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With spring ending in a month or two, temperatures will start going up and everyone will start heading out. Before taking an entire day off to explore and spend your days outside, make sure to know your limits. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are two things caregivers and patients need to watch out for as they try to enjoy the summer heat. Compared to other age groups, seniors are hit harder by the heat. In 10 years from 1999 to 2009, approximately 40 percent of heat-related deaths were adults over 65 years old. As one ages, so does the body’s ability to regulate temperatures decline, therefore, their natural cooling processes also become more difficult. Seniors do not sweat as much and fat storage also changes, which makes heat regulation more complicated.  Continue Reading ...

When the days are getting longer and the weather’s getting warmer, what better thing is there to do aside from gardening? It is an activity one can consider to be holistic, as it helps nurture multiple facets of one’s well-being. Most people garden for the fresh produce, but unbeknownst to them, they are also harvesting the physical, mental and social benefits that gardening brings. Gardening can give you a serious aerobic exercises with all the movements and switching around that helps you work on your strength and flexibility. In fact, if we can even narrow down each activity when you garden that resembles the same exercises you do in the gyms you go to. Mowing, raking, and digging can be alternatives to cable exercises that work your arms and shoulders. Gardening also involves some lifting that may be good for your back muscle and quads. Weeding by itself involves squatting that works out your bottoms. It can also be great for your back if you weed while on your hands and k...

New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services estimates that fraudsters steal more than $36.5 billion from seniors in their 2016 study. Losses can go up to $1.5 billion in New York alone. These financial losses are just the tip of the iceberg, the worst part is the aftermath of such cases. Mark Lachs from the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine of Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital found that seniors that have been abused--financial in nature or not--are more prone to earlier mortality that it can be considered a “public health crisis”, thus, making it all the more important to be aware of fraudulent acts against seniors and making sure that your loved ones are just as well-informed as you are. Below are the two most common fraudulent activities targeting seniors. Continue Reading ...

Flowers start to bloom and tree start to grow their leaves back. Everything seems to be waking up once more and the sun seems to start warming up once more. It’s spring! Like every nook and cranny in nature that’s waking up, it’s time to get up and get moving like the season. There are lots of ways to do that and one great start is doing some exercises well suited for spring. Maybe the most effortless is going outside and enjoying what nature has to offer. Winter may have already gotten you used to having the winter blues, so it’s time to shake them away breathe some fresh air. Farmers’ markets are most likely slated to start opening up soon or are already open so go for a walk and visit your local farmer’s market. It’s also another reason for family members and grandkids to visit. They surely are also just as excited as you are to see fresh produce and lively people gathering in the market on a fine Sunday morning. Continue Reading ...

Talk about the winter weight gain has been making the rounds lately especially after Chicago had a taste of the polar vortex that left the city reeling from temperatures dropping into negative temperatures of high 40s. Residents of retirement communities in Kansas City, KS may also be feeling the winter blues as winter storms have been hitting the city hard this year. While temperatures have been spiraling down, the number on the scale has been going up on average by about five to seven pounds as people gain more weight in the winter. There are a plethora of reasons for the gain that it is hard to distinguish what causes it for someone because the reasons also vary per person because one’s genetic composition may not true for another. However, instead of letting the complexity dampen one’s mood, it is best to look at reasons on what may have been causing it and be more mindful of what we can do to avoid the additional pounds this winter season. Continue Reading ...

Aging is a natural process in life, and while starting the conversation is hard, everyone goes through the same stage so it is neither embarrassing or trivial. If anything else, it is a very important topic especially if one’s parents’ health is already declining that they need assistance in their day to day routine. You may keep on putting it off at the thought that they can manage themselves and talking them into assisted living may mean not seeing them as much as you do now. However, know that you are helping them out and making their lives better in helping them transition in a new phase in their life. Below are some tips and guidelines to help you get the conversation started with your loved ones. 1. Ask them how they envision their future and keep on talking to them Continue Reading ...

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 ...

Video games are frequently attributed with teenagers but the changing nature of video games have made it appealing to a broader demographic. Specifically, more gaming consoles have made video games caters to not just the sense of sight and hearing but also to other senses as well such as motion. In 2006, Nintendo released Wii, a game console that includes a wireless controller equipped with sensors that can detect movement making gaming more interesting and more physical. Continue Reading ...

Dogs wouldn’t be man’s best friend for no reason. The fuzzy feeling they give is significantly proven to improve both physical and mental health. If there would be a list of people who would benefit from it, senior will make up majority of that list. As one ages, one has more free time to spare and less energy to do activities that requires physical exertion, so it can get lonely unfortunately. That’s when companionship helps. Continue Reading ...

Moving into a new space presents one with an opportunity to meet new people, to personalize one’s space, and to even reinvent oneself. After all, one’s surroundings does play a huge part in shaping one’s mood so it is important to make your space comfortable for you. So what do you have to do? Make it your project. During retirement, you have all this free time at your hands so why not use that time towards making your downsizing process your project? Continue Reading ...