Indeed home safety is important, however, when caring for a senior suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, it can get doubly important since you have to anticipate situations that are usually not normal in a household. It can get a little stressful especially during your first few weeks on the job and quite frustrating too. To alleviate stress and prevent emergency situations from happening as well, you need all the help you [...]

Funny how after all these years – and multiple health-related surgeries after – I still have an aversion to needles and surgical knives. As much as possible, I stay away from them and I will only submit myself to such if my life depends on it, otherwise, I would be happy to go my merry way without it! When you say “rejuvenate”, it means to restore its youthfulness. For us [...]

If there are two things seniors need to remember when dealing with a potential financial fraud, they are 1. There is too much talk and 2. It’s getting quite confusing. Bear in mind that nowadays money doesn’t come easily and truth be told, it’s harder than ever to earn! Now, if someone approaches you today telling you that they will double your money, cut the conversation and walk away – [...]

Holidays indeed pose another set of challenges for us caregivers! It’s hard enough to get our seniors moving everyday, what more when there’s unusual cheer in the air? The biggest challenge of all is to actually make holidays fun for both the senior and the caregiver. If you are planning to take your senior to a holiday vacation, you might want to read these handy tips so you’ll have more [...]

There are about 1 million cases of cancer diagnosed every year and for every senior with cancer, there is at least one caregiver assigned to the patient so if you are taking care of a senior with cancer today, that means you are not alone. The trouble with caregiving is that sometimes people expect too much from you. There is no way you can be the superwoman they want you [...]

When seniors were younger, they can get away without makeup however as we age, it is important to look nice and somehow erase a few fine lines here and there without having to submit yourself to a surgery. For this, you will need some face cover up which is popularly known as makeup. Having to deal with kids and old people almost every day, heavy make up is not really [...]

I hate to break this to you, my fellow seniors, but there is no getting around exercising. You just have to do it. No amount of sauna sweating sessions can help you achieve the full benefits of exercising, nor those designer exercise-replicating devices you see on TV. However, the beauty of exercising is that you don’t have to spend too much on anything and thinking of all those health benefits [...]

You must be asking why I’m posting this so early, well, I like to start my holiday shopping as soon as it hits September so I’ll be able to do more and have some more room for other things besides shopping. For my fellow seniors, I also recommend doing this, just so you won’t miss anyone on your gift list this year! (You know how embarrassing that can get) Here [...]