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.
- 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 ...
- 5 Ways to Identify Care Needs of Aging ParentsAdult children want to assure that their parents live their best lives as they grow older. They may feel frustrated when parents who are concerned about being a burden to ...
- Government Funding for Family CaregivingThe demand for caregivers will continue to grow as the American population continues to age. Baby boomers have been entering their senior years at a time when medical advances have ...