Holidays indeed require lots of energy and merry making thus warranting stress as well. This can’t be prevented or avoided as it comes with the experience however for seniors with little energy to spare as well as for caregivers without much time to give them own selves much less, activities like this, this could spell double stress. Below are some ways to minimize holiday stress and make the festivities something [...]

Holidays are not safe from scammers, in fact, this is the very time when scammers take advantage of the gift-giving feeling when you put your guard down and really soak up the holiday cheer assuming that everybody is doing the exact same thing. Unfortunately, scammers are more active than ever during holidays and they continually improvise new ways to trick innocent merrymakers! Dupe online shops. In truth, your search engine [...]

For some reason, younger ones are quick to assume that seniors are no longer interested in sex and the likes. I’ve read many articles explaining that when we age, it is only normal to experience diminishing sex libido however, when I ask my seniors friends, this is not always the case and it is quite easy to see disappointment and frustration in their eyes. Truth be told, seniors are still [...]

Holidays are a great time for travelling! That’s also the reason why holidays are always considered as “peak season” by travelers. It must be because it is the only time when everybody is not working, making it the best time to catch up with one another. However, pitstops are to be expected and quite frankly, a trip without a slight bump is not really memorable right? On the other hand, [...]

Holidays can be expensive! Thank heavens for holiday bonuses and 13th month pays but after the holidays, when everything will be back to normal, one can’t help but think of the holiday cost and the unnecessary cash-outs we did for the holidays and feel its aftermath. Not that spending on holidays is bad but truth be told, there are many instances during holidays that we could have cut cost and [...]

Retirement shouldn’t be all about reaching the end of line or the start of slowing down and boring days and nights. In fact, many seniors these days are all geared up to start a healthy lifestyle now that they are nearing retirement and will have all the time they need and want to achieve the ever coveted longevity. If healthy living is still all foreign to you, there is no [...]

One good way to really feel the Christmas season is to hang your own Christmas stocking somewhere around your fireplace, sit back and wait for it to magically be stuffed by Christmas morning! My grandkids have already hanged theirs and were non-too-subtly dropping hints on what they want in their stockings. That toothless kid who was screaming her head off last Christmas begging the dentist to open shop on Christmas [...]

I don’t know why it has become so hard and expensive to live a healthy lifestyle nowadays. For us seniors to grow old gracefully, we need to exert some effort into it but one look at how much this endeavor will cost us is enough to make us cringe and grow more wrinkles in the process! The food we eat and the activity we engage in are the most important [...]

No matter how poor you see yourself right now, there is definitely an estate to plan hence the need for an executor. An executor is someone who will administer your estate when you pass away and he or she should be someone who is very much capable of doing so — not to mention, willing to. To be able to know both, you and your executor should have “the talk” [...]

When seniors talk about their health, for some reason, it is easier for them to just lie about it or not tell anything at all. What they don’t know is that some of these littlest things are considered by doctors as important red flags when it comes to your well being so it is really important for you to mention them everytime you visit your doctor! By doing so, you [...]