Welcome to Senior Care Advice
Helping you care for the ones you love.
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Housing & Care
There are many options for housing and care. Explore those options and talk over the possibilities with your elderly loved one.
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Finances & Insurance
What you need to know to help your elderly loved one navigate finances, government benefits, healthcare, and insurance.
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Health & Well-Being
Ways that we can help our aging loved ones stay fit, active, healthy, and resilient. Learn more about maintaining physical and mental health.
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Mobility
Staying active and safely maintaining the ability to move and get around is key to an older adult's sense of independence, happiness and well-being.
- Older Adults Live Longer When They Move into a Senior Living CommunityA recent study concludes that moving into a senior living community promotes longevity. Research conducted by the nonpartisan organization NORC at the University of Chicago found that older adults who ...
- Caregiving Expenses Challenge Adult Children of Parents Who Have DementiaDementia is both a growing and declining medical condition in the United States. The number of people with dementia is growing because the population of older Americans is increasing. There ...
- Protecting Parents from Elder AbuseIn the year before the pandemic began, about one in ten older adults in the United States experienced elder abuse. A study found that one in five older adults experienced ...
- Do Older Adults Need Romance?Most people don’t need scientists to tell them that loving relationships have a positive impact on life. Research nevertheless confirms that married people are less likely than unmarried people to ...
- Which Retirement Community Is the Right Choice for an Aging Parent?As older adults turn to their children for advice about housing options, the phrase “retirement home” often conjures images of living in a small room in a dismal building filled ...
- Music Is Therapeutic for Older AdultsAmericans in their 80s probably grew up listening to Elvis Presley. If they are a bit younger, they may have danced to the Beatles during their teen years. Seniors who ...