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Assisted Living – Learn How More Seniors are Enjoying and Accepting Assisted Living Facilities

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When someone mentions assisted living facilities, the first impression is a place where seniors are completely helpless and need round-the-clock surveillance and help. While there are some seniors who require more care than others, there are some seniors who enter a memory care home out of convenience. This type of care for seniors hardly existed 40 years ago, according to AssistedLivingFacilities.org, which says the trend began in earnest in the late 1970s. Before then, you…

Senior Caregivers

Coping With Caregiver Grief and Alzheimer’s Disease

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Coping with caregiver grief is something that most people will deal with when their loved ones have Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia. How will it feel when the person you have loved so many years is no longer the same? What will you do when it seems like you are talking to a stranger, and that person no longer recognizes who you are? Anyone with Alzheimer’s suffers in silence. Yet, caregivers can…

Smptoms of Malaria in Seniors

Senior Health – Symptoms of Malaria in Seniors

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You need to know the symptoms of malaria in seniors if you plan to travel with them to some destinations in the world. The reality is that seniors are not immune to malaria. They could visit one of these places, and get the disease, just like everyone else. It is very common for people to be bitten by mosquitoes that have malaria. Therefore seniors need to use precautions, but there’s no guarantee they can protect…

Superfoods for Seniors

Super-Foods That Can Give Seniors a Memory Boost

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There are various super-foods that can give seniors a memory boost. Every now and then, seniors have memory lapses. How often do you find an elderly loved one standing up to do something but then they forget what it is they were supposed to do? How often do they pick an item off of a menu and then forget what they have chosen when the server arrives to take their order? When seniors find themselves…

Senior Health – Healthy Living Can Slow Cellular Signs of Aging

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] The goal of healthy living is what many Americans strive for, but only some can maintain. Without good health, we can never accomplish our aspirations in life. Once we become seniors, staying healthy is more about having a great physique. Instead, it’s about adding some extra years to our lives. According to a July 29th report in Molecular Psychology, a group of post-menopausal women were tested to see if healthier living produced less…

Music Therapy for Memory Care

Music Therapy for Seniors with Alzheimer's – Donate if you can to our cause for the Elders

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Music therapy for seniors with Alzheimer’s is possible with a device such as an iPad. Hi, we are working on helping all of our residents have a personal playlist on an iPod with their favorite music to listen to. I sent out an email last night with a YouTube video: This is the shorter version asking for any help getting old iPods to help us with any headsets like you see on the airlines… I…