Category: Healthy Aging

The Best Apps to Keep Seniors Sharp

If you’ve ever felt baffled by what captivates younger generations to stare at small screens on their handheld devices for hours on end, you may be surprised to learn there are some apps that are actually quite useful for seniors....

How Occupational Therapy Helps You Maintain Independence

Today there are more occupational therapy tools for seniors than ever before. This is partly due to advances in technology, but it’s also the result of a growing senior population and greater awareness of the role independence plays in successful a...

Safe Driving Tips for Seniors

Driving comes with risks at any age, but older adults have an especially high risk of injury or death. On average, each day more than 700 seniors are injured in car crashes, while 20 lose their lives. Drivers over age 75 carry added risk, largely ...

The Benefits of Planned Giving for Donors

You may be surprised to learn all the ways a planned gift benefits you and your loved ones at the same time you’re helping others. Planned gifts are aptly named because they allow you to determine exactly how you want to support a cause during y...

Why Are Retirement Community Residents Happier?

Where you’ll be happiest in your retirement years is a highly personal decision, but research shows the majority of people are happier as residents of senior living communities than they are living alone. A key finding was that 55% of retirement co...

Why It’s Important to Learn Something New Every Day

Learning doesn’t stop when you earn a degree, or even when you exit the workforce. At least it shouldn’t. The benefits of lifelong learning for seniors are far-reaching, from boosting your confidence and mastering useful new skills to challenging...

Natural Mood Boosters for Older Adults

Everyone feels blue from time to time, but as a senior, you may find yourself working to muster up a cheerful smile more often than you used to. ...

Safe Medication Management for Seniors

As you begin to move into your retirement years, you’re likely focusing more on your health, and that often means more prescriptions, vitamins and supplements to handle. Effectively managing your medications helps ensure you achieve the intended ef...

The Health Benefits of Older Adult Socialization

Building relationships and staying socially active are important at every stage of life. Not only are the people you choose to spend time with a large part of your life, but these relationships can have a significantly positive impact on your overall...

How to Slow the Aging Process for Seniors

Thanks to improvements in healthcare and general quality of life, people are living longer now than ever before. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , over 54 million seniors lived in the United States in 2019, and that number only continues to rise....