Senior Care Corner® Podcast

The world’s largest annual innovation event, otherwise known as the International CES, lived up to its billing for 2013. Full of oohs, ahhs, gadgets — oh, and some 150,000 people — the 2013 CES was a combination of fantastic technology reality for today with hints of even more great things tomorrow. For seniors and family […]

Family caregivers do a fantastic job giving of themselves to care for others. In doing so, however, they often neglect to care for themselves. As we often discuss, the selfless act of putting their own needs last or even leaving them unaddressed hurts even the one for whom the family caregiver is doing so much […]

Technology promises safer, healthier and more comfortable lives for our senior loved ones – a promise that is growing rapidly as more tech companies discover the promise aging customers have to offer them and learn how to develop products with seniors in mind, particularly those choosing to age in place at home. Just as the […]

The 2013 International CES, the huge trade show put on by the Consumer Electronics Association, offers the most promise ever from the tech industry for seniors and their family caregivers. We are looking forward to bringing back more and better news than ever to share with the Senior Care Corner community. Besides the holiday season, […]

Only a quarter of seniors who are US military Veterans have enrolled to receive VA healthcare benefits and only a tenth of the rest feel they know what’s available to them through those benefits. Are some missing out? We can’t know unless they know enough about the health benefits to which they’re entitled to make […]

Sometimes we’re frustrated by the legalese that governs so much of our lives but it’s fact. Through the end of our lives, and even beyond, there are legal processes, decisions and documents that we have to get right. You’d think that by our senior years our legal dealings would be ramping down, but it’s just […]

Seniors, especially those with health, physical or memory issues, should sit down with the other adults in their families to openly discuss their needs and the roles of the rest of the family in assuring those needs are met. Unfortunately, those meetings – and the sharing of thoughts and feelings among family members – don’t […]

Technology – especially consumer electronics – is becoming increasingly more friendly to seniors and seems destined to be every bit as essential to their daily life as it is for many of the rest of us. In some ways it may be even more so, as it enables them to continue aging in place in […]

Two days plus packed with meeting people, learning about current resources for seniors & caregivers and gaining insight into some health innovations – plus LOTS of walking…that pretty much summarizes the working part of our trip to AARP’s Life@50+ National Event. It was held in New Orleans, so there were many distractions from work, but […]

Digital technology and the internet are leading to a number of innovative resources to help family caregivers, including those doing so from a distance, assure that senior loved ones are safe, healthy and comfortable while aging in place alone. Senior Care Corner is constantly on the lookout for resources, especially tech resources, that can help […]

Helping family caregivers see themselves and understand their own needs, as we do in “You Might Be a Family Caregiver“, is a frequent topic of Senior Care Corner posts and podcasts. Gaining insight into the lives and needs of our senior loved ones is our focus in this podcast episode. We often feel we know […]

Our posts and podcasts here at Senior Care Corner often address the importance that family caregivers look out for their own needs in order to be at their best when providing care to their senior loved ones. That is especially important for those who are, as we say, in the “middle of the triple decker […]

Family caregivers of senior adults can become so focused on providing care they can feel they’re alone on an island. They may be focused but are certainly not alone, as more than 50 million adults in the US care for adult family members. 7 million of those also care for a minor child, putting them […]

Aging in place is a major topic for us at Senior Care Corner as is it for many seniors and boomers who are looking ahead to their senior years. With a majority of those surveyed expressing a preference to live in their own homes and many more for whom it may be the only option, […]

Extreme summer heat takes more US lives than any other weather-related disaster, with seniors more likely to be impacted than those who are younger. Seniors’ bodies often don’t adjust to severe temperature changes as well as others. Older adults are also more likely to have medical conditions or are on medications that limit their ability […]