Pass It On – How To Share Yourself With Your Family

By: Linda Burhans โ€‹Seniors bring so much to their families it is hard to capture the full importance of their contributions.ย  From family history to parenting advice to creating precious memories, your influence is felt in ways both obvious and subtle.ย  Imagine, then,...

Ten Ways To Look And Feel Your Best

โ€‹By: Linda Burhans How do you look and feel your best as you age?ย  Take a look at ten great ways to accomplish this goal: #1 โ€“ Stay active If you spend your time sitting around the house watching TV youโ€™ll soon start to feel lousy, so get up and stay active.ย  Go for a...

Acknowledging Your Loved Ones Feelings

By: Linda Burhans One Saturday morning last year a woman by the name of Marie came to my support group in Largo, Florida. She was the only person that came that day and like I always say “Who ever is suppose to be there, will.” The woman was very...

Validate Instead of Negate

By: Cate McCarty At this time of year hauntings are not just in old homes. If you are living with an individual with dementia, you may well be faced with ghosts and imaginings that are convincingly real in presentation. Some forms of dementia are more likely to have...

7 Ways for Seniors to Avoid Scams and Fraud

By: Linda Burhans Seniors are especially vulnerable to an increasing number of scams and fraudulent activities.ย  There are a variety of reasons for this, but the main reason is that scam artists and unsavory people are very skilled at weaseling their way into seniorsโ€™...

Napping Benefits Caregivers

By: Linda Burhans If you are a caregiver there is a pretty good possibility you did not get a complete and restful sleep last night. Many times caregivers enter my support groups clearly exhausted and sleep deprived. The importance of caring for caregivers cannot be...