Important Home Features All Aging Homebuyers Should Consider
As you embark on the journey of finding a home that supports aging in place, it’s important to consider features that will ensure comfort, safety, and independence in the years to come.
Fall Prevention
Preventing Falls: Effective Strategies and Exercises for Seniors
Getting older accumulates a list of worries, and falling is ranked relatively high on that list. Exercise can be one of the most helpful!
Falls Prevention Awareness Month
Falls Prevention Awareness Month – Age Safe® Live Well. Many years ago Age Safe® America coined the slogan, “A Fall Changes Everything”. Sadly, this is very true, and happens every day. In an instant you or a loved one could...
Let’s Talk About Medical Alertness
Let’s Talk About Medical Alertness I know when you hear the words ‘medical alert’ your first thoughts are of bracelets with little medical symbols on them or the necklaces and watches some people wear which are alarm button to press...
Space Heater Fire Safety
A space heater has been implicated in the recent fire tragedy and loss of life in the Bronx. It highlights the important fire safety message conveyed in the Senior Home Safety Specialist certification training. Space heaters, especially those without automatic...
Food and Cooking Safety at Home
For many of us, particularly as we get older, preparing and cooking food are activities we’ve done for so long that they’ve become automatic. Today, however, food growth, processing, packaging, and distribution takes place far away from the tables where...
Celebrating National Falls Prevention Month 2021
September is National Falls Prevention month and we celebrate with words of caution and advice. But, also in September, we remember the victims of 9/11. And just as no one ever believed that the World Trade Center would fall, we...
National Senior Citizens Day 2021
Celebrating National Senior Citizen Day in 2021 has a new poignancy for all Americans. With the COVID pandemic of 2020, it’s immense toll on families has driven home the point from President Reagan’s 1988 pronouncement. He stated that “…our communities...
Age Safe® America Celebrates 6-Years of Serving Seniors and the Aging in Place Industry
Although the last six years have been very explosive for this burgeoning industry, the fallout from this pandemic has further exposed the many advantages and urgency to prepare now for aging in place. Seniors and family members are looking to...
Aging Life Care Professionals® – Experts in Aging Well®
May is an exciting month for the Aging Life Care Association. This month we recognize those who lend their minds and hearts to the ever-growing field of caring for the aging. As we welcome the immense generation of baby boomers...