When choosing a senior living community, a tour should be an essential part of the decision-making process. Just like when choosing any new home or test-driving a car, when you tour a senior living community you get to see and…
Choosing the right senior living community is key to your long-term happiness in retirement so researching senior living should be thorough. Before you begin, however, take the time to assess everything you want, need and expect to make researching senior…
For older adults, safety and security can often become hard to sustain when living in the family home simply because typical houses are not built with aging-in-place in mind. While some seniors opt to make costly structural changes to their…
One easy way to make the right decision about where to live in retirement is to look in-depth at what is actually included in the cost of senior living. Today’s luxury senior living communities far exceed those of the past…
Once the decision has been made that senior living is the right retirement living lifestyle for you or an older loved one, the next step is to determine what is most important to you so you can make the right…
It’s winter and that means seniors should take extra precautions to protect themselves from the forces of nature — cold, ice, wind and snow — as well as threats from influenza, COVID-19 and other infections. Even healthy active seniors should…
The holidays are here! That means there are going to be many opportunities to prepare and eat all those wonderful treats and traditional dishes that taste wonderful but aren’t very good for a healthy heart. If you have been trying…
By Monica A. Cengia, MSEd, RDN, LD, CDCES The holiday season is here! You may be anxious about the tempting foods now available. How can you maintain control of your desires to eat during this time of the year? The ideas…
Making the move to a senior living community takes careful consideration to ensure you choose the one that best fits your needs and lifestyle. From location to housing choices to amenities, not all senior living communities are created equal so…
Everyone needs a break once in a while and that includes seniors and their caregivers. That’s what makes respite care the perfect solution! Seniors in respite care can stay for a few days, weeks or months, while getting all the…