‘Tis the season! With the holidays rapidly approaching and the “toy catalogs” already hitting mailboxes, kids of all ages will be filling up their wish lists as fast as their crayons can scribble...Grandparents, on a perpetual quest to do their best to spoil their little darlings, will be doing their best to decipher the lists, [...]
How Exercising For Just 30 Minutes Per Day Can Stop You From Getting Sick If you’re like a lot of people these days, you have had just about enough of 2020, and you’re ready for a new year. It has been a year that, to say the least, has left us feeling out of control. [...]
How Older Adults Can Reduce the Risk of Falls Contact Us Today: (678) 494-8129|info@SilverCompanions.com It seems that nobody embraces getting older. We find it more challenging to do those things we, basically, took for granted when we were younger, like climbing up and down the stairs, going to the store, walking to the mailbox, and [...]
What is multigenerational living? Simply put, it’s the term used to describe several generations of the same family living together under the same roof. This can often mean that grandma and grandpa have moved in with mom, dad, and the kids. Choosing to merge generations under one roof reflects a number of changes, some cultural [...]
Encouraging Independence in Seniors In our last post, we were talking about how Seniors Fear Loss on Many Levels. One of the fears that seniors face is the loss of independence. This is one of the biggest challenges that seniors face, and it manifests itself in many different forms. For example: How loss of independence [...]
When we think of seniors and loss, most of us think about them losing long-time friends and loved ones. Those fortunate enough to make it to their golden years are always facing loss, in some form or another, and that is tough enough to deal with. What most people who are below age 65 don’t [...]
Top 3 Issues Facing Seniors Today It's no secret that there are plenty of issues in today’s world. Between a worldwide pandemic, civil unrest, global warming, salmonella outbreaks...I mean, if you watch the news it makes you want to crawl into a hole and hide. For seniors, there are issues that affect them in a [...]
3 Ways That Aging Seniors Can Survive Financially With Little or No Retirement According to the National Council on Aging, over 25 million Amercans and 60 and over are living at or below the poverty level. They struggle with increased costs for both housing and health care, inadequate nutrition, limited access to transportation, job loss, [...]
It’s no secret that in-home care can be expensive. In fact, according to the National Council on Aging Care, the average cost of 24 hour in-home care is about $4,000 per month. Yet, considering everything going on, with the pandemic, and other health factors, Nursing Home and Assisted Care options seem to be much more [...]
How a Meatless Diet Can Help Seniors Live a Better Life You shouldn’t be surprised that America, as a whole, is overweight...in fact, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than one third of our country’s population is considered to be obese. Obesity is linked to increased incidences of heart disease, cancer, stroke, [...]
