The purpose of February’s National Wellness Month is to encourage people to establish and build on social relationships, given that they are essential to a sense of human well-being and overall wellness. Study after study has found that humans thrive on interaction and that individuals who lack such relationships are generally in poorer health, both…

National Heart Month is observed in February of each year, and that means it’s right around the corner. Given the fact that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death around the globe, and that more than 17 million people die from it annually, it would seem like having a national observance like this is a great…

February has been designated as National Eating Disorders Awareness Month, and while you might think that eating disorders are limited to teenagers and young adults, the number of seniors who have eating disorders has steadily been increasing. In many cases, these are not new, emerging situations, but they actually developed during younger years and were…

Since Thyroid Disease Awareness Month is set for January 2023, this would be an appropriate time to take a few moments to have your thyroid checked, and to have any senior loved ones with you checked also. There are two different diseases that can affect the thyroid gland, and they often have opposite effects. Hypothyroidism is…

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness, and that’s one of the reasons why January 2023 has been designated as National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a disease that more frequently affects older people, although people of all ages can contract glaucoma. It is a particularly difficult disease to treat because there are often…

January of 2023 will be International Quality Of Life Month around the world, and that makes it a great time to consider just what the quality of life is for our senior loved ones. In many cases, senior parents live right in the homes of their adult children and receive care from them in their later…

Given that January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, now is a good time to start thinking about donating so as to help someone who is really in need of that life-giving blood. There is always a shortage of available blood because so much is needed to satisfy all the possible cases where blood is…

Thanksgiving is a holiday that is ideal for families to come together and celebrate traditions that go back centuries. It can also be a difficult time for some families, especially those which have a senior loved one living at home. The stress associated with holidays and all the little details that have to be done…

A great many people have the mistaken notion that epilepsy is a disease that most often is found in children and younger people. Contrary to popular belief, however, epilepsy actually occurs most frequently among seniors, with each decade after 60 showing evidence of many more cases of epilepsy. In this article, we’ll discuss some of…

November has been designated as National Family Caregivers Month, and the whole point of it is to raise awareness of the difficulty caregivers have in providing assistance to the elderly, usually beloved parents living at home. Depending on the physical and mental circumstances of the senior loved one, it can be a major investment of…