How to Connect With Your Older Grandchildren
If you’re like many fifty or sixty- year olds(or older), you are likely treasuring your role as a grandparent and the precious moments you have sharing and connecting with your grandchildren. You probably fawn over your baby grandchildren and love buying them toys during the holidays, creating a bond of trust and communication. However, how […]
Seniors New Year’s Resolutions
Resolutions are being made, lights are being hung and parties are being planned. New Years is coming. While most people take New Year’s resolutions rather lightly, for many seniors it can be difference between staying healthy enough to stay at home, and experiencing a fall that causes them to be put in a nursing home.NurtureCare is […]
The Importance of a Caregiver
As your loved one ages, elder care can become one of the most stressful, difficult and important decisions you’ve ever had to make. A good caregiver is crucial and contributes greatly to the health, longevity and happiness of the life of your loved one. Caregivers are needed for not only physical care, but also emotional […]
Retirement Careers
Christine Henck, a 62 year- old from Bethesda, Md, is in her third career. For the past seven years she has been a licensed massage therapist working out of her home in Bethesda, Md, in what used to be her children’s playroom. Since she started her business, her cliental have been towards people in their […]
Depression in the Aging Population
In a recent study, the US Department of Health and Human Services claimed that over 20 percent of the 65+ population are, to some degree, battling with depression. This phenomenon is closely linked with an injury or an illness that has resulted in the hospitalization or other loss of freedom by the individual, causing great […]
Benefits of Tai Chi for Seniors
Have you ever participated in the graceful, fluid movements of tai chi? If you have, then you are one of 2.3 million Americans that practice this ancient martial art. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese form of exercise that was initially practiced as a form of self-defense. All the different types of tai chi involve […]
Live Longer with Laughter: Joan Rivers
Very recently the iconic, hilarious and sometimes controversial Joan Rivers passed away at the age of 81. One lesson she taught the world was the importance of laughter. “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” Or even better, laugh and you’ll live longer. Sven Svebak, of the medical school at Norwegian University, states that people […]
Top Five Memory Apps that Help Improve Brain Function in Seniors
Top Five Memory Apps that Help Improve Brain Function in Seniors Doctors, scientists, and senior citizens agree that playing memory games or using memory exercises not only helps improve brain function in seniors, but it also helps ward off certain areas of dementia. There are more ways than ever before to challenge senior’s memory ability. […]
Reasons for Fear of Outside Caregivers
Your Mom or Dad needs to have a caregiver for several reasons. Maybe you have to work and can’t be there all day. Or perhaps you need help with personal care and grooming, or the care needed is beyond your capabilities to provide. Whatever the reason, you need to hire a caregiver; a stranger even […]
Visiting with parents(or grandparents) over the upcoming holidays
Aging is a wonderful and unique path each of us follows. There is no perfect scenario for any one of us, in fact there are times when things seem to go off track. Off track means we can get back on track – different does not mean disaster. We can help our loved ones continue […]