10 Useful, Thoughtful Gifts for Older Seniors
Gifts They’ll Actually Appreciate Delivering the perfect gift is never easy but hitting the mark for older seniors can be especially challenging. If they humbly tell you they have everything or don’t need anything, take a closer look. Everyone wants to be acknowledged and made to feel special, and nothing communicates that message or feeling […]
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5 Travel Tips for a New Era
As much as FaceTime, Skype, and Zoom have enabled many of us to see and interact online with our family and friends during the COVID pandemic, the experience still can’t substitute for actually being there. Immersing yourself in a vibrant crowd, standing shoulder to shoulder with real people again. You realize how much larger and […]
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15 Money-Saving Tips for Slashing Your Summer Energy Bills
Ah, summer: cookouts, camping, outdoor concerts, and a break from high energy bills, right? Not exactly. Record-setting temperatures throughout the United States and Canada this summer are sending even the most frugal consumer to their nearest air conditioner, never mind the cost. With climate change bringing more frequent heat waves, taming summer energy costs is […]
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10 Ways You Can Improve Your Mental Health at Home
If you’re like many Americans, you may feel that 2020 pushed you to the breaking point. It was back in August 2020 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 2 in 5 U.S. residents reported struggling with mental or behavioral health issues associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.1 […]
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How to Deal with Holiday Debt
The holidays may be the most joyous time of the year and the most dangerous. The temptation and societal pressure to overspend, whether splurging on a new outfit, spoiling a spouse or a grandchild, or filling your shopping cart with shiny, sparkly objects to bedazzle your holiday guests, is almost impossible to resist. If you […]
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5 Low Cost Ways to Improve Your Home
Upgrading your home doesn’t require investing a small fortune or having a room out of commission for weeks. If you’re ready, willing, and able to do the work, here are some great ways to brighten up your home without blowing a hole in your budget: 1. Paint — A little dab’ll do ya. To renew […]
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History of the Handshake: What We Can All Learn
Over the millennia, the handshake has maintained a firm grip on how we express ourselves. The act of two people grasping each other’s hands, accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement, has been used all through history for greetings, farewells, cementing agreements, expressions of gratitude and sportsmanship, win or lose. The handshake is so ingrained in […]
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25 Home Activities to do During the Coronavirus Quarantine
Americans are famous for making the best out of bad situations — for finding the silver lining even in the darkest clouds. So even if the coronavirus has temporarily confined us to our homes, this nationwide house arrest doesn’t have to drive us stir-crazy. Indeed, this mandatory time-out may make us realize once again that […]
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Emergency Preparedness Planning for Seniors
Hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters never seem to take a season off anymore. Because of their increasing frequency, no one should be without an up-to-date disaster preparedness plan. And if you’re older, perhaps facing mobility or other serious health issues, your planning should take on even more urgency. That’s because seniors are simply among […]
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