Effectively communicating with aging family members makes for happier, more relaxed visits. Think about yourself as an older person and how you’d like to be treated. 1. Put the cell phone aside or on mute while visiting. Do not check it for at least half an hour, though preferably never during a visit. They will […]
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Buying Or Modifying A Home As You Age
There are many reasons for our increasing lifespan. Industrialization introduced water and sewage systems that led to a reduction in infectious diseases, therefore, better public health followed. Technology such as engines and motors of all kinds, transportation, electric light, central heat, air conditioning, home insulation. Antibiotics added to advances in medicine and nutrition as major factors […]
Is It Time To Move To Assisted Living?
Most elders plan to continue living in the home where they raised their family, known today as aging in place. Maintaining such independence works best when the home has been modified, preferably using universal design principles. Normal changes as we age create vision and balance challenges which can be minimized through an assessment of environmental barriers […]
Where To Live In Retirement?
We frequently hear that Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, will change aging as we know it today. Yet how many seriously consider where, and how, they will live when they grow older, or at retirement, taking normal factors of aging into account? As a Boomer, familiar with options in senior living, I’m often […]
