Are you in constant stress? Perhaps helping your mother make that daily trip to the clinic for therapy is already busting your energy or balancing your obligation to your family, parents and your partner is already too much for an aging body like yours? If these things send you running for your favorite comfort food and you are having no problem finishing an ice cream tub meant for 4 people, [...]

Catching cold or flu can be nasty! Oh, I hate the days when you have 101 things to do but are forced to stay in bed just because your body won’t cooperate. Having cold and flu may look oh-so-simple for us seniors and don’t require much but a day’s worth of good R&R but it can also be annoying especially if it comes around wrong times of the year, say, [...]

We all age, whether we like it or not, however for some people aging represent problems and difficulties which we cannot really imagine ourselves with. Men and women both, we worry—even dread—the idea of getting old and the things that come with it but of course, in different perspectives. While men may worry about their careers, women are thinking about physical changes such as sagging breast and wrinkled skin. Below [...]

Sure, you’re only concerned about your senior’s safety when driving and sure, you have already observed how he drives and you know it has gone terrible but there’s no way you can easily make your senior hand over the keys to you. No, not yet, especially if you don’t know how to negotiate. Let’s just say that asking your senior to give up driving is more like asking him to [...]

For a senior like me who has families and friends scattered all over the world, traveling must be the best part of the holiday season. Not only you get to go out and leave problems for a while but also you get to see your beloved ones as well as those new additions to the family such as grandchildren and pets. Of course, spending time with them, no matter how [...]

Worrying about your senior’s obvious addiction? Well, you’re not alone. It was reported that there is a growing number of seniors admitted into rehab centers for drug abuse, unfortunately, experts suspect there are more out there who just won’t accept the fact that they need help—and fast! Worse, caregivers don’t have any idea that their seniors are already addicted to substances their bodies don’t necessarily need, or are too busy [...]

As we age, the need to maintain good dental health becomes important. You will soon notice that your “carefree” days with your teeth are over and if you have taken it for granted during your younger years, this will be the time you’ll pay for your unhealthy ways. Although aging in itself plays a little in your dental problems, physical changes in which your body submits to when aging affect [...]

So you finally realized—and accepted—that now is the right time for a career change but still a little doubtful if you still have the energy and time to do it. Of course, let’s not forget the financial aspect of it. However, it is not uncommon for seniors to hold on to that lifelong dream and actually fulfilling it. Most seniors often welcome thoughts of career changes when nearing retirement while [...]

If you head on to Medicare’s website, you’ll notice how extensive their help articles are. That’s because Medicare can really be complicated especially to an aging brain like me. It is really easy to get lost there and just navigating my way through the website got me dizzy! Aside from that, you will have to read articles twice before you understand what the article is trying to say. I’m quite [...]

Having trouble staying awake? Well, you’re not alone. Seniors are notable for having sleeping problems—problems that range from insomnia, over sleeping, or even falling asleep during wrong times of the day. Of course, there are factors to these problems—factors that we need to know first before we actually address the problem. However, if you belong to a group of people who just happen to have an inclination with sleeping—that is, [...]