Two Ways to Help Seniors Manage Their Money

Close up of hand stacking silver coins on wooden table

The money a senior saves throughout his or her life represents more than just accumulated assets. It represents their ability to maintain freedom and autonomy during retirement years. It also provides the ability to access any specialized care they need as they age and create a legacy to leave behind. That means safeguarding financial resources […]

Birthday Bliss — Rejoice — You’ve Made It!

Birthday chocolate cake with burning candles as a number eighty on brown background

Each and every day, including your birthday, should be a celebration of life. Just look how far you’ve come and all you’ve accomplished. Don’t waste one moment on regrets. Accentuate the positive! Each year we live should be worn like a badge of honor. I’m not 19, 29, 39 or even 49. I’ll be 60 […]

Will Your Homeowner’s Insurance Cover Water Damage?

Old wooden abandoned house in a jungle with flooded from the lake

Water damage is not an uncommon occurrence for homeowners. A leaking pipe, refrigerator or dishwasher, or flooding caused by weather conditions can cause a lot of damage and the spectre of mold can strike fear in the heart of any homeowner. This is why it’s important that you understand the extent to which your homeowner’s […]

Get to Know Your Homeowner’s Insurance

Female agent with senior client

This is the first of several articles that we’ll feature on homeowner’s insurance. Homeowner’s insurance is, in my opinion, pretty neat because of all the things that it can do and how it can come to the rescue in times of need. This article will focus on the main varieties of it. How Homeowner’s Policies […]

Keeping Your Cool in the Sun and Heat

Senior African American Couple Jogging In Park

Summer can be a deadly time for seniors, what with the hot weather and beating sun taking a toll. Since most of you seniors are pretty tough, you’ll suffer in the heat — sometimes at triple digits — and never say a word. But be aware: older skin is more fragile. Dehydration becomes more deadly […]

Giving Love Through Your Touch

Older woman getting a massage

As youngsters, most of us were touched quite often. Who doesn’t remember your mother’s cool hand placed gently on your forehead when you were sick? I remember momma laying me down on the counter and washing my hair in the kitchen sink followed by drying and curling and brushing and fussing. I complained about the […]

Busy Hands are Happy Hands

Asian senior woman artist sketching

Okay, if you’re the caregiver I know your hands are busy. Your loved one needs your help but chances are you’ve taken over everything! You feel overwhelmingly needed but how are they feeling? My daddy is generally a pretty happy person. The only time he gets down is when he feels he can’t do the […]

Preserving Legacies Through Oral Histories

Old photos, old family records

The study of history is often focused on and dominated by towering figures—people who shaped their time and the era that followed, seeming to change the course of history itself. With apologies to the wiser gender, this approach to chronicling is commonly termed The Great Man theory of history, perhaps made most familiar to contemporary […]

A Purpose Filled Life Through Volunteering

Happy volunteer family separating donations stuffs

Everyone needs to be needed and know they make a difference to others in this world. Our older population has a strong sense of values and one thing they cherish highly is being useful and doing good for others. You can see it in every town across the nation. Some are teaching people both young […]