supply basic information about yourself in Twitter’s profile page, just enough to make new friends since it’s a very open community and new relationships are bound to form. You can also change your Twitter background, if you happen to be very experimental with your pages. What sets it apart is that the services seemed too limiting when in fact, it has one hundred and one ways of use for interested parties. Also, Twitter has been kind enough to allow different applications to access their sites making it so convenient to use even your two-year old grandchild can do it! It can also be linked to almost all social networking sites so tweeting will never be a problem.

Before we shake our tail feathers and just to give seniors who would like to dabble with Twitter an idea, it’s not always love-at-first-sight for Twitter. Some users go AWOL for quite sometime right after signing up only to revive the account months later. The usual problem is lack of friends. You see, if you don’t have someone to talk to in Twitter neither do you make friends that easily, it tends to be a tad boring there. Here are some basic Twitter tips to jumpstart your own little community:

·    Active participation is the key to a Twitter success. Survey shows that the most followed profiles in Twitter are those of opinionated people even if they are a little off the edge. Unless you prefer to stalk people, it is best if you already have an existing community there to join i.e your friends, family etc.
·    Your bio can be built overtime but most importantly is that you need to fill it up with something right after signing up. How else would your neighbor know it’s you if you don’t make yourself known? For safety reasons, do practice basic precautionary measures like never giving away your personal details. Like stated earlier, Twitter is an open place where everybody can view your profile—even to somebody you barely know.
·    Granted, Twitter is not a home for your lovely photo collection and users are given a limit of 140 characters for each tweet hence the importance of links. This community is most interested in clicking i.e following links to wherever it leads so give them that instead. Share your loot, and you’ll be loved. By the way, don’t just share, use URL shorteners.
·    Marketers find Twitter to be very useful. In fact, it was said that most conversions or sales come from the Twitter community. Due to this, more and more online marketing efforts are thrown at this side of town by the minute leaving a little breathing room for ordinary people like us. You can either scream “keep off the grass” or use them to your advantage. It’s your call.
·    RT means retweet. It’s okay to grab someone else’s tweet just as long as you give credit where it’s due.

Basically, that’s it. In time, you’ll eventually learn to walk the walk and talk the talk. Meanwhile, test your tweeting powers and bug your friends all day long!

No matter what age or capacity your elderly is currently in, doing fun activities are highly encouraged by health care practitioners. This is done to make sure that the elderly senior receives a substantial amount of mind and body stimulation needed to ensure healthy and positive outlook in life. Some of the most successful assisted-living facilities for seniors provide daily activities for their residents to help them cope with what they are going through at the moment.

However, not all elderly seniors live in these facilities and a huge fraction of them prefer to be taken cared of at home. This practice, of course, is not closely supervised by experienced health care provider hence first-time caregivers can sometimes be lost with what should be given to their seniors. Here are some great activities you can introduce to your elderly senior to be able to comply with their mind-body stimulation needs:

·    Introduce new gadgets for them to try. If your senior is interested in photography, let him try digital cameras that are not too complicated to use. There are digital camera models which are called as “point and shoot”. They are designed for simple camera operations and usually they come in no more than the shoot button. Furthermore, a nice, compact photo printer will also amuse them, guaranteeing months of fixed fascination!
·    Memories are very important for elderly seniors. Introduce them to the wonderful world of scrapbooking. This also helps with the hand-eye coordination plus it encourages mental stimulation too.
·    Don’t forget to do some physical exercises too as it is known to somewhat delay the aging process. If your elderly senior is not capable of moving around, it is best to have him undergo therapy sessions on a regular basis.
·    Choose mental stimulating toys you can set up for seniors. Board games like chess and scrabble are great for passing time while bonding with them. On the other hand, frail seniors can also benefit from toddler toys designed to encourage hand-eye coordination.
·    Consider stimulating other senses. Sometimes, hand-eye coordination cannot be established anymore. What you can do instead is to make use of the remaining senses your senior may have. Music can also stimulate a frail senior’s mind. Audio books are also available for seniors who are no longer capable of reading texts but are still interested in hearing one.
·    Encourage family members to visit them once in a while especially those little ones. According to studies, babies and toddlers extend youth and vitality to seniors making them adapt these qualities while together. If this is not possible, pets will do.

Your fashion sense should not go as you age. Granted, it’s somewhat insane to wear the clothes you used to love 20 years back and seniors are encouraged to choose comfortable cuts in subdued colors but that doesn’t mean seniors are not allowed to look good and feel good in what they wear everyday!

