Seniors For Living

This Wednesday, 43 participants at our live Twitter forum tackled a tough subject: the implications of some startling new statistics about substance abuse among seniors. We also explored the issue as it relates to caregivers of older adults.

Just how startling ...

This Wednesday, 52 participants at our live Twitter forum shared the ways they have managed difficult caregiving decisions, either on behalf of clients or for their own family members and friends. We also discussed the tough decisions facing the eldercare industry.

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This Wednesday, 57 participants at our live Twitter forum shared the ways they stay safe as caregivers, senior living professionals, and responsible individuals. We talked about everything from the dangers of driving alone, to protecting ourselves and family members online, to ...

This Wednesday, 52 participants at our live Twitter forum shared the ways they stay motivated and inspired to help others, whether as caregivers, as people in helping professions, or just as caring individuals. As usual, each attendee walked away with valuable ...

This Wednesday, 45 participants from all walks of the elder care life engaged in a bit of role-playing for our conversation on financing. As usual, it was a lively -- or “hopping,” as faithful attendee @NatriceR described it -- hour of ...

This Wednesday, 37 participants confronted a difficult but nonetheless important subject during our real-time Twitter forum: mental health and aging issues. CDC stats from 2004 say that 67% of nursing home residents have mental disorders. A recent Institute of Medicine report said 1 in 5 ...

Last week, we covered a tough topic in assisted living: mental health issues. (Read the post here.) Today at 1pm ET, we will explore that topic in more detail during our bi-monthly #ElderCareChat on Twitter, a forum that we co-moderate ...

This Wednesday, 32 participants gathered for our bi-monthly #ElderCareChat on Twitter to discuss an issue that affects us all, but one in which vulnerable seniors are often targeted: scams and financial abuse. It was one of the most highly recommended subject ...

As this week’s chat fell on the day before Thanksgiving, we thought it would be a great opportunity to give our participants the floor. Of course, we always have great interactions and discussions in every chat, but instead of ...

This week’s #ElderCareChat was a big one: after a short break (the July 4th holiday fell on our regularly scheduled 1st Wednesday chat), 59 participants were back in full force to talk about technology, and the volume of tweets pushed ...