Seniors For Living

Alzheimer’s care, whether stand-alone or in a separate wing/unit, is perhaps the setting that has -- and will continue -- to see the most change in the shortest period of time. In fact, a SeniorHousingNews.com article released ...

If you are a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia (whether at home, in assisted living, or elsewhere), you will likely experience sundowning/shadowing at some point in the disease progression.

Sundowning, per the Alzheimer’s Association, is ...

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6 in 10 individuals with dementia will wander at some point in the disease process.

However, it is important to remember that, even in a secured Alzheimer’s unit with an alarm system, the person may ...

Dementia. Parkinson’s disease. Macular degeneration. Depression. People are living longer thanks to medical advances, but there are consequences. In a recent article on AgingCare.com, Susan Levy, M.D., spoke to the health issues plaguing seniors today; some are ...

Imagine if caregivers had a vacation bank in which they could accumulate days off and know they would have coverage while away? Though this may be a pipe dream (for now), that does not mean caregivers should not take time ...

The hardest thing about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia is that it doesn’t get easier. The disease advances, and the strain on the primary caregiver intensifies, leading to burnout. Thus, it is crucial for ...

“Music can do things which language can’t.” - Dr. Oliver Sacks

This powerful statement is just one of many moving moments in the trailer from “Alive Inside,” a documentary profiling the power of music to help those in nursing ...

Some working Americans have the day off for the Easter/Passover holiday, but for the over 65 million who are caregivers, today is just “another day at the office.” Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, COPD, or any other chronic illness ...

It all began with a man named Lloyd Drum.

“Michelle, he couldn’t sleep when we got him his first bed, because he had been sleeping on a recliner on his front porch for 30 years!” Dorothy Breininger tells me of ...

We have reported on quite a few unique “retrofits” here before -- a church transformed into senior living, an old schoolhouse, a hotel -- but this one may be the most intriguing of all: a ski resort.

Destination North Andover, ...