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Seniors at High Risk for Sexually Transmitted Diseases [STDs]
This is definitely a subject I’m not totally comfortable discussing, however, it must become part of a conversation among families, caregivers, and elderly loved ones. I’m talking about seniors and sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, which is timely considering it is STD Awareness Month. Regardless of how much we want to dismiss thoughts of our parents...
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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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Senior Scams: The Crime of the 21st Century
It only took moments in the beginning of an incoming call from an unknown number to wreck the elderly woman’s bank account. It only took her simple acknowledgment of “yes,” that set the entire fraud in motion to drain her bank account. I heard about this on the news and firmly believe we all need...
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Baby Boomers and Hepatitis C: What You Need to Know
I am a baby boomer, a term used for individuals born between 1941 and 1965, and I have a higher risk for Hepatitis C than the rest of the population. “Why?” I wondered. After doing my due diligence through research, I learned a few things I want to share about baby boomers and Hepatitis C,...
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