Seniors For Living

How Can Boomers Still Save on 2009 Taxes?

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:22 +0000

This guest blog post is contributed by Boomerater, a free online resource for Baby Boomers helping you find everything from a financial advisor to group tour vacations. Seniors for Living contributes its properties to Boomerater’s Continuing Care directory. A new Q&A discussion from Boomerater’s forums appears here each Friday. In this week’s post, members share [...]

Support the Rights of Elders, Globally

MSeitzer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:33 +0000

Earlier this month, thousands of people of all ages and spanning 43 countries, stood up for the rights of older persons. HelpAge International sponsored the event as part of their “Age Demands Action” campaign, and visitors to their website showed their support by signing a petition or uploading a photo to their Flickr gallery. According to [...]

November is National Family Caregivers Month

MSeitzer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:51:58 +0000

Family caregivers have been named the backbone of the long-term care system – and for good reason. Says the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, more than 50 million people currently provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year. Peter Arno from the Department of [...]

Evaluating “Baby Doll Therapy” for Alzheimer’s Patients

MSeitzer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:32 +0000

Baby doll therapy is something that I’ve never been too sure about. During my senior living days, I observed many Alzheimer’s patients hugging, rocking, burping, or carrying a baby doll throughout the halls of the memory-impaired unit. In a way, it seemed to soothe the person. The doll provided someone, something to care for, and [...]

Six Year Old Could be Evicted from Retirement Community

ethielke — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:05:17 +0000

A retirement community in Largo, FL is fighting to evict a six-year-old girl (link has sound) from her grandparent’s house. The community rules are that residents must be older than 55, but Judie and Jimmy Stottler are the only parents Kimberly Broffman has ever known. Kimberly’s mother has drug and personal issues and lost custody [...]

Safeguarding Your Credit Rating When Retired

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:14 +0000

This guest blog post is contributed by Boomerater, a free online resource for Baby Boomers helping you find everything from advice on retirement planning to family vacations. Seniors for Living contributes its properties to Boomerater’s Retirement Communities directory. A new Q&A discussion from Boomerater’s forums appears here each Friday. In this week’s post, members tell [...]

Boomers & Seniors: News You Can Use 11/10/09: Living Life to the Fullest

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:41:15 +0000

Welcome to the November 10, 2009 edition of Boomers & Seniors: News You Can Use. November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and this installment is packed with health and wellness posts of interest, including brain fitness tips, what you need to know about Medicare and Medicaid benefits, how to prevent dangerous drug combinations, and more. [...]

Guaranteed Tear-Jerker: “The Way We Get By”

MSeitzer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:38 +0000

I’ve mentioned in previous posts how absolutely thrilled I am to see a much-needed increase in the number of mainstream and independent films and documentaries covering our 50+ population. Well, “The Way We Get By” is another phenomenal film covering a phenomenal group of seniors, the issues that they deal with as a result of [...]

The Ins and Outs of Being an Estate Executor

dawnlovsj — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:28:02 +0000

This guest blog post is contributed by Boomerater, a free online resource for Baby Boomers helping you find everything from advice on financial planning to anniversary vacations. Seniors for Living contributes its properties to Boomerater’s Alzheimer’s Care directory. A new Q&A discussion from Boomerater’s forums appears here each Friday. In this week’s post, members discuss [...]

Honor the Seniors in Your Life

MSeitzer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:02 +0000

If there is anything that really makes my blood boil, stories of elders being mistreated does just that. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, neglect – the anecdotes I’ve heard (and the millions of cases that probably remain unreported and unresolved) are deeply disturbing to me. Even talking down to elders [...]