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 Need to Stay CoolAging is a normal part of life. No fountain of youth prevents it. At the same time, few people want to age more quickly than nature intends. A new study ...
- Older Adults Want to Be Portrayed Realistically in Movies and TVOlder screenwriters have long complained that Hollywood favors youth. People of all ages watch movies and television shows, but many advertisers target younger viewers. They theorize that older audiences have ...
- HOPE For Seniors Who Need Help with HousingRetirement is often a time for downsizing. Maintaining a large home with empty bedrooms requires time and money that might be more productively devoted to enhancing a retirement lifestyle. Retirement ...
- Older Adults Learn by AdaptingThe oft-repeated adage that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is an unfair generalization. Some older dogs that are capable of learning new tricks might not see the ...
- The Enduring Stigma of the Old Folk’s HomeFamilies have always been the primary source of care for older adults who can no longer live independently. In medieval times, older adults who had no surviving family were relegated ...
- Is It Wise to Have a Medicare Advantage Plan?Most seniors are automatically enrolled in Medicare Part A when they turn 65 if they apply for or are already receiving Social Security benefits. Medicare Part A provides coverage for ...