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In recent years, seniors are increasingly becoming the targets of scams and other fraudulent activities. Retirees nowadays are more well-off compared to those of the past generations.  In fact, United Income reports that the average wealth a retiree holds has risen by more than 100 per cent to almost a quarter of a million dollars. Majority of their assets are also liquid making it easy for them to access it whenever they need it. While this is great, the downside of the fast access to cash makes them a vulnerable target of scammers. Dorothy Lambing from Louisiana are among the cases, who unfortunately lose valuable assets to fraudsters. Dorothy received a notice saying she won thousands of dollars and can only claim them if she sends them $2,500 as processing fee. This is just a small fraction of the $3 billion stolen from seniors each year, as the Justice department estimates. Continue Reading ...

“Location, location, location”, says real estate agents, and they advise it for a reason. More often than not, people move into homes or lock themselves in houses that are too far from the things they need or places they value because they always look at the price tag. On certain instances, it is better to pay the price upfront than lose more of your time and money in the long run. One case where it is better to value proximity and convenience is when picking your next senior home. Continue Reading ...

Virtual assistants have finally found their place in independent senior homes. In hindsight, it does makes sense especially that technology is best used for repetitive tasks and Siri nor Alexa never gets tired of answering the same, “When will I take my next meds?” question. There are various reasons why virtual assistants are here to stay in senior homes. 42 per cent of adults 65 and up responded that they own a smartphone according to a Pew research. This is a significant jump from 18 per cent that the figure was in 2013.   With seniors being able to easily call their loved ones without being too concerned about bells and whistles of the latest smartphone, there is a lower tendency for them to feel isolated or lonely. Even if they are residing in one of the senior apartments in Indianola, IA , they can know how’s the trip of their favourite granddaughter travelling in New Delhi, India. Virtual assistants not only help them call friends and family, it can also enable ...