Have you ever felt anxious or sad over something that wasn't a "big deal"? This may be your inner child crying out to you, magnifying a situation that doesn’t need to feel as scary or bad as it is.
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There are ways to incorporate different methods of organization in your home to make it easier to navigate. Here are some ideas to promote independence if you are affected by vision loss and want to continue safely living independently.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye condition that affects millions of seniors. The prevalence of vision impairment increases as you grow older, that’s why it’s vital to your health to take care of your eyes while you can. Here are some preventative measures you can take to lower your odds of vision loss as a senior.
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You may think that it won’t happen to you, but more than 1 in 10 elderly people are scammed every year. This article will provide knowledge about scams that specifically target seniors while giving you the resources on how to avoid them.
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If you or your relatives are suffering through the loss of a veteran in your family, you may be eligible for veteran funeral benefits to help ease the cost of an end-of-life ceremony. The Department of Veteran Affairs provides these benefits to help families pay.
Recommending that your loved one gets the treatment they need, whether this be getting an in-home caretaker or moving out of their homes, can be difficult.
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This article will give you proven methods that can help alleviate chronic pain and help you gain a sense of control over it. With some effort, it’s possible to decrease symptoms of chronic pain and help you live a life focused on joy.
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Seeing a loved one develop dementia and experiencing the pain of being forgotten from their memories may be one of the toughest things that you can go through.
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Dementia generally starts affecting the older population around age 65. It is caused by losing or damaging nerve cells, which affects connections in the brain. There are a wide variety of causes for dementia, which may be fearsome if you are approaching an older age.
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Annuities are one of the most effective yet least-known ways to save for retirement and ensure financial stability in your later years. This article will cover how annuities function, and how you can use them to help yourself in retirement.
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Every person’s experience of grief is just that- personal. Each experience is different, and even if the 5 stages seem like a good criterion, it’s not a checklist of grief by any means.
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The pandemic has dragged on a lot longer than expected, and many have experienced a wide variety of feelings during its continuance; loneliness about not seeing people, fear about contracting a potentially deadly virus, and guilt about seeing friends or family in person.
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Psychology says older people selectively optimize their lives by prioritizing and choosing the goals they want the most and the relationships they want to maintain the most. Neuroscience says D1 receptors start to fail with age, leaving D2 receptors in charge of the brain, so to speak. Falling in love is not as easy, but staying in love is, and may even get stronger.
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Whether it’s the last time hanging up the apron, logging off the office computer, or closing the classroom doors, retirement is always a huge step in life that opens up an endless number of doors. Because of the time and monetary stability it provides, the possibilities of what to do in the years following retirement are both limitless and varied.
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As a kid, you hate it when Mom tells you to go to bed. You wait for her to leave the room, then crawl under your covers and turn on a flashlight. As a high school student, you stay up late talking to friends, feet propped up on the kitchen table, much to the disapproving sighs of your parents. As a college student, you chug espressos in the middle of the night, working furiously on the next deadline. Procrastination doesn’t seem like such a good idea now, does it?
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While exercise and avoidance of harmful substances such as alcohol and drugs are important aspects of caring for both the body and mind, a set of well-balanced eating habits are the true key to a healthy physical and mental state.
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Over the years, the rising elderly population has faced increasingly high prejudice which sees them as hindering social productivity and dynamism.
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Money is a major player in life. For many people, it determines whether they will struggle to be happy and successfully care for those dependent on them, or live comfortably and free from stress. Though managing personal finances is a huge factor in all stages of a person’s life, it is of particular importance in older adulthood and post-retirement.
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The relationships we form in life obviously play a huge role in how we react to the world, and especially, how we age. As we get older, biological, neurological, and psychological functioning all get worse, but older people still generally say they’re happy with their age and still have really good emotional well-being. Perhaps this doesn’t seem that strange to you, but scientists are constantly in awe when something seems a little out of order and needs explaining. And this “paradox” of emotional aging definitely does.
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