What does it mean to age well?
When we think about aging, we may find there are conflicting views about the freedom of retirement and the challenges of one’s body becoming older. But, when it comes to the word itself, “aging” can mean lifestyle choices and living one’s best life. Sometimes, it is taking an intentional first step to plan out what […]
Strategies for Aging Well
Research Articles with strategies for aging well https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0898010112440883 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1557234X13492979 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1297237
September is Healthy Aging Month
The goal of healthy aging is to emphasize the habits for individuals to build into their lifestyle. The goal is for these behaviors to take hold before the later stages of aging and entry into the geriatric phase of life. Ideally, these are habits that start in the mid-40s and are continued into each of […]
Making the Move: How to Transition Loved Ones to Assisted Care
Making a decision on when to help senior relatives move into assisted living can be an emotionally fraught time. It can be exacerbated if only one-half of the couple needs an advanced degree of care, while the other is still able to live independently and be self-sufficient. In addition to the stress and anxiety of […]
