Four Reasons to Make Time to Visit Your Parents More
It’s Older Americans Month. In 2019, the theme is Connect, Create, Contribute. One of the goals is to connect with families and friends. How often do you visit your parents? If you live far away,[...]
How Could Future Technology Help Your Parents Age at Home?
Each year, technology changes. The world has seen computers become a household item and shift from the heavy clunky desktops to streamlined laptops and tablets. People have watched smart thermostats, speakers, and lighting enter the[...]
Foods Seniors with Osteoporosis Should Eat
Osteoporosis is a disease that affects bone health. The bodies of people with osteoporosis aren’t able to build new bone tissue quickly enough to replace bone tissue that is lost. It makes bones weak and[...]
How Does Heart Failure Progress?
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart becomes too weak or too stiff to adequately pump blood through the body. It is typically caused by other underlying health conditions that damage the heart,[...]
My Aging Mother is Always Dizzy
Few symptoms are so universal as dizziness in determining when something is wrong with the body. Dizzy spells can indicate a small imbalance or something much more serious. In aging adults, who are more prone[...]
Can Aging Adults Develop Shingles?
The same virus that causes chickenpox in children, varicella zoster, can lay dormant in the body for many decades before manifesting in a painful skin eruption known as shingles. Shingles is quite common in aging[...]
