Smart Senior
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Category: Senior to Senior
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You may think you are doing fine, but are you? Seriously, the list of things that come under the realm of “activities of daily living” is huge. When did just “living” become so hard? If you are a caregiver or living alone it is time to evaluate your lifestyle. Cleanliness, hmmm. When your eyesight…
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Senior proofing your house is a good idea. No argument there, but why does everyone suggest that there is more to do. Have you considered remodeling yourself? What does that mean? You are doing fine. Why does everyone think that you need to change? Why won’t people leave you alone? Duh! This is one…
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Seniors are not lazy. They don’t dream about just sitting back to reap the benefits from their Social Security and Medicare accounts. Retirement euphoria doesn’t last long, and it is often followed by boredom or worse yet, inertia. If inertia isn’t your style, it is time to change things up a bit. You are…
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The future may not be as rosy as it used to be, and it may take longer to figure things out, but you still have a future. It’s a lot to think about, especially if you have resigned yourself to the inevitable, but let’s not go there yet. Seniors in the past often had…
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How independent are you? Everyone likes to be taken care of, but the difference between being dependent and being independent is huge. If you operated under a division of labor system for most of your adult life, you may not be as proficient at self-care as you think you are. It’s different now. You are…
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It is hard to make changes to, or leave, your home. You get attached to familiar things, but what is it that you are attached to? I’ve moved often over the last 50 odd years. I learned, early on, that it is people and memories that make a home, not the “junk” in the attic.…
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Old age isn’t just a passing fancy; it makes up a third of your lifespan. Society uses the term “old” rather loosely. It isn’t until you are in your 70’s that you appreciate that calling someone “old” when they hit 50 is ridiculous. Old age, it seems, has become a catchall term used to describe…
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You want to be independent. You want to stay in your own home, but are you being realistic? Think about it. Are you able to keep up with house and yard chores? Can you navigate stairs safely and comfortably? If you have a fall, are you able to call for help or get up unassisted?…
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There is a commercial running right now, for some drug or another, in which an elderly man admits “I didn’t understand it until it happened to me.” He is talking about ageing of course. It is time to stop looking away every time you see somebody walking slowly, hunched over, or using a walker to…
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The quest to age-in-place has many facets. Unfortunately “age” is the key word in the concept, and it doesn’t set well with many of us. We all want to age successfully, and we all want to be independent, but at the same time we can’t help feeling that ageing is something that happens to other…