Jul 7, 2015 | Home Health News, Independent Living Tips, Senior Living Communities
Since the 1950s, activities of daily living have been used as a measurement for seniors’ ability to function while living on their own. As an adult child of a senior, you may be wondering how to use this information when you really want the answer to one key question:...
Jul 5, 2015 | Assisted Living News, Senior Living Communities
For members of the so-called “sandwich generation” — nearly half of adults in their 40s and 50s who provide support for both aging parents and adult children — finding practical caregiver solutions can be challenging. While many options exist to care for aging...
Jun 8, 2015 | Aging In Place, Senior Health, Senior Living Communities
It’s no secret that retired people enjoy more leisure time than the average working individual. What is surprising is just how much of that newfound free time seniors spend watching TV — nearly seven hours each day. But along with providing many hours of enjoyment,...
Jun 8, 2015 | Senior Health, Senior Living Communities
Although our culture maintains stereotypes of older adults as technology phobics or novices, the Pew Research Center reports that over half of senior citizens use the Internet and have cell phones. Nowhere is this technology more important than in senior living...
Jun 8, 2015 | Senior Health, Senior Living Communities
Senior housing of the 20th century was aesthetically drab, uninviting and boring. Residents had very little expectation of privacy and most enjoyed fewer creature comforts at their nursing homes or assisted living facilities than they did in their own homes. There...
Jun 3, 2015 | Senior Health, Senior Living Communities
Senior living facilities are learning that it takes a lot more than a computer lab to satisfy the tech-savvy seniors of today and tomorrow. Immediately after the advent of the Internet, forward-thinking architects created senior housing communities with computer labs...
