You might think that older adults live stress-free life after retirement. After all, they’ve figured out life and no longer have to deal with the stress that comes with work or taking care of children. On the contrary, there is much stress that older adults can experience. Relationships, finances, decreased mobility, deaths of loved ones,…
As we age, there is an increased emphasis on staying on our feet and keeping busy. This can be achieved through a variety of activities like walking through the park, having dinner with friends, and visiting the museum. As it turns out, researchers have found that attending cultural locations, like museum exhibitions and art galleries,…
Dementia, also known as memory loss, can be hard to understand if you have never been through it yourself. As the disease progresses, patients find themselves forgetting things more and more frequently, and at first, it can be hard to pinpoint what stage of memory loss they are experiencing. But by understanding each step, you can…
Grief is an all-encompassing feeling that takes over in the wake of any loss, and when it comes to your elderly loved one, their loss can be pretty devastating for you. How you manage grief in your elderly loved one depends on the type of loss they’ve experienced and how you deal with your emotions…
As we age, we need to maintain an active lifestyle which can prove to be a challenge for most older adults. But exercise and physical health work synonymously and there are many fitness routines that we can explore that involve gentle movements. If you are looking for senior activities that can help you maintain good…
