Lifestyle
This category is your guide to navigating the big and small decisions that shape your life. We cover all aspects of senior living, from the choice to age in place and stay in your beloved home, to the considerations of moving closer to family or exploring different living arrangements like retirement communities or nursing homes. Our articles offer insights and advice to help you make informed choices that fit your needs and desires.
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Seniors Move for Lots of Reasons
There are many reasons why Seniors move to a new location. The may wish for a smaller home, or one that doesn’t have stairs. The may want to be in a different climate where it’s not so cold in the winter or so hot in the summer. Seniors move to be closer to loved ones,…
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Moving To Be Closer To Children and Sometimes Moving In With Them
In our mobile society, children often move away from home and begin their families in a distant place. We love each other and long to be near, so after retirement, many older parents move closer to their loved ones. Sometimes we plan to help out with grandchildren and sometimes we need support through illness or…
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Long-Term Nursing Home Care
When older family members can no longer take care of themselves or each other, and younger family members can’t care for them either, it’s time to consider long-term nursing home care. There are many different types of facilities available and these are important decisions. In her article for the New York Times, Jane Gross writes…
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Different Kinds of Villages for Elders
The Senior Village idea involves a community of seniors, usually over the age of 55, who have similar interests. For example, homes can be clustered around a golf course or lake. There is a central location for social gatherings and organized activities, vans for shopping trips and expeditions, and a trained staff who focus on…
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Want to stay in your home?
According to the NAIPC (National Aging In Place Council) staying in your own home for an extended period is more possible now than ever before. They say, “In the past, if someone had difficulty living by themselves, it was a signal that now was time to move in with family or go to a nursing…
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Resources For Older Adults Who Want To Stay In Their Homes
Staying in your own home as you grow older is called “aging in place.” Thanks to the Older Americans Act, there are resources available for Seniors regardless of their income. Many programs rely on the time and energy of volunteers. Other programs are funded by tax dollars and donations are encouraged but not required. A…
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How To Prepare for Home Health Care
Whether you arrange for home health care through an agency or hire an independent home health care aide on an individual basis, it helps to spend some time preparing for the person who will be doing the work. Ideally, you could spend a day with him or her, before the job formally begins, to discuss…
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Bringing Parents Into Your Home Or Moving In With Them
When Parents Move in With Their Adult Kids Multigenerational households save money but endure conflicts Emily Brandon | U.S. News & World Report |10.06.08 Twenty-somethings who move back in with their parents after college are often lamented as “boomerangs.” But increasing numbers of seniors are moving in with their adult children and grandchildren as well.…
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Changing Lifestyles Takes Courage
Imagine that you have a Great American Lifestyle including a six-figure income (between you and your spouse,) a lovely home, appropriate cars and toys, an interesting social circle, and children grown and on their own. Now imagine that you decide to leave your jobs, sell everything, move to a new place, and reduce your standard…
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