
How to Cut Costs For Senior Housing
One of the biggest complaints about senior housing is that it’s just too expensive. On average, senior housing can cost $6,000 per month. That amount is a huge burden to aging Americans with fixed post-retirement incomes and their families with their own bills to pay. Why is senior housing so expensive? Are there any ways […]

What Older and Younger Workers Can Learn From Each Other
There’s a big technological and cultural divide between older and younger workers. While gaps are never a good thing, this is especially unfortunate because there’s…

Your Life Story in a Video Memoir
Technology has improved our lives in so many ways, from getting where we want to go to connecting with friends and family. One major improvement…

5 Amazing Ways To Connect Generations
We’ve already established how important it is for generations to connect with one another, from what we can learn from kids or older generations, to…

The Future of Senior Housing
Thanks to our rapidly aging population, a lot of “senior” services are changing. Senior housing is one of them. Senior housing is fairly standardized as…
Financial Steps to Take After Losing a Spouse

No one wants to think about losing a spouse, but unfortunately it’s a big part of life that you have…
Travel Companions for Older Adults

Traveling is a wonderful thing. Experiencing new places teaches you in ways books never can, and shows you how amazing our world is. However, sometimes traveling isn’t easy to do. Age and lack of companionship…
Find and Test Your Ideal Retirement Town

There are a fair number of retirees that plan on staying put in their current home, but there is an even bigger number that are looking for a change of scene. Whether it’s a chance…

Choosing the Right Senior Living Options for You
We often dream of relaxed retired life after spending years and years of hard work. Though senior…

Dealing With A Caregiver Who is Not Fit for the Job
When dealing with another person, especially if that person didn’t do anything bad against you, it’s hard to…

Family Caretakers: Take Care of Yourself
According to Families Caring for an Aging America’s report, almost 18 million people in the entire United States…

Never Too Old to Make New Friends!
Friends form an important part of creating a healthy and happy lifestyle. However, not all friendships are as…

Is Living with Your Elderly Parent the Best for Both of You?
As a loving son or daughter, it is natural for you to immediately think that your elderly parent…

Aging Parents and Dementia
One study revealed that about 3.4 million people in the United States aged seventy-one and above experience some…

Caring for Parents Who Didn’t Care for You
Some people may have parents who treated them badly in the past (and perhaps even to this day).…

What to Do If Your Aging Parent Becomes Difficult
While personality changes in old age are common, they are usually minimal. If you are noticing drastic personality…

How to Love Your Financially Abusive Parents
If you have been working your entire life, enjoying some time for yourself is something we most certainly…

12 Meal Kit Clubs Ideal for Seniors
More often than not, there comes a point in life when even the best of cooks must hang…

The Cost of Family Caregiving
No one wants to think about their parents aging, but it happens to everyone. Almost 10 million adult…

Don’t Let Your Adult Children Ruin Your Retirement
Most everyone is aware how potentially fragile retirement finances can be. However, a lot of people aren’t aware…

Don’t Age Alone: CoHousing for Older Adults
Cohousing is a trend that’s spreading rapid fire across the country. From young families to retirees, a cohousing…

Hiring Someone To Help With An Aging Parent’s Finances
Its stressful enough handling your own finances, and sometimes adding your aging parents’ finances to the list is…

The Stress of Retiring Together – Couples Need to Talk
Many of us believe that retirement will be all sunsets and beaches. We just walk off our job and…

How to Choose the Right Roommate
This article is from SilverNest. To see original article, click here. The new trend for boomers and empty nesters…

Living Alone is Hazardous to Our Health
This article is from SilverNest. To see original article, click here. Many baby boomers and older adults remember growing…

Home Sharing – Stay Connected
This article is from Silvernest. To see original article, click here. Arnie calls her home “my accordion house” and…

Aging Solo? Where You Live Matters
This article is from SilverNest. To see original article, click here. By Joy Loverde In my book, Who Will…

Bonding with Your Over-50 Roommate
This article is from SilverNest. To see original article, click here. The term “roommate” has a significantly different…

Leaving Behind Your Legacy Through Storytelling
After having lived through several decades on Earth and being witness to major transformations in history, culture…

Teaching Your Kids the Value of Money
Most adults are aware of the fact that the earlier you begin investing for retirement, the more money…

Teach Them While They’re Young
Are you a parent that’s worried about sending your child out into the real world? You should be.…

A Journey to Retirement, Together
Now that you’re married, no decision is as simple as it once was. On top of that, you…

Can Retirement Destroy Your Marriage?
The amount of married couple getting divorced after 50 is on the rise, and researchers believe that retirement…

Being Lonely in a Connected World
As we get older, they say those are our “golden years.” It’s is the time to travel and…

How to Help Your Parents Adjust to a New Assisted Living Community
As individuals age, many seek living arrangements that offer a safe, secure, stimulating environment but also one which…

Get Paid To Be a Family Caregiver
The number one question caregivers always ask is this, “how to get paid for being a family caregiver?”…

You Don’t Have To Be Lonely
As we age, the changing physical and mental health and challenging life events like the loss of loved…

Building Relationships with Adult Children
This article was written by Andrea Brandt It’s a universal truth that we take things for granted, especially…

9 Steps to Make Friends for Shy Older Adults
If you are shy and over 50, you already know that making new friends doesn’t come easily. Not…

7 Holiday Activities To Do With Your Grandkids
As the weather gets colder and the holidays grow near, the kids can feel cooped up in their homes…

5 Ways To Avoid Loneliness During The Holidays
Loneliness comes in all forms at all ages. You can be healthy and independent but still feel lonely…

70 Things To Do When You Turn 70
As you turn seventy, you have an opportunity to experience life fully, and to redefine what it means…

Aging in Place With Style
Betty was adamant about her son not installing grab bars in her home or bathroom. “I’m not going…

Tips For Traveling As A Caregiver
Many caregivers of a loved one with a memory disorder, such as Alzheimer’s disease, long for the days…

Elder Abuse: Be A Part of the Solution
This article was originally published by the American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation on their public education…

Live Independently NOW!
No matter how rich life is in youth and middle age, the elder years can bring on increasing…

How to Help Someone with Alzheimer’s Cope with Loss
This article was originally published by the American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation on their public education website…

Overcome Your Biggest Dating Fears!
I remember when I first started dating back in my 40s. Wow, it was SCARY! And it took…

Get Back Out There And Start Dating!
What are you waiting for? I understand that you worry about how and where to meet someone new.…

Second Chance At Love
Who Knew? I wasn’t expecting much being divorced and in my fifties. I was a daughter, mother, grandmother…