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Questions to Determine Safe Senior Independence
Independent: not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood); not requiring or relying on something else* As we prepare for one of our nation’s most patriotic and one of my favorite summer holidays, July 4th or Independence Day, let us not forget the senior citizens in our lives who have lived through...
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Seniors Celebrate Memorial Day with Remembrance
Memorial: serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative As I pondered the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, I decided to explore this definition by referencing Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Once read, it occurred to me that many people will spend this special, three-day weekend to kick-off the summer season with barbeques and boating, and sunning and funning, without a thought...
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Menopause and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Dreadful Combination
I remember my friends forewarning me about the negative side effects of menopause – hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, and fatigue – years before I actually experienced them. Those warnings held true, and I remember awakening in the middle of the night with those dreaded night sweats, and I would sit in front of the...
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Ten Healthy Resolutions for Seniors in the New Year
We survived another year, folks, and it serves as a precious milestone for many aging adults. As we ease into Baby New Year 2018, excitement and anticipation still touches my soul and delights my spirit to have a fresh opportunity and motivated drive to better myself in some way, shape or form. This is when...
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AHA Wear Red Day® Raises Awareness about Heart Disease in Women
Color Wheel Pro says red is “the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination, passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. It has very high visibility, which is why stop signs,...
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Socializing with Seniors Suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer’s
As a professional caregiver, I am acutely aware of the challenges involved with socializing with seniors suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. When families are together during the holidays, and a beloved family member with this dreadful condition are present, there are specific things you can mindfully do to minimize awkward situations and uncomfortable moments....
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Six Signs of Senior Isolation and Depression and Six Ways to Help
I have a friend in Tampa whose Mom, a 78 year-old woman in small town Kentucky, was diagnosed with alcohol-related dementia. Her Mom has not accepted this diagnosis and does not recognize the symptoms she displays to everyone around her every day. I’ve seen it. Her children have seen it. Her friends and neighbors see...
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Keeping Seniors Safe this Holiday Season
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I want to start by saying how grateful I am to be in a profession where I can help people! No matter what the story…and everyone has a story…it is an enormous blessing and tremendously satisfying to assist someone in order to promote and maintain a happy, healthy quality of...
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Breast Cancer Self-Exam Important to Senior Women
When I was in my late teens in the early eighties, my paternal grandmother was admitted to a nursing home with Parkinson’s disease and quite possibly, Alzheimer’s. I had never heard of Alzheimer’s before that time, but soon realized Grandma presented many of the symptoms and characteristics of a patient with this awful disease. My...
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