Moving into a senior living community is a big decision. For many seniors and their families, this transition involves many conversations over a long period of time. However, you don’t want to wait until you’re experiencing a health crisis or struggling to take care of tasks at home to make this move. You don’t have…
For the generation of baby boomers and those before them who are now in or nearing retirement age, voting and being actively involved in politics has always been a privilege and a right, not the dreary “who cares” activity that a lot of younger age groups tend to assign it. In fact, seniors turn out…
It is a well known fact that physical health is of the utmost importance in one’s day to day lifestyle. And this is a fact that applies on an incredibly important level in terms of seniors and their own personal well-being. In this brief article will we be discussing the differences of physical activity and…
Congratulations — you’ve entered the electronic age!! No one will think of you as an old fogey. You’re cool. You’re in the know. You may not be “keeping up with the Kardashians” but you are keeping up with the way the world works today. And making a good solid effort at keeping up with the…
While youth is unrelentingly glorified in society, gray hair rules in many significant aspects of life. There truly are many wonderful advantages to growing older, including health benefits. One benefit is living at beautiful Aston Gardens retirement community in Florida. You may find yourself more enthusiastic about waking up in the morning, when you know…
Short term memory may show signs of decline, but older brains are sharper. Research found, for example, that older traffic controllers excel at cognitively difficult jobs, such as simultaneously juggling the positions of multiple aircraft, navigating, and avoiding collisions. Aston Gardens retirement community in Florida is a great place to discover these and other wonderful…
One of the best reasons to live at Aston Gardens retirement community in Florida is to avoid social isolation. Research shows that approximately 43% of seniors who live in their own home as opposed to being in a retirement community are in social isolation. The negative effects of isolation are far-reaching, affecting well-being, health, and…
One of the toughest things to leave behind when making the transition from the home we spent the majority of our adult lives in to a senior living community is the loss of our green space. When my parents turned 50, they moved from a home in beautiful Bellaire, Texas, tucked just outside the loop…
Credit scores are one of life’s great mysteries. The short explanation is that a credit score is a number used to measure someone’s creditworthiness. But that only raises more questions about how they calculate the score, what affects it, how to improve it, who sees it and scams to watch out for. Whew. So what…
As the adult child of aging parents who live in an independent living community, I had to learn that there are very distinct differences between independent living and assisted living communities. In fact, just this morning, my dad quickly corrected me, when I referred to the place where he and my mom live as an…