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“Wake up! Please wake,” I screamed. There was no response from my otherwise lucid and active Dad. “Let’s take him to the doctor, he has an appointment anyway”, exclaimed his wife anxiously. Quickly, I answered her, “There is no way we can take him to the doctor now, he is not responding.” I must call…

“What do you need that for?” “This brand is cheaper” “Please read this label the lettering is too small” I hope these phrases don’t sound too familiar to you because they infer that you are not keeping busy enough in retirement. If your husband used to do the shopping or your wife was the supermarket…

It’s so amazing the devotion that paid caregivers provide for their clients. My cousin is a caregiver who works through an agency. No matter if the hours are up, the weather is poor or her client is hospitalized, she is there for her patient. Bear in mind, that when a patient is in the hospital…

Do you have newspapers piled up in your house, in hope that you will get to read every single fascinating article? Do you collect ketchup and sugar packets on your road trips and save them? Have you purchased “bargain deal” items that you have no use of? Do you use your stall shower as a…

Novel Approaches to Overcoming Acute Pain Walking down the street, strolling in the mall or driving in my car, I am still amazed at the concentration that both children and adults give to their iPhones. People become totally immersed in the presence of their electronic devices, be it laptops on the train, iPads at home…

The Grandparent Scheme The police can’t catch them, the FBI can’t track them down. How can seniors protect themselves from senior fraud scams if the legal authorities can’t even trace these criminals? According to CBS News, scammers can make more than ten-thousand dollars a day by tricking the elderly into believing that the caller is…

What do Claude Monet, Anna Moses, Eliot Carter, and Frank Lloyd Wright have in common? You likely have heard of these names if you are above a certain age group (we will not specify how old).  As we will see, there is one constant factor that runs through their lives. Their greatest successes did not…

What could two people from different sides of the world, different generations and different cultures possibly have in common? Teenager, Liz Cambers and senior citizen, Irena Sendler are two diametrically opposed individuals, in this true to life story, who transform each other and their terribly challenging life experiences into an amazing adventure of the meeting…

My uncle Louis got a phone call from his grandson. His grandson was frantic- he was injured in a car accident and needed fifteen hundred dollars immediately. My uncle, who incidentally is intelligent, quick witted and sharp, ran to his bank to wire him the money. Of course, it was a scam. However, the man…

There is a certain sense of confidence and freedom when driving. That’s why it’s natural for seniors to have the desire to continue driving throughout their golden years. However, there are several real risks involved with driving at an old age. Senior Comfort Guide previously discussed the many worrying variables, which include vision impairment, pain,…

How can we keep our loved ones occupied, stimulated and creative even while they are having memory related issues? It is extremely important to keep the person engaged in varied activities during the day. These activities can be both active as well as passive. Even people with dementia can participate in constructive activities while living…

Handwriting analysis, floral design, a trip to Manhattan, or a demonstration by a gourmet chef- what do all these activities have in common? Once a month the senior ladies in our retirement community are invited to a lunch and recreational afternoon at a volunteer’s home. They call it “Ladies and Latte”. Each month there is…

This is an informal description of an interview that could have taken place with Judy’s son, Herbert. The account and facts are genuine. Please tell us about a trip that you took with your mother. The very last trip I took with my Mom was in February 2016, several months before she died. She passed…

Patrick Henry called the controlling forces of the English Government , The Intolerable Acts. He then went on to give his famous history changing speech, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” . If you are lucky enough to have a parent whose mental capacities are functioning fully, you must be extremely diligent about guarding your parents…

With a global economy being run on mobile devices many seniors are on the outside peering in. Similar to a junior engineer trying to diagnose a transmission problem with no prior experience in car mechanics, seniors feel estranged to the internet, social media, and mobile applications. It’s not that older adults are uninterested in being…

In the United States there are more than 5,000,000 people which suffer from Alzheimer’s. Those who are afflicted with this disease are limited when it comes to therapy and possible healing methods for improving quality of life. If only there can be some therapeutic environment which could mine great memories they once experienced. It may…

Seniors who are advancing in age are faced with accepting the fact that there is no fountain of youth. We are all human beings who have limitations and understand that our stay on this world is limited. As a grandparent, the young generation looks to us for advice on how to deal with their daily…

With the senior population on the rise it’s become common for older adults to deal with challenges that pertain to memory recollection. Memory lapses may occur once or a few times a day in older adults. People find themselves standing in a cold garage with no idea as to why I was they were there…

As marijuana becomes more mainstream in the country, both recreational and medical use it is appearing to have a benefit for an unlikely group, the elderly. They are taking it in a pill form to relieve pain. What’s unique about this demographic is that they don’t appear the type to partake in what is mostly…