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…

November is a big month to remember in terms of diabetes awareness, since the whole month has been designated as National Diabetes Month, and November 14th is World Diabetes Day. The focus in November should be on recognizing just what a huge problem this disease is, and how many lives worldwide have been affected by…

With Christmas right around the corner, it’s not too soon to start thinking about gift-giving, and what you’re going to buy for all the important people in your life. That includes your senior loved ones, who can sometimes be the most difficult people to buy for since presumably they’ve already been given practically every kind…

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…