10 Ways to Enjoy Senior Life

10 Ways to Enjoy Senior Life – Making the Most of Your Golden Years

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Finding ways to enjoy senior life should not be a struggle. Longer life expectancies mean today’s seniors have more vital, active years to embrace. While aging brings change, focusing on enriching activities and relationships allows one to thrive during their golden years. Here are 10 Ways to Enjoy Senior Life to the Fullest 1. Pursue Lifelong Learning Education doesn’t stop at graduation! Consider signing up for exciting college courses or engaging lectures at your local…

How a Lack of Sleep May Cause Alzheimer's Disease

Sleep and Aging – How Lack of Sleep is Connected to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Is there a connection between sleep and aging well? It is a common misconception that seniors with Alzheimer’s require less sleep as their condition progresses. In fact, it is often the opposite. As people age, their natural circadian rhythms change, leading to an increase in nighttime wakefulness and insomnia. This lack of sleep can be detrimental to health in general and may even accelerate the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Sleep deprivation has also been linked…

How to Cultivate Independence in Elderly Memory Care Residents

How to Help Seniors Maintain Their Independence

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Families should always plan on how to help seniors maintain their independence while under their care. Whether family members modify their home, find temporary caregivers, or take full responsibility for an elderly loved one’s needs, an independent senior is a happy one. One of the biggest fears of most seniors is that one day they will have to live a life that is not independent. If you are getting older, the best way to ensure…

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Having the Talk – 5 Tips for Discussing Your Aging Parents Future

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Discussing your aging parents future while they are still healthy allows you to better understand their wishes. Doing it later might cause complications between you and your parents, as well as other family members. As your parents get older, it’s important to discuss the future with them. If you’re like many adult children, though, you dread having “the talk.” It’s never any fun to talk with an aging parent about the possibility that they might…

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The Centenarian Milestone – What a 100th Birthday Really Means

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Several years ago, were lucky enough to celebrate a wonderful 100th birthday with Helen and her daughter Shirley at Applewood Our House in Golden, CO.   It was an amazing celebration of a life well lived and caused us to do some reflection on what it REALLY means to turn 100! You might not know this, but centenarians are the fastest growing population group in the world. There are approximately 722,000 centenarians living in the…