How In-Home Senior Care Supports Alzheimer's and Dementia
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia can be overwhelming, but in-home senior care offers vital support, allowing seniors...
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5 Signs Your Loved One May Need In-Home Care — And How Senior Insights Can Help
As loved ones age, it’s natural to want them to maintain their independence, but certain signs can indicate they need extra support....
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Senior Care: 5 Simple Steps to Help You Prevent Falls at Home!
As we age, maintaining safety at home becomes increasingly important. Falls are a leading cause of injury for seniors, but many can be...
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Stay Active and Beat the Heat Pt II: Easy At-Home Exercises for Seniors
Staying active is essential for seniors to maintain mobility, strength, and overall well-being. With the record-breaking Richmond summer,...
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Stay Active and Beat the Heat: Summer Tips for Senior Care in Richmond
Stay Active and Beat the Heat: Summer Tips for Seniors in Richmond
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What's the most comon cause of senior death? (Hint: It's not cancer)
And It's not a heart attack either. It's a fall, or more accurately, the recuperation period. "If a younger person falls" says Alex...
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How'd you like to add years to your life?
You may not know it, but dental care can help you live longer. The kind you can perform by yourself, in the privacy of your own bathroom,...
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The truth behind the 10,000 steps a day rule
The truth is, it isn't a medical standard and has no medical research to support it. So where, then, did the famous 10,000 steps a day...
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9 ways to help lower your blood pressure
Nearly half of Americans have high blod pressure. That's the bad news.The good news is, it's easy to do something about it – especially...
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5 kinds of phones for 5 kinds of seniors
Some older people love to use the latest cell phones with all the bells and whistles and take photos with the latest built-in...
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Watch out! Spammers have found a juicy new target.
It's Facebook Marketplace, where more than a billion people buy and sell merchandise each month. It's also turned into a paradise for...
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Millions of seniors are taking a drug that doctors stopped recommending years ago
Two weeks ago, I posted a bog about the millions of seniors who skip drugs that have been prescribed for them. Now I've found out about...
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What 25 hours a week of moderate exercise does to your brain
It helps bulk up your brain, improves your thinking ability, and delay the risks of cognitive decline and dementia. And that's not just...
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Are you taking your meds properly? (Most seniors aren't)
You'd be surprised how many aren't. A systematic study of 13,000+ hypertemsion patients from 15 countries found that half didn't take it...
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11 signs that a heart attack may be on the way
Some of the symptoms of heart disease are subtle – some so subtle that they can seem like minor issues totally unconnected to a heart...
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Playing word games may be good for your brain
It's not just word games like Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, and words With Friends. And it's not just newspaper crosswords like the...
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Seniors don't fall in love the way they used to
That's not to say it the physiological experience of falling in love differs from when they were younger. It's exactly the same. People...
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What if you have to care for a sick person in their home?
This is good advice for caring for a sick person of any age. But since older people are statistically more likely to to have a sickness...
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You may be eating the wrong foods for your pre-diabetes
When your blood sugar levels are not quite high enough for diabetes but singificantly higher than normal, you've got prediabetes. Which...
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How to shape up, promote social connection, fight loneliness, sleep better, and slow dementia with one simple purchase
Get a dog. Dogs get you out of the house. They give you a reason to go outside and breathe fresh air. They get you moving. Dogs force you...
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