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Posts by Andrea Needham:

How To Make Time for Yourself While Caregiving

How To Make Time for Yourself While Caregiving

As a caregiver for seniors, it’s essential to find ways to balance work, caregiving, and your personal life. It can be difficult to juggle all of these commitments while still looking after yourself. Fortunately, there are plenty of strategies caregivers can use to stay balanced and healthy. This can include scheduling regular check-ins with yourself and prioritizing self-care activities. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately, it’s time to make some changes. Let’s take a look at some of the best strategies you can use to bring balance back into your life. 

How to Settle Into Your Golden Years in a New Marriage

How to Settle Into Your Golden Years in a New Marriage

Now that you've found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you can confidently settle into enjoying your "golden years" together in your new marriage. There may, however, be a few rough patches that you need to work through. This can be tricky, but you can do well if you communicate and keep a positive attitude. Read on for some tips and tricks for navigating your new married life.

How to Be Your Happiest in 2022: Health and Wellness Tips for Seniors

How to Be Your Happiest in 2022: Health and Wellness Tips for Seniors

2022 is officially here, and with a new year comes setting new resolutions and new goals to strive towards in the coming year. For seniors, particularly, embracing a new year can be a challenge, especially if you're settled in your ways and aren't that receptive to change ordinarily. If that's you, we're happy to share these great tips on how to be your healthiest and happiest in 2022.

Senior Home Care 101: What Are Your Options?

Senior Home Care 101: What Are Your Options?

Retirement is a time for you to enjoy yourself. Without a job or kids to take care of, you have all the time in the world to enjoy yourself with your favorite friends, family, and hobbies. To make the most of this wonderful phase of life, many seniors look to make changes to their living situation. For example, some seniors choose to downsize to a smaller house, which means less time and money spent on home chores and upkeep — and more time and money to spend on fun.

Moving gets more challenging as we age. People become set in their ways and connected to their communities, which can make transitioning to a new area and way of life difficult. For this reason, it's wise to consider your senior home care options now and prepare in advance. If you do decide to transition to a new property, doing so now will be less stressful than in the future. Learn about three popular choices for senior home care solutions and find out what to consider when assessing your options below.

Senior Health Care: How to Maintain Wellness With Technology

Senior Health Care: How to Maintain Wellness With Technology

As we age, our health concerns often grow. It becomes increasingly important to stay on top of any physical or mental health concerns. And though no one can stave off illness and disease altogether, it can be easier to maintain wellness with preventive care and the assistance of technology. Read on for some ways technology can be an ally in your pursuit of good health.

Tech Tips to Maintain Health and Wellness