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When Seniors Suffer the Loss of a Pet
Over Thanksgiving with family, a comment from one of my cousins at a holiday meal many years ago came to mind when I saw him: “When I die, I want to come back as Grandma’s dog!” For as long as I can remember, our maternal grandmother always seemed to have a dog. Whether out at...
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More Data Needed to Help Seniors with Breast Cancer
I was reading an article recently in which I learned there are too few volunteers for clinical trials and studies to better help seniors with breast cancer. As I read further, I discovered the astounding fact that some studies have age cut-offs and some are limited to “healthier adults” with the disease. Wait. What? This...
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Extend Suicide Prevention Efforts to Seniors
A 74 year-old man had a loving wife, a grown son, a beautiful adult daughter, and a handsome grandson, yet he was depressed. No one realized how troubled the man was, as he appeared to be his same-old, grumpy self, hunkered-down in his easy chair watching old movies on TV and grumbling about stupid commercials....
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See to it that Seniors get Annual Eye Exams
There are lots of adorable children in vision-related ads lately due to the back-to-school frenzy. However, after the optometrist’s office clears of all the youngsters, it’s very important that we see to it that seniors get annual eye exams. I would venture a guess that most of us have parents and grandparents whose hearing and...
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Respite Care for Family Caregivers is Essential
I had the opportunity to meet a couple recently who are truly struggling physically, mentally, and emotionally. They are both alcoholics, admittedly. The wife has completely given up on life and is bedridden. The husband has done his very best to tend to all of his wife’s needs to the point of utter exhaustion. To...
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Importance of Nutrition for Aging Adults
Importance of Nutrition for Aging Adults While cleaning up after dinner one night, I saw a medical segment on the CBS Evening News that caught my attention. A study published in the American Heart Association journal reported that multi-vitamins, minerals, and supplements were ineffective at promoting heart health. Most seniors I know take these over-the-counter...
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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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