At Discovery Villages, our Senior Citizen communities are designed to give you the necessary support to carry out your life with dignity. We provide many lifestyles to fit you or your family members specific needs and desires. Come visit us today at one of our locations in Fort Myers, Naples, and Sarasota, Florida. Elder Care…
Empty nest syndrome is something that is commonly connected to the feelings of loneliness and depression that parents can experience after all of their children have moved out of their home. Believe it or not, retiring can cause empty nest syndrome too! Women experience the pangs of empty nest syndrome most commonly, but men are…
Recent stats indicate that 70% of Americans age 50 and older now use smartphones, and 60% use social media sites (especially Facebook). What the stats don’t tell, however, is how well seniors are actually harnessing the power of the Internet and modern technology in order to embrace independent living. So with that, we wanted to…
Don’t look now, but seniors—not millennials—are the fastest-growing segment of today’s workforce. Here’s how working longer is changing seniors’ lives, and why the workforce of the future is being re-engineered with seniors’ more prominent role in mind. It appears that the days of seniors simply riding off into the retirement sunset may well be fading,…
Much like fine wines and cheeses—and people, to be sure—some things get better with age. And in what is being heralded as a significant improvement over the way things used to be, today’s senior dining programs are evolving away from the one-size-fits-all models of old and doing much to give residents more control over what…
Mental health concerns across the senior and elderly populations are widely undiagnosed, but with upwards of 7 million seniors reportedly suffering in silence and solitude, it’s time to identify—and take steps to reverse—what appears to be a global mental health epidemic among the senior population. While diagnoses like dementia and Alzheimer’s are consistently at the…