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Elevating Senior Care: Comfort Keepers In Santa Clarita

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Families cherish their golden years, ensuring the well-being and comfort of senior loved ones is paramount. This is where Comfort Keepers emerges as a beacon of compassionate care, offering personalized senior care solutions designed to elevate quality of life and foster independence for aging residents in Santa Clarita and beyond. Understanding Comfort Keepers’ Commitment to Senior Wellness Comfort Keepers isn’t ...

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Senior Mental Health: Why It’s Important And How To Improve It

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Over the past few years, mental health and wellbeing has become a more important topic within society, and the mental wellbeing of senior members of our community has become something that we are giving more thought and consideration to. Most of us want our older relatives to be as happy and as healthy as possible; nobody likes seeing their parents, ...

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A Guide To Aging In Place

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When you’re planning for what your future might look like, you should think about long-term care. Many people don’t think about their preferences for how they’d like to spend their retirement years and later years in their lives. Without a plan, you could find that you’re scrambling to make last-minute decisions or burdening your family more than you’d like to. ...

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Retirees On The Go: 5 Tips & Tricks For Improving Senior Mobility

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Do you find yourself paddling upstream through a current of ageist misconceptions? Dodging snide comments that Alzheimer’s is a senior citizen’s inevitable doom or battling against depictions of the elderly body as fragile and weak? If so, it’s time to set the story straight and take your mobility into your own hands, the hands decorated by age spots, wrinkles, and ...

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5 Myths About Nursing Homes Dispelled

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Dealing with an elderly adult at home is something many families find difficult to handle, especially if you don’t have the necessary training. However, there’s a better alternative to home care which is none other than a nursing home. However,  many people shy away from these homes because of the negativity surrounding them. Others regard nursing homes as depressing and ...

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How To Help Your Aging Parents Live Independently

Aging is never easy, no matter how healthy you are. Usually, people have less strength and will to do something, and it’s hard to see our loved ones going through this. That’s especially the case with our parents. They were there for us from the day we were born, and we have always perceived them as invincible, strong people who ...

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Editorial: Doctor’s Diary: How Coronavirus, COVID-19 Is Affecting Us Seniors

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By: Dr. Gene Dorio Doctor’s Diary:  March 27, 2020 Covid-19:  History repeats itself We were at war. Yet, there was a second battle against an airborne virus plaguing the army as well as citizens.  Those in charge quarantined solders, kept them isolated from communities, and inoculated as many as they could.  Thirty percent of the population died. In July, 1776, ...

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Food Recipes Suitable For The Elderly

Every age group has to follow a special diet, and the elderly are no different. As we grow older, our innate ability to digest certain foods takes a turn for the worse, which may force us to change our diet. However, this does not mean you have to settle for yucky, runny food. In fact, there are many light recipes out ...

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Technology Today Ensures An Easy Life For The Elderly

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While technology has made the life of millennials fast, it has undoubtedly created ease for the senior citizens of our society too. There have been rampant advances in technology which provide ways for the elderly to not depend on others. Everyone today is on the lookout for adapting ways which will aid the elderly. Although there have not been inventions ...

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How To Care For Senior Veterans

Caring for a family member, friend, or community member as they age can pose various challenges. Frustration, isolation, and communication and mobility challenges are just some of the issues faced by seniors. For veterans, such problems can be exacerbated by old injuries, traumatic memories and a lack of community. Recognize their service to the country by giving back and helping ...

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