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Eating Well, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Senior Living • October 21, 2024

Feeding Tubes for the Elderly: Exploring the Pros and Cons of Nutritional Intervention

Living with a feeding tube can sometimes be difficult to navigate, especially if you’re an elderly person who’s interested in an assisted living community. Sometimes the need for a feeding tube is unavoidable, and unfortunately, many senior communities are not equipped to take in residents that require tube feeding. In our guide, we explain: The…

Health & Wellness, Safety, Senior Living • September 21, 2024

How Fast Does Parkinson’s Usually Progress? What To Expect After a Diagnosis

It can start with an almost undetectable quiver of a hand. Then you notice difficulty in day-to-day tasks. Before you know it, you’re faced with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. As scary as it may seem, Parkinson’s disease doesn’t always quickly descend into severe stages. Many people live a functional and comfortable life for years.…

Senior with caregiver medication management

Health & Wellness, Senior Living • August 28, 2024

6 Comprehensive Strategies for Managing Diabetes in the Elderly

Diabetes is a complex, often misunderstood medical condition. There are a lot of factors that go into managing diabetes in the elderly and figuring it out without help can be daunting. With proper monitoring and care, diabetes doesn’t have to stop someone from enjoying their golden years. At Senior Services of America communities, we understand…

Alzheimer’s & dementia, Caregiving, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Senior Living • June 21, 2024

Navigating the Challenges of How To Cope With a Parent With Dementia

You may have noticed some recent subtle or not-so-subtle mental, physical, and emotional changes in your parent’s health condition or behaviors, and they now have received a diagnosis of dementia. What does a dementia diagnosis mean for their future — and your future as a caregiver? Caring for a parent with dementia can be overwhelming…

Alzheimer’s & dementia, Lifestyle, Safety, Senior Living • May 24, 2024

Dementia and Driving:Can You Drive With Dementia?

How To Navigate Driving and Dementia You’re starting to notice more scrapes and dents on your dad’s car. You’re worried that he recently got lost driving to the grocery store he’s been shopping at for the past 20 years. You find yourself thinking it may not be safe for your dad to be driving anymore.…

Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Senior Living • April 26, 2024

The Surprising Potential Benefits of Tai Chi for Seniors

Do your joints ever feel stiff? Are your muscles experiencing weakness? Does dizziness or loss of balance ever interrupt your day? It may be time to get in the flow with Tai Chi, a gentle, low-impact way to build strength and improve balance. Tai Chi can be practiced by people of any age. It is…

Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Senior Living • March 29, 2024

What Are the Benefits of Social Interaction for Seniors?

Loneliness often feels like an unfinished puzzle, missing the last piece that completes the entire picture. It leaves you feeling incomplete and unsettled, making it difficult to feel confidence and self-worth. As our loved ones get older, they become especially vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation. Rest assured, we’re here to help you find the…

Senior woman looking at adult daughter with photo album

Alzheimer’s & dementia, Senior Living • March 12, 2024

From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding the Benefits of Memory Care

The stress of moving a loved one to a memory care facility can be heavy. Caring for them yourself feels like you’re moving through each day with the weight of the world on your shoulders. How can you sustain this? Memory care facilities provide many benefits to residents while simultaneously removing the stress of caregiving…

Alzheimer’s & dementia, Caregiving, Senior Living • February 5, 2024

An Exploration of Dementia and Grief From Both a Caregiver and Patient Perspective

Dementia grief comes in stages, often bringing about heavy and lonely feelings — for many, it’s a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Witnessing life when thoughts and recognition are being eliminated from a patient’s memories is difficult for the caregiver and the person with dementia. It can be draining and exhausting. However, acquiring knowledge and finding…

Finance, Senior Living • November 30, 2023

How to Pay for a Memory Care Facility When Aging at Home Is No Longer Feasible

For seniors with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, the desire to live out their days at home is often overshadowed by the complex nature of their condition. As symptoms progress, ensuring quality care and safety for a loved one becomes difficult and ultimately calls for transitioning into a specialty care facility. Memory care costs…

Category: Senior Living

Feeding Tubes for the Elderly: Exploring the Pros and Cons of Nutritional Intervention

How Fast Does Parkinson’s Usually Progress? What To Expect After a Diagnosis

6 Comprehensive Strategies for Managing Diabetes in the Elderly

Navigating the Challenges of How To Cope With a Parent With Dementia

Dementia and Driving:Can You Drive With Dementia?

The Surprising Potential Benefits of Tai Chi for Seniors

What Are the Benefits of Social Interaction for Seniors?

From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding the Benefits of Memory Care

An Exploration of Dementia and Grief From Both a Caregiver and Patient Perspective

How to Pay for a Memory Care Facility When Aging at Home Is No Longer Feasible

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