If we don’t initiate a conversation about senior care with our parents before they “need” it, it may be too late to convince them once they really do need in-home care. Sure, your parents are thriving, successful professional right now, or maybe they have taken really...
Can music therapy be a healthy substitute for medication when treating Alzheimer’s? Research suggests that it serves as an effective remedy for reducing depression, diminishing agitation, increasing sociability, improving cognitive ability, and decreasing problem...
Exercise can be beneficial for a variety of reasons. From controlling blood pressure to warding off depression to decreasing the risk for certain cancer, keeping healthy through the aging process can be achieved through exercising. However, it is worth noting that...
Mental illness affects people of all ages. Stress from school can drive students anxious, a normal, healthy person may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after a death of a close friend, and a retired senior might be suffering from depression because of social...
Sometimes stress can be too unbearable that an individual simply cannot cope with the stress on their own. Therefore, seeking help to manage your stress should not be something out of the ordinary. Furthermore, prolonged period of stress can really affect a person’s...
