4 Symptoms of Depression in Seniors
Watching a senior loved one or parent struggle with feelings of overpowering sadness and despair can be painful. Here’s how to approach the situation and get your loved ones the help they need.
Senior Cognitive Health: Don’t Forget to Train Your Brain
Finding ways to stimulate your aging loved ones isn't always easy. Making a memory box, playing games and family activities are a few ways to improve your senior's cognitive health.
Boost Brain Health with These Fun Activities for Seniors
If you're trying to keep your senior loved one mentally active, here are some fun, brain-health-boosting activities that seniors will no doubt enjoy.
Ways to Help Get an Elderly Parent in the Holiday Spirit
Ever since your mom died several years ago, your elderly father just hasn’t been the same. Depression seems to be his new constant companion, and when the holidays come around every year dad’s demeanor gets even worse. He still lives alone nearby, so you’ve been trying to come up with some creative ways to lift him out of his funk and get him in the holiday spirit.
Ways to Relieve Senior Loneliness During the Holidays
Even though advertisers portray the holidays as “Hallmark moments”, they can oftentimes seem like quite the opposite for many seniors. According to a recent AARP Loneliness and Social Connections survey, over one-third of elderly Americans feel lonely and depressed during the holiday season. If your aging loved one struggles with senior loneliness during the holidays, here are some simple ways to remind them just how much they’re loved.
How to Help an Aging Parent Deal with Feelings of Loneliness
Your elderly father passed away several months ago and your aging mother now lives alone in the house you grew up in. But lately mom always seems lonely and depressed, and she’s isolated herself from family members and friends. In fact, mom’s feelings of loneliness have reached the point that you’re now worried about her health and wellbeing. What should you do? There are several proven ways to help an elderly parent overcome feelings of loneliness and isolation, starting with these.
6 Reasons Seniors Are Never too Old to Learn New Hobbies
For most of our life we are too busy doing more ‘important’ things to set aside a few moments to learn something new. Then, one day, we suddenly wake up and have time to fill, but nothing to fill it with. At this point in life, many seniors want to learn new hobbies but feel too old to do so. This is nonsense, however. Seniors are never too old to learn new hobbies; the benefits of doing so are even backed by science!
Signs Your Elderly Mother is Depressed
While growing up your mom was always there to lift your spirits when you were feeling down. Ever since your dad passed away, you’ve noticed that your mother just doesn’t seem to have the same twinkle in her eye or outgoing demeanor that she used to. It’s harder to get her to engage in conversation, [...]