Pet Therapy for Aging Adults
If you own a pet, you know how furry friends bring consistent joy to your life. As we age, it can be easier to lose our spunk for life and harder to remain optimistic. Pet therapy can be a fun, encouraging, and hopeful solution to depressive symptoms while aging. ...
Getting Your Loved One’s Home Ready For Winter
Wintertime can be a nice change after the blisteringly hot days of summer, but between the freezing temperatures,...
Shingles and Seniors
When you were a kid, the chickenpox was probably not that big a deal. You’d stay home from school for a week, put on...
How To Minimize Holiday Stress
Self-care for caregivers shouldn’t get set aside just because the holiday season is upon us. Although this time of...
Staying Safe In Your Home During the Holidays
There’s a certain truth to the lyrics from the Perry Como song “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays,” which...
Have a Happy Thanksgiving by Staying Active and Healthy
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, bringing with it lots of decadent foods. Even the most...
Prevention Tips to 5 Common Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases, including Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes, COPD, heart disease, and osteoporosis (just to name a few),...
World Diabetes Day: Take Control Of Your Health
Type 2 diabetes is slowly becoming an American epidemic. It is estimated that 30 million Americans are currently...
Caregiving Part I: Medical Guardian Serves Hard-Working Caregivers
November is National Family Caregivers Month, and although caregivers should be acknowledged year-round, this month is...
Caregiving Part II: Resources to Overcome Challenges & Empower Caregivers
Being a caregiver to an aging parent is one of the most challenging and overlooked jobs in this country right now. It...
Part IV: Why Caregiver Appreciation Deserves More Than A Day
Caring for another human on a daily basis—whether a child, a spouse, or an aging parent—is a challenging, and often...
