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Moving Checklist for Seniors

Downsizing Your Home: How to Prepare After you’ve made the decision to downsize your home and simplify your life by moving into a senior living community, it’s time to start preparing for your moving day. Moving can be a stressful time for anyone, but keeping organized throughout the process will allow you to look forward to this new chapter in your life. Moving To-Do List to Get You Started As soon as you have chosen the retirement community that best …

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How Nutrition Needs Change as You Age

Benefits of Proper Nutrition for the Elderly Eating a proper diet is vital at any age to help us stay active and healthy, but for seniors, getting the right nutrition daily becomes even more important. A good diet provides numerous benefits, like helping build stronger bones and teeth, increasing cognitive function, aiding in digestion, and keeping the body functioning as it should on the whole. Proper senior nutrition can also help reduce the risk for issues like heart disease, high …

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The Best Services at Senior Living Communities

How Does Quality of Life Improve in a CCRC? Today’s modern senior living communities offer an active, vibrant lifestyle with a wide variety of services and amenities to keep residents happy and healthy and improve their overall quality of life. These communities are a far cry from the institutionalized “nursing home” of the past, with its white walls and hospital beds. Research has shown seniors thrive in a community setting where they can remain as independent as possible. A continuing …

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Fall Prevention Tips

The Importance of Preventing Falls in the Elderly As people age, falling becomes more likely to lead to long-term consequences from broken bones or head injuries. For adults over age 65, one in five falls results in serious injury, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is why  preventing falls is one of the most proactive things you can do to stay healthy while enjoying an independent living lifestyle. The CDC reports that each year, 2.5 …

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Helping Aging Parents Move

Downsizing a Home and Moving Seniors: Know Your Options For anyone, relocating to a new home can be an emotional process. Leaving behind a house that has been the backdrop for years of memories is likely to bring about feelings of nostalgia. Moving elderly parents can be especially bittersweet, and sometimes even difficult as you find yourself  assisting with the many decisions that accompany downsizing a home. Seniors today have a variety of community living options available designed to make …

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The Benefits of Exercise for Seniors

Senior Fitness: Staying Active as You Age It’s never too late to start engaging in a regular workout routine. The key is to find something you enjoy and start at a level that you can not only maintain, but can increase in intensity as you become stronger. It’s true that as we age, muscle mass begins to decrease. In fact, beginning in our forties, we can lose 3-5 percent of our total muscle mass with each subsequent decade. As we …

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Reasons to Create a Living Will

What is a Living Will? A living will, also known as an advance directive or health care directive, is a legal document specifying your wishes regarding end-of-life care in the event you become incapacitated in some way. By definition, a living will is a written statement detailing a person’s desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent. The living will is often confused with a different legal document, the last …

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The Stages of Caregiving

Becoming a Family Caregiver Too often, our aging loved ones believe that aging in place means living in their homes indefinitely. This can lead to the need for in-home health care after independent living is no longer viable, or in many instances, a family member ends up being the primary caregiver. Sometimes the transition is gradual; the adult child will begin helping an aging loved one with some everyday tasks around the home, like housekeeping or driving to appointments. Or, …

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The Joys of Downsizing Your Home

Downsizing Tips for Seniors More and more these days, many seniors are beginning to realize the joy that comes with downsizing their homes after retirement. While moving out of the home you’ve lived in for many years can feel overwhelming and bittersweet, if you’re looking for an active, carefree lifestyle, eliminating some of the hassles that come along with home ownership is an important step to take. Why should you consider downsizing your home? Perhaps your current home is too …

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The Importance of Staying Socially Active

Social Wellness and Seniors Did you know that staying socially active can help seniors maintain both good physical and emotional health? In fact, being socially active can be just as effective as exercise for improving your mood and overall quality of life. Plus, social connections offer great benefits to your cognitive functioning as well, leading to a sharper mind as you age. Social wellness refers to the ability you have to interact with the people around you. Using good communication …

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