Seniors For Living

During National Nurses Week, May 5th - May 12th, we recognize nurses as highly skilled, caring and often unsung professionals who play an invaluable role in healthcare. It’s also a good time to acknowledge a critical issue affecting both ...

May is National Pet Month and with May 5th through May 11th National Pet Week, the American Veterinary Medical Association is busy promoting events that celebrate how pets enrich our lives. Pet rescue groups, shelters, and vet clinics all over ...

According to a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, seniors take an average of five to six medications. While pill dispensers have become more sophisticated and user-friendly, keeping track and following different dosing instructions can be complicated. Now ...

You may not think twice about your 75-year-old mother’s daily gin & tonic at 5 p.m. It might be a harmless evening ritual. But a recent New York Times New Old Age blog post suggests that alcohol and drug ...

One of the major reasons seniors become less active is fear of falling. The CDC reports that among adults age 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of injury death and most common cause of hospital admissions for trauma. But ...

Despite my Northern European Irish, Welsh, and French ancestry, I’ve long suspected I must really be Southern European because many of my favorite foods are found on the Mediterranean Diet. Olives, olive oil, cheese, fish, nuts, beans, whole grains, ...

When it comes to your weight, less is more for a lot of good reasons. But since old habits are hard to break, you need all the motivation, support and resources you can get. Here are 8 good reasons to change ...

Girlfriends are good for you, especially in the “second half of life.” That’s the premise of a fun, fresh ebook from Suzanne Braun Levine, who we’ve interviewed on the blog before. Titled You Gotta Have Girlfriends: A post-fifty ...