Navigating this can be tricky, but here are some tips on how to set boundaries and maintain a healthy relationship with your elderly parent.
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As you enter the later years of your life, it’s important to begin planning for retirement if you haven’t already. The average American lives 20 years past retirement, creating the possibility you outlive your savings. Accordingly, proper planning and saving are paramount to ensuring the quality of life in your older years.
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Setting goals will improve your life and self-esteem dramatically. Take this fresh, new year to change things for the better. You are never too old to stop living and dreaming.
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Did you know the Social Security program provides benefits to qualifying family members of deceased relatives? Widows, widowers, dependents of deceased individuals, and other relatives are entitled to receive Social Security Survivor benefits after the death of a loved one—provided the deceased individual meets the qualifying requirements for the program.
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There is actually emerging technology that is specifically made to benefit seniors and their lifestyles. From helpful robots that remind you to take your pills, robotic dogs that cuddle with you, to Virtual Reality that helps stroke patients get back to their previous lifestyle–technology is not lost on the older generation.
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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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