Senior Care Blog

Nearly two in three adults report they use some sort of social media, up nearly tenfold just over the past 10 years.  While younger adult consumers are a large part of this boom, adults 65 years and older have...

The mid-summer holiday – Independence Day – may be behind us, but the heat of the summer is upon us.  If you have an older loved one in your orbit, you need to be aware that summer is more...

With about 25 million Americans 70 years of age or older and licensed to drive – about four of every five adults that age — the Boomers are poised to be a substantial force behind the wheel.  But Boomers...

June is National Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Awareness Month.  I will be having a number of postings on related news this month, and the good news is there is, in fact, good news on a number of fronts. Most...

Just to be right up front about it, there presently are no cures for Alzheimer’s Disease.  There is some evidence to encourage taking vitamin D to help stave off some forms of dementia, but it is not the rigorous...

Count slowly from one to sixty-seven…one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three… By the time you reach 67, one more person in the United States will have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.  In fact, one in three...

Happy Valentine’s Day…a couple days late. February is American Heart month, so why would I start by talking about your older loved one’s pancreas?  Let’s start with the fact that one in four adults over age 65 develops diabetes. ...

Anyone who has raised children in the 21st century can probably remember helping their young ones learn how to stay safe while out of the house, and later while driving the car and in between while surfing the internet. ...