Senior-Specific Emergency Kits: What to Pack
Senior-specific emergency kits provide aging adults with essential supplies for unexpected situations, ensuring safety, comfort, and access to medical care.
Understanding Alzheimer’s Warning Signs: What’s Normal and What’s Not
Wondering if forgetfulness is normal or a sign of something more? Here is the difference between aging and Alzheimer’s warning signs.
7 Simple Holiday Wellness Tips for Seniors
The winter holidays are filled with an abundance of family, food, and celebrations. While it is a season associated with joy and cheer, it’s also a time of year when seniors need to be extra mindful about their well-being. Colder temperatures increase the risk of illnesses, large gatherings can be overwhelming, daily routines may be disrupted, and unfamiliar environments can lead to falls. The good news is that many of these situations can be avoided with simple steps and planning ahead. Here are 7 simple holiday wellness tips for seniors to stay healthy and enjoy the season. Stay Active For [...]
5 Summer Safe Exercise Tips for Seniors
Seniors can take advantage of the warm weather by moving their exercise routine from indoors to outdoors. Exercising outdoors has additional benefits, like increasing Vitamin D levels, which is important for bone health and immune function, as well as improving mood, lowering stress levels, and boosting brain function. Exercising during the summer is important to maintain your fitness levels, and taking precautions against heat and sun exposure can help keep you safe. Here are five summer-safe exercise tips for seniors. Time Your Exercise Avoid the heat of the midday sun by exercising in the morning or evening hours. Exercising early [...]
Announcing Rothkoff Law Group’s 7th Annual Elder Care Symposium
Rothkoff Law Group's 7th Annual Elder Care Symposium is an energizing day-long event highlighting Innovations in Elder Care.
The Importance of Crisis Planning for Seniors
The importance of crisis planning for seniors can be summarized by something Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Oftentimes, families contact our Elder Care Law office for crisis planning for seniors in their lives, struggling to manage the needs of their loved ones while caught up in the emotions and stress that come along with navigating a challenging situation. As a result, crisis planning for seniors makes it difficult for families to find appropriate and reliable long-term care options for their loved ones. Our elder care law team of care coordinators, including social [...]
Healthy Aging Starts Now: 5 Age Health Considerations
As our aging population continues to grow and older adults live longer, healthy aging has never been more critical. Age health consists of various factors, including developing healthy routines, following preventative measures, and addressing well-being from a holistic perspective. While individual journeys differ, there’s one similarity for all. It’s never too early or too soon to start planting the seed for a healthy future. So whether you’re well into your golden years, approaching retirement age, caring for an aging relative, or interested in planning for your future, here are five healthy aging considerations. Preventative Healthcare One of the pillars of [...]
Understanding the Difference: Physical Activity vs. Exercise for Seniors
Physical activity vs. exercise - those words are often used interchangeably, but should they be? While it’s true that exercise is a form of physical activity, not all physical activity is considered exercise. For seniors specifically, both physical activity and exercise play an important role in healthy aging. Physical Activity vs. Exercise For Seniors To start, physical activity is any bodily movement produced by muscles that results in energy expenditure. Anytime you stand up from a chair, take a walk between rooms, climb the stairs, or reach down to pick something up off the floor you’re doing a form of [...]
Smart Home Devices for Seniors Aging in Place
Smart home devices for seniors are changing how people age in place. Style, convenience, aesthetics, and comfort have long been the primary concerns of the home setup. However, for seniors, successful aging in place also requires a well-implemented plan for home safety. The good news is, with so many advances in smart home devices for seniors, implementing home safety for seniors no longer means compromising style, budget, or comfort. Furthermore, using technology to optimize home safety and function to age in place is often inexpensive and does not require permanent changes to the structure or aesthetics of the home. The [...]
Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health as a Senior
We’ve reached a time where taking care of your health no longer refers solely to your physical self. However, for many, addressing mental health as a senior doesn’t come as naturally or easily as physical health. When it comes to physical health, we know that regular exercise, eating a balanced diet, prioritizing quality nutrition, and partaking in healthy habits, such as limiting alcohol consumption and abstaining from smoking, bode well for the general population. There are well-established physical activity guidelines and balanced nutrition recommendations that individuals can follow to help support physical health. So, while each person’s physical health journey [...]