Senior Safety
Avoid Caregiver Burnout With These 9 New Technologies
Caregiving apps, monitors, sensors and wearables are revolutionizing the caregiving experience, reducing stress, freeing up time and providing peace of mind.
5 Tips To Help Seniors Avoid Winter Hazards
Snow, ice and below zero temperatures can become safety hazards for most aging adults, so here are 5 tips from my friends at A Place For Mom that can help our loved ones ...
5 Spring Cleaning Tips For Seniors And Their Families
For those of you who act as a caregiver, here are a few of my spring cleaning tips for seniors that I wanted to share...
Might as Well Face It, My Loved One Could Be Addicted to Drugs!
What caregivers should know about highly addictive opioids prescribed to loved ones and what potential problems may arise….
Keeping Seniors Safe in Bad Weather
Keeping seniors safe during extreme weather conditions.
Aging and Driving
There might come a time when you will have to reevaluate a loved ones capabilities to drive an automobile. Dr. Dale Atkins shares some ways of tell whether or not it migh...
7 Hot Weather Safety Tips for the Elderly
When the temperatures reach 90 degrees F, family and caregivers should make an extra effort to check on loved ones who are 65 years old or older. Generally, people adapt ...
Top 10 Senior Scams and How to Avoid Them, from A Place for Mom
Crooks around the world defraud millions of people each day. They use the phone, internet, email and snail mail. They span vast geographic areas and create clever schemes...
Your Holiday Senior Safety Checklist
The holiday season has arrived and it is a time when families get together from near and far. The holiday get-togethers provide the perfect opportunity to take inventory...
35 Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents
November is National Family Caregivers Month and I recently saw this list of 35 questions to ask your aging parents on the AARP web site.