Seniors For Living

What happens when the senior is a caregiver too? There are special health risks and care needs for those serving as primary caregivers to spouses, adult children with disabilities or even grandchildren. Respite must be a priority, and families should ...

We hear about boomers and the aging population all the time, but did you know that their dramatic rise in numbers won’t do much in terms of fueling growth in the senior living industry?

That’s what this new ...

Things don’t always go as planned, and for many retirees, the plan of selling the house and moving into a retirement community fell through completely, just like the bottom of the real estate market.

According to this article from ...

Senior living providers are paying attention to bathroom design, and the focus is not on integrating modern colors and updated textiles. According to Trends in Senior Living, a new report shared by Thomas M. Lee of The Fox Group (California-based ...

Boomers and seniors are adding to their numbers every day. You don’t have to be a population scientist to know this; the facts about the “age wave” are all around us, surfacing in national, state and local news headlines ...

Providing pizza and cold drinks when it’s all over is one possible way to motivate certain family members to pitch in when a senior relative must move to assisted living. Moving is a stressful process though, and it may ...

Providers, take note: residents are leaving your communities because of the high costs and poor service, according to a recent article from SeniorHousingNews.com. (Their declining health and a desire to be closer to family were factors too, though these ...

More seniors may be choosing home over senior living, and it seems to be the overwhelming preference of boomers weighing their future options: which is why the results of the American Housing Survey may be surprising.

The Assisted Living Federation ...

Move to independent living and leave housework and property maintenance behind. Find assisted living that also has Alzheimer’s care. Hire a home care aide. A senior living decision will look different for everyone and is based on multiple factors, ...

This is the time of year when “green thumbs” are in their glory -- weeding, tilling, planting, watering and tending their gardens. Many senior living residents are doing the same, as a number of independent living campuses and assisted living ...