Bear in mind that “fashion rules” for seniors are made with their health and comfortability in mind. We all know that sometimes being fashionable involves great stress and risks. For one, wearing outrageously high heels are not advisable for seniors since by this time, they couldn’t establish good balance anymore thus it can put seniors in great risk for injuries. No matter how healthy you are right now, being fashionable means knowing what looks great on you regardless of age. Fashion need not be painful; here are some easy fashion tips for elderly women:

·    Forget about fads. Usually they are made for younger people and somewhat unfit for seniors. Don’t seek counsel from magazines too especially if they are not for seniors. The best thing to do is browse through catalogs and online stores selling senior clothes. This way you’ll have an idea of what looks good and what probably won’t work for you.
·    Wear the clothes that compliment your lifestyle. If you are having trouble hand-washing your clothes then go for those you can machine-wash. Having trouble with zippers? Then go for Velcro.
·    Cardigans and sweaters are staples to a senior’s closet. Invest in them by purchasing only those durable ones since they can withstand everyday wear and tear. The greatest thing about this kind of clothing is that they know no age and they do come in cute designs too.
·    Go for comfortable shoes. For everyday shoes, go for flat ones. When you need to wear heels, opt to wear those low-heeled ones so you can still look good and stay safe at the same time.
·    Right accessories make an ensemble even brighter. Choose accessories that will compliment your style. Classic jewelries are the best choice for seniors since they can be paired with almost anything you have in your closet.
·    Lost when it comes to fashion? Take after senior celebrities. Choose your own fashion icon whom you can imitate. Just make sure that the one you have chosen is more or less your size and shape so that you won’t look awkward wearing her style.
·    Wear your self confidence. The clothes you wear don’t make you fashionable, it’s how you carry yourself. When you are comfortable with what you are wearing, you feel great. That alone will warrant great success in being fashionable at any age.

If seniors are having a hard time maneuvering their way around the internet, it is not entirely their fault. Eyes maybe failing, cognitive functions could be a little bit impaired but most definitely, these are not the only reasons why seniors commit one too many mistakes when using the internet. It can also be blamed to the usability a website may possess.

It was said that the senior group is amongst the top three internet users, alongside women and teens. It only goes to show that the complexity or modernity of computers never hinders a senior to use them frequently—and for many reasons, that is. Like any other new and shiny things, it can be learned and seniors are definitely eager to learn!

According to the same study mentioned earlier, it was found out that email application is the most popular among seniors. In fact, it is the first thing they check upon waking up in the morning. Running close on its tail are news, research and online payments. Amazingly, a new trend is making waves, the ever popular social networking.

Among the most visited sites by seniors are Google and Facebook. When it comes to gaming, women over 55 prefer games from sites like Game House and Pogo. And what do these sites have in common? One word: simplicity. Their simple, user-friendly interface charms seniors mightily and in a way, earn their loyalty. Preferences have nothing to do with seniors’ eyesight or their ability to concentrate and comprehend things but it seems that busy, giddy web designs have a lot to do with it.

Web designers who assume too much from their visitors have a lot to learn. When it comes to website usability, seniors must be the right group to approach as they know exactly what they want and what works perfectly for them. Poor design makes it hard for seniors to explore the site even more, discouraging them from discovering your site’s real potential. No matter how good your content is, when its texts are barely readable and links are hidden like it’s a game of finders keepers, then you must know your website will not be on any senior’s bookmarks.

Aging brings inevitable problems to a person. A senior may experience more health problems than his or her aging neighbor while the neighbor may have been going through a lot emotionally nowadays. A senior can be bothered by health problems or mental problems—or worst, both. Unfortunately, it really happens even if we take certain precautionary measures to avoid them. It seems that as we age, these problems will come up no matter what. Of course, the number of problems that will occur can vary widely, depending on how good you managed to skip or delay them during your lifetime. This also includes your genes since hereditary factors play a very significant role in one’s aging.

According to a survey conducted to a group of people aging 65 and beyond, problems of old age come in two forms. One is emotionally and two is physically. Experts believe that these two are actually intertwined, which means, if one area is suffering, the other might also be taking the same blow. Here are some examples of emotional problems senior must have encountered once or twice during old age:

·    Insecurity. Lack of security in seniors could come from their current financial status or the sudden loss of upper hand within the family.
·    Critical judgment. Most seniors tend to be hypercritical especially towards the younger generation. Seniors cannot be blamed though, after all they have been through.
·    A nagging feeling that somehow you’ve failed. When we’re done criticizing others, we now turn to ourselves.
·    Stopped setting goals. When faced with the reality that the end might come nearer than expected, we see no use for long-term goals and instead we get stuck in the past.
·    Culture shock. Seniors often find themselves quite disturbed with what has been happening around them thus the feeling of being alienated from their surroundings.
·    Knowing all the answers and yet no one bothered to ask. Feeling useless is often a discomforting feeling for seniors.

Aside from these troubling emotional problems for seniors, there are marked physical changes that they need to contend with. Of course, as we age, so does our bodies. Like machines, every part has an expiry date. This is when your body parts start to show signs of wear and tear. Some of the most common health problems for seniors are:

·    Hypertension.
·    Eye and Ear problems.
·    Heart problems.
·    Impaired mental capacity.
·    Your reproductive organs.
·    Hormonal problems.
·    Digestive system.
·    Sleeping patterns.

Like stated earlier, most problems of old age are related to one another. It is best to find the connection between each of them to know the root cause of your problem. This way, it will be easier to find the perfect solution to help you overcome the problem.