Finding Help for Caregiving Tasks

Senior Talking To Her Daughter

Six years ago, the AARP published a study that found many family caregivers performed medical/nursing tasks for care recipients. These tasks included managing medications, helping with assistive mobility, preparing food for special diets, providing wound care, even using monitors. Now, a new study shows more family caregivers are assuming responsibility for particularly demanding procedures. One […]

Financial Fraud Against Seniors

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Fraud against seniors has grown so rapidly in the past few decades its astonishing. This is due to a large number of Baby Boomers well into retirement and the belief that they have a meaningful amount of money in their accounts. All seniors are targeted by these criminals, not just the wealthy, and they usually […]

Do you get enough physical activity?

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As we age it is important to keep our bodies not only limber, but strong! Getting a regular amount of physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Regular exercise lowers our levels of stress, reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and Alzheimer’s. Yet, how […]

Brunch and Learn, Aug 23

Brunch & Learn

Summer is almost ending but we still have some time for fun! Please join OurSeniors.net, this Friday at 10 am for our speaker series Brunch and Learn! This week’s topic will be on special wills and trusts led by board-certified tax attorney, Andrew Grant, Esq. The event will be hosted by D.B. Pickles who will […]

Seniors and Hearing Loss

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Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting senior adults. Approximately one in three people between the ages of 65 and 74 has hearing loss, and nearly half of those older than 75 have some difficulty hearing. Having trouble hearing can make it hard to understand and follow a doctor’s advice, to respond […]