Seniors For Living

In our country and abroad, pets are an important part of home life. Many even consider the furry, scaly or feathery creature as a family member. According to 2007 data from the American Veterinary Medical Association, approximately 37% of households in the ...

Birds, fish, cats, dogs, bunnies – even baby kangaroos. Some assisted living homes and independent living communities welcome pets of all kinds (you’ll find the baby kangaroos at Silverado Senior Living facilities), either as live-in residents or as regular visitors. ...

If you’ve ever loved a pet, you know how mutually beneficial the relationship can be. And what could be better than a faithful companion who greets you with the same eager enthusiasm whether you’ve been gone for 5 days ...

Senior living communities nationwide offer more than just three meals a day, laundry services, or medical care; a social calendar brimming with local and long-distance outings, in-house concerts, guest lectures, theme parties, game nights, holiday festivities, and other engaging activities is another great perk of choosing a senior living community for yourself or an elder loved one.

Many senior communities partner with area schools and colleges to provide inter-generational programs ...

Most of my friends and family know I’m a dog lover, and the majority of our readers probably know how much we all love pets here at Seniors for Living, based on the numerous feature articles and blog posts we’ve written about the subject.

But for all those posts/pieces, we haven’t quite covered this subject: dealing with an aging pet. We know all about the benefits ...

My name is Charlie, and I’ve been visiting nursing homes for as long as I can remember. I’ve never felt uncomfortable or nervous there, even though I’d overheard many conversations indicating that it’s a frightening place.

There are loud noises that are a bit scary: lots of machines beeping and, occasionally, people yelling, screaming, or crying. There are definitely many interesting scents that keep my nose ...

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. - George Eliot

Until I had pets of my own (not counting the birds and fish we got as a compromise between the kids’ desire for pets and Dad’s severe allergies), I didn’t understand “pet people.” I didn’t understand how pets could be considered family members, how devastated people could be at the ...

I had a related blog post scheduled to go live today ("Pets for Seniors"), but when this video came into my Facebook news feed, I knew instantly that I had to preface it.

Many of us have been touched by our pets so deeply that it's often indescribable. I've had 13 years with my "puppy" Ollie, and as he hobbles along on arthritic legs and suffers from bouts of what I ...

We just got two new puppies and we've enjoyed them so much. My mother loved animals, but she didn't have the time (or later the energy) to care for them, though she would loved to have had one. There's a lot of literature about the physical and psychological benefits of pets companions for the seniors, but the decision about pets and seniors depends on individual circumstances as well as the ...

Now that I've been a pet owner for about five years now, I truly recognize the value of pet therapy in senior living communities. As much as my grandfather scolded me for getting two dogs (he knew how attached I would get and wisely advised against it), he loved visits from my crazy pups. In fact, during our last visit with my Grandpa, Balou (my six-year-old Boston Terrier) laid quietly ...