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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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Personal Appearance Habits
More than any other group, old people will allow their personal grooming habits to lapse. Sometimes, this is caused by depression, but it can also be simply a loss of good habits. Once accustomed to the work world, where personal appearance can affect a career, seniors often live in an environment where it seems that…
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Giving to A Daughter Who Has Everything
When your daughter (or granddaughter) has her own home and just about everything in it, it’s hard to find a just-right gift. Young people’s lifestyle choices are different from ours, to say the least. They have children later than we did, earning and spending all for themselves in ways we never considered. Still, we want…
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Gifts for Family & Friends
Elders Want To Express GenerosityWe Seniors like to give gifts too. When we are in our active stage of life, it is easy to pick up a suitable gift when traveling, to make something our loved ones will enjoy, or to spend time choosing a “just-right” gift. But life can slow down for us and…
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