Activities for senior citizens can include hobbies like cabinet building, cake decorating, painting, crafting, swimming and a host of other things. Hobbies have a mind body connection that benefits active seniors aging in place by promoting their...

Taking care of elderly parents with dementia and uninvolved siblings is an ongoing problem for many.  This is constantly a tough topic to talk about. The truth of the issue is, numerous primary care givers feel as if...

Ten Major Reasons to Plan Ahead Retirement for baby boomers is very different from other generations. Boomers are working later in life, starting second careers and even going back to school. The aging boomer is also doing...

Do you encourage elder independence or dependence? The most common mistake most care partners make is doing things for their aging family member that can be done for themselves.  It is so important to understand, people like...

Painkiller theft a national problem… The local news in my town makes my blood boil most every day. My therapist tells me not to consume it. But I don’t listen. The latest news story to send my...

Can’t sleep and sleep problems, as we age, are not an expected part of the human aging process. Difficulty falling asleep or always feeling like you can’t sleep is a problem for all age groups. Incorporating healthy sleep habits...

When someone close to us dies, we’re all expected to grieve. For a while anyway. But then we’re expected to get over it. Putting a timeline on a person’s grieving process is ludicrous. Someone who loses a...

Just one week after CaregiverRelief reported the results of a JAMA Psychiatry study showing veteran suicide attempts are on the rise in the U.S. military, yet another study has demonstrated similar findings. “Suicide is a leading cause...

Veterans Killing themselves is a topic of discussion the military would like everyone to ignore. Memorial Day is a time set aside to remember those in our military who died while serving their country. But these days,...

Honoring Veterans on Memorial day.… I remember as a young girl how special Memorial day was to many. For us, it was a day of remembrance. There was a Memorial Day parade every year, that had many...