Merry Christmas! 2017
Age Safe® America wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas filled with Joy, Love, Hope and Peace.
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6 Ways to Reduce Behavioral Triggers for Alzheimer’s
There are changes we can make to the home environment to reduce confusion or triggering difficult behaviors for family members with Alzheimer’s disease. 1. Check the lighting in the house to reduce glare (reflections off a shiny kitchen counter top,...
Caregiving: Taking Care of You is Rule #1
November is National Family Caregivers Month. Approximately 43.5 million caregivers have provided unpaid care to an adult or child in the last 12 months. [National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP). About 34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an...
Ashton Applewhite: Let’s End Ageism.
Ashton Applewhite’s TED Talk: Let’s End Ageism. What’s one thing that everyone in the world is going to become? OLDER! It’s not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It’s ageism, a prejudice that pits...
World Kindness Day – Make the World a Better Place
Want to make the world a better place? Being kind is the first step. We think everyday should be World Kindness Day but November 13th is the official date. World Kindness Day was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness...
National Aging in Place Week
America’s seniors and senior service providers throughout the country will join to celebrate National Aging in Place Week from October 15-21, 2017. National Aging in Place Week is an annual effort to expand awareness of the Aging in Place movement...
Age Safe Urges Greater Adoption of Grab Bars
Age Safe America Declares Grab Bars Are The New Seat Belts In a press release issued earlier today Age Safe America urged greater adoption of grab bars to reduce preventable injuries and the rising costs associated with older adult falls....
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. The...
August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day
National Senior Citizens Day was created to give back to the seniors that have impacted our lives and those who have already given so much. Changing demographics due to improved healthcare have enabled our older citizens to contribute more years...
Fritzi Talks About Home Safety and Aging-in-Place
Age Safe America Chief Advocacy Officer Fritzi Gros-Daillon discusses home safety and aging-in-place with Sam Goodwin of HOCOA San Diego. Visit her local home safety consulting agency website at: http://householdguardians.com/