'Senior Lifestyle'
Mood Boosting Foods to Fight Holiday Stress
www.LIVESTRONG.com Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but the holidays can be stressful. Poor diet, lack of exercise and emotional tensions can make even the happiest holiday busy bees susceptible to winter-time mood swings. An abundance of decadent desserts and cocktails compound the problem by adding calories and depleting energy. LIVESTRONG.COM has [...]
A Joyous Christmas Greeting…
A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the folks at Valu-Rooter and the Halstead Family…and a safe and happy new year too! Valu-Rooter of Elyria, Ohio offers a wide range of plumbing repair and replacement services for sump pumps, toilets, faucets, sinks, tubs, water heaters, backwater valves and garbage disposals. We also offer sewer and drain cleaning. [...]
Holiday Safety Tips from Intrepid USA
While the winter holidays bring the opportunity to spend time with family and friends, they also raise concerns for the safety and health of our senior loved ones. IntrepidUSA Home Health Services would like to share a few holiday safety tips. Wet, slippery conditions can lead to falls and injuries. Remember to wear shoes with [...]
Buy 3 Reflections Beads, Get 1 Free at Elyria Jewelers
Come on out to Elyria Jewelers, where you can find great savings on beads from Reflections by SimStars. Buy 3 beads, get 1 free! These beautiful beads fit all competitive bracelets and are sure to put a smile on someone’s face this holiday season. Elyria Jewelers offers many one-of-a-kind quality jewelry items, such as diamond [...]
The ‘ICE’ that Could Save Your Life this Winter in Lorain, OH
(ARA) – It’s a scary scenario that plays out in hospitals across the country thousands of times every year: A senior living alone suffers an incapacitating health crisis. Paramedics rush her to the hospital where medical professionals do their best to sustain her until they can locate a family member or other responsible party authorized [...]
Protect Your Assets
Asset-Care® is designed to help you protect your assets by using the safety of whole life insurance. With your one-time premium, you receive a guaranteed amount of life insurance coverage, all of which can be used for qualifying long-term care benefits. The cash value is credited with a minimum guaranteed interest rate, and grows each [...]
Five Stars Adult Care Home… What is an Adult Care Home?
Adult Care Homes are located in residential neighborhoods, and are preferred living arrangements for most elderly who can no longer live independently. The cost is about half the price of a nursing home and the care is much more individualized. About us- Five Stars Adult Care Home provides a safe, secure, interesting, and very loving environment for [...]
How to Ease the Struggles of Care Giving
By Alice Iseminger Caring for an elderly loved one can be very rewarding. But being a caregiver can also become a struggle to cope with emotional family relationships and often, financial hardships because of missed work due to care taking. According to a survey by the Family Caregiver Alliance and AARP, “nearly 25% of working [...]
Alzheimer’s and Hearing Loss: Early Detection Can Alleviate Symptoms
By Richard J. Hetsko, Au.D. Board Certified in Audiology According to a study attributed to the Alzheimer’s Association (AA), in conjunction with the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), strong evidence suggests that hearing impairment contributes to the progression of mental impairment in older adults. When hearing loss or impairment goes undetected, it can interrupt the brain’s [...]
Healthy Life Choices for Living to 100
By Amy Sherman www.basilandspice.com Although most people think longevity is solely related to genes, it really depends on genes, attitude and lifestyle. Centenarians attribute their long lives to eating well, being optimistic and keeping busy. The Census Bureau estimates that by 2050, there will be 1.1 million people 100 years or older. Do you want [...]
Small Changes That Take Off Big Pounds
Prevention If your goal this New Year is to lose weight and exercise more, forget the deprivation diet and marathon workouts. New research shows that taking baby steps — not giant leaps — is the best way to get lasting results. A study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine found that participants who made [...]
Cost Effective Senior Living
Want to know one of the best kept secrets in Lorain County? E.R.C. Senior Apartments is where independent seniors can find exceeding affordable living accommodations, without the pressures of spending down their savings. E.R.C. can save seniors nearly half the cost of what independent living competitors charge by offering cost smart advantages in the local [...]
A Golden Age for Technology Aimed at Boomers
By Daniel Vasquez , Sun Sentinel Twelve years into his South Florida retirement, former dentist Bruce Foote has happily traded tongue depressors and dental drills for smart phones and mobile applications. The 70-year-old even sprung for an extra Apple iPad so his wife could share his passion for technology. Bridging the technology gap is increasingly [...]
Retire from Work, But Not from Learning
By Amanda Lilly, McClatchy-Tribune It is a recurrent theme these days that the “baby boomer” generation is beginning to reach the age of retirement. This bulging population has been called a vital cohort for consumer spending and has been designated as a critical target-group for politicians trying to garner the most votes. But the boomers [...]
Cost Effective Senior Living
Want to know one of the best kept secrets in Lorain County? E.R.C. Senior Apartments is where independent seniors can find exceeding affordable living accommodations, without the pressures of spending down their savings. E.R.C. Senior Apartments can save seniors nearly half the cost of what independent living competitors charge by offering cost smart advantages in [...]