Alzheimer’s disease is one terrible disease to deal with since it strikes a senior’s brain, robbing them off their treasured memories along with necessary functional skills. It can be heartbreaking, especially for caregivers who are forced to witness the patient’s decline. Caring for an elderly with dementia is like caring for a baby, only it’s backwards—instead of the person learning and gathering milestones, it’s losing those milestones one by one. [...]

When you discuss bowel movements with seniors, it is almost always a matter of being constipated or even experiencing chronic constipation for years now—like it is a way of life for an elderly person. Ask a caregiver and you’ll probably be exchanging tips on how to stay regular within minutes since it is fairly known around caregivers’ circle that as the years pile up, the more you’ll have a hard [...]

Looking for a quick sale or perhaps hoping to sell your home at a higher price? These are not impossible, if you know exactly what to do with your home especially BEFORE potential buyers drop in to see your place! Seeking help from a real estate expert with your best interest in mind, he or she will tell you that there is more to just selling your home. You need [...]

When I was just starting out writing about a senior’s life, I had no idea that there will be several housing options for seniors. Some I just got to know while doing research but some I experienced personally by helping my friends move their aging parents—some friends I even arranged for moving in a temporary housing after an ailment. I know the emotional turmoil that comes with it, that is [...]

Driving on a fairly good weather condition is hard enough for seniors considering their impaired visibility—and sometimes, hearing problems too—and limited range of motion but driving on a rainy day proves to be the biggest challenge of all for aging adults like me. However, we are not going to hang those keys yet and give up; here are some handy tips for seniors who are up for the challenge: •    [...]

Finding a job in your 50s or 60s is certainly no-joke. First, most jobs found on local ads are age-specific and require skills that scream “young blood!!”. There may be some lucky seniors who are bound to become a supervisor or perhaps a consultant with a decent salary to boot but that will require years of experience or a college degree—something that not all seniors have. Nonetheless, this should never [...]

Aside from the age-related memory loss, you are most likely be experiencing a brain lag every now and then as well. This is when you lack sleep and you feel disoriented throughout the day or perhaps you work yourself to a point when everything gets blurred and hazy already. Unfortunately, a senior’s brain can be exhausted much easier than that of a younger person’s. Understandably, seniors experience more brain lags [...]

There are many reasons why you might need to find and eventually, choose, a new doctor to attend to your health at some point. For seniors who will be moving to a new city, expect that along with your moving in comes the overwhelming task of transferring your health records as well. Of course, you will need someone to receive them right? However, we all know this is not something [...]