Staying Active: Why Helping the Older Adults in your Life Exercise is the Best Care you Can Provide

November 2, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Guest Post Author: Kelli Huggins | Grace Ridge Retirement Community Exercise in Older Adults Exercise plays an important role in overall wellness and provides the strength to participate in the activities we love. As a Well4Life Wellness Coordinator and Licensed Recreational Therapy Assistant, I’ve dedicated the past 10 years to developing tactics and discovering programs […]

The Story of a Life Time, My Last Soundtrack

September 27, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

An E-Legacy Today, you’d be hard-pressed not to find traces of someone on the internet. People will share just about everything with the world allowing each of us a brief glimpse into their life. I’ve often wondered what happens to these pages if the person who owned them passes away. Would the last post or […]

A Year in the Upside to Aging

June 27, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

A year ago I came up with the wild idea of starting a blog. As if six years of writing research papers and projects wasn’t already enough to last a lifetime. But, I wanted to take these important conversations occurring in the field of aging and bring them to the people who were living through […]

4 meaningful ways to spend time with a loved one living with Dementia

July 5, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Spending time with a parent or loved one living with dementia can be a worrying experience. “What should I say?” “What can I do?” or “What if they don’t know who I am?” are all completely normal questions you may ask yourself. Not to mention, if you weren’t that close prior to their diagnosis the task of […]