National Influenza Vaccination Week is scheduled this year from December 6th through December 12th, and that’s a good time to make sure your senior loved one gets their annual flu vaccination. Getting the vaccination can prevent all kinds of health issues in the coming months, and since older people are often a little frailer in…

A new year is coming quickly, and while much of the focus for shoppers will be on buying presents and planning holiday meals, there’s a smaller but still important activity coming up which is closely associated with the new year. Most people make some kind of resolution at New Year’s time, because they don’t want…

The holiday season can be an exciting, almost magical time, but for many senior citizens, it can also be extremely stressful. In fact, seniors are usually far more affected by the holidays than many of their adult children are. There are a number of reasons for this, often revolving around the fact that older people…

Since November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, it’s appropriate to take some time now and consider some of the misconceptions that have arisen around this disease. There’s no question that this is one of the cruelest diseases afflicting mankind, so it helps to have an understanding of its true nature, rather than simply accepting all…