Memory loss is a common consequence of aging among senior citizens. Fortunately, there are numerous ways to prevent this condition from negatively affecting your life. Here are a few tips: Improve your memory, focus and concentration through games that challenge your thinking skills. This includes crosswords and other puzzles. Make it a habit to carry… Read More…
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The Common Home Injuries in Seniors
Most seniors prefer aging in place rather than staying in a nursing home or in a health care environment. If you have a senior loved one living with you, you would want to make your home as safe as possible and one way to do this is to ‘seniorize’ your home. You may not know… Read More…
California Seniors Are the Poorest
It’s a given thing that most seniors have to make do with reduced income. But seniors in California are having a harder time. It has been revealed that the seniors living in the state are some of the poorest. The high cost of living in the state is causing problems for seniors. According to an… Read More…
Passengers with Disabilities Not Properly Treated
People with disabilities are having a hard time riding public transport in Melbourne. It has been revealed that drivers of trams and trains fail to help passengers on their stops and stations. This was revealed by an inquiry. This has raised concerns that persons with disabilities are not being properly treated. According to an article… Read More…
How Can Seniors Avoid Falling Victim to Financial Schemes?
Senior citizens tend to become less informed about the happenings in their surroundings especially when they have retired. This makes them more vulnerable to schemes pulled by various advantage-takers who hope to make easy money by tricking individuals who are not familiar with their line of work. Advance fee, telemarketing, and anti-aging product schemes are… Read More…
Dealing with an Elderly Hoarder
Hoarding behavior is a difficult condition to cope with not only for the doer but also for the people around him. If you’re caring for a senior citizen who is a compulsive hoarder, there are three approaches that you should carefully observe: respect; a level of control; and professional help. These three measures can help… Read More…
Simplifying Your Life to Address Your Needs
In many cases, particularly for seniors, there comes a time that they realize the need to simplify their lives — whether due to financial reasons, health conditions, recent retirement, and other reasons. While this may be much easier said than done, there are many methods which can allow a person to succeed in this endeavour…. Read More…
Seniors Are More Vulnerable to Cyber Crime
Despite their many benefits, certain technological advancements have lead to various problems, particularly to senior citizens. While many developments are realized in order to be of help to people, manufacturers have paid very little attention in making them more user-friendly and secure for older adults. Because of this, advantage-takers have considered the web an ideal… Read More…
Youth Technology Corps Offers Tech Skills to Seniors
Let’s face it; until recently, tech manufacturers have never really paid much attention to the growing population of senior citizens, making them among the least of priorities in the development of user-friendly devices and applications. The Youth Technology Corps from the Evanston Township High School tries to change this indifference towards the technological needs of… Read More…
Techniques for Battling Forgetfulness in Seniors
For older adults and senior citizens, forgetfulness can be their worse enemy. It can be extremely saddening whenever you can’t quite remember the names of your loved ones, and annoying every time you forget where you last placed your eyeglasses. That’s why seniors should not only take on physical exercise but also activities that will… Read More…