Moving is stressful, no matter who you are or what your age, but it can be especially challenging for seniors. The stress is real, and is often referred to as Relocation Stress Syndrome or Transfer Trauma. .
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Stress Free Senior Move
Planning, organizing, downsizing, packing, unpacking…moving is hard work…it’s exhausting! Not only is it hard work, but it can also be very stressful. Although it’s stressful for everyone, it seems to be even more so for seniors. How can that be avoided?
Holidays In Senior Living
For most of us, the holidays are a very special time of year, as we look forward to time with friends and enjoying family traditions. But if your loved one has moved into a Senior Living Community, how will it look?
Empower The Elderly
As many people age, they develop feelings and thoughts of being useless, abandoned and rejected. Sometimes there is no reason for these feelings, but oftentimes the people around them inadvertently say or do things that cause these thoughts.
Improve Seniors Mental Health
Ways To Help Improve Mental Health In Seniors By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” – George Burns Just when you think life should be getting a bit easier, it has a funny way of changing things up on you. As you age, your mental health […]
Senior Move Mistakes
Is there a move to a senior community in your future or the future of a loved one who you will be helping during this “big event”? There can be a lot of anxiety associated with a rightsizing move, but much of it can be avoided it…
Move Into Senior Community
You have made the decision that when the right time comes, you will move into a senior living community…the problem is, when is the right time to take this next step in your life?
Communicating With Elderly
It’s important to maintain good relationships with our friends or parents who are growing older…we want to maintain those relationships, and most often it requires good communication. But it isn’t always easy to communicate effectively with an elderly adult.
Lie To Someone With Dementia
You need to ask yourself, not only, is it right to lie to someone with dementia, but does it even help?
Senior Fitness
Sure, it’s inevitable that as we age, we have a tendency to slow down a bit, our bodies are getting older, but that doesn’t mean we should stop using them, a sedentary lifestyle is not a healthy or fulfilling lifestyle…