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Senior Living May 20, 2020

What Causes Loneliness Amongst Seniors?

An individual's subjective experience about the generalized lack of satisfying human relationships has been conceptualized as loneliness. It is an unpleasant feeling of emptiness and desolation that can creep at any time. Older people can be particularly vulnerable to feelings of loneliness and isolation. Loneliness can stem from negative feelings or sadness brought on by a lack of communication, companionship, or relationships with other people.

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Senior Living April 15, 2020

Coping With COVID-19, Practical Tips For Senior Citizens

The crisis brought to us by COVID-19 is increasing every day. The older adults are at an elevated risk of complications from COVID-19 and are dying at a higher rate than younger patients. Researchers show that adults over the age of 60, especially those with pre-existing medical conditions like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and cancer are more likely to have severe -even deadly- effect than other age groups.

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Senior Living April 15, 2020

How To Detect Early Stages Of Dementia And Its Treatments

Dementia is a condition that is usually chronic or progressive in nature that deteriorates cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgement. However, dementia does not affect the consciousness of a person. Deterioration in emotional control, social behaviour or motivation accompanies and occasionally precedes impairment in cognitive function. Dementia can be the result of a variety of diseases and injuries that primarily or secondarily affect the brain, like Alzheimer's disease or stroke.

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Senior Living April 15, 2020

Why A Woman Too Should Retire From Cooking And Managing The House

Managing a household is as difficult as working outside. Most of the homemakers have no retirement plans and they do not know their financial situation. In recent times many women decide to leave the workforce to take care of their children or care for other family members. Retirement for women managing a house, also becomes imperative as age related physical and mental problems also affect them equally.

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LIVING COMMUNITY April 8, 2020

How Does A Senior Living Community Bring Down The Ageing Process?

Coping with change is a difficult process, even aging. It is a challenge to cope with the amount of changes that arises due to aging. Changes like children going away, death of parents, friends and other loved ones, ending a career, declining physical health and even loss of independence. There are several reasons why staying in a senior living community is beneficial to the senior aging process.

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REAL ESTATE SERIOR LIVING April 8, 2020

How Are Medical Emergencies Handled In Primus

With age comes a certain worry | one that's directly related to health. The ‘what if'. We often find elders who are scared and yet completely clueless about what to do in case of a medical emergency. When seniors move to a senior care facility like Primus, they can relax and know that their well being is taken care of not just comfort but also their medical needs.

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Senior Living April 8, 2020

How Does Dealing With Your Unreliable Domestic Help Add To Stress

In the 21st century, the monumental role that a domestic help plays these days can be gauged by the fact that their absence for a single day paralyses the functioning of the household completely. Domestic help has become the cornerstone of the urban milieu that is witnessing more and more women entering the workforce and hence depend heavily on the domestic help for having that “work-life balance”.

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Senior Living March 16, 2020

5 Activities That Make Life Extremely Exciting For Seniors

The financial, social, physical and emotional well-being of seniors should be taken care of with utmost sincerity. It requires a highly efficient and organized senior care that can work towards making their lives better. A comprehensive ecosystem that meets and supports their needs, across all areas of concern, is also very important when caring for a senior. An elder-centric ecosystem, vigorous processes and intuitive technology should be used to provide convenience and services to elders.

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Senior Living March 16, 2020

Tasks That Are Simple For Us But Are Challenging For Seniors: How Can We Bridge This Gap

Things that we do as part of our normal every day routine like showering, getting dressed or fixing meals can become increasingly difficult for the elderly. After a certain age getting out of bed can become a real challenge. While the young wake up fresh, well-rested and ready to face the day, the seniors can wake up to achy limbs and stiff joints. Loss of independence is one of the significant parts of the ageing process. The term senescence refers to the ageing process, including biological, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual changes. The term senior can apply to 66 years old as well as to 106 years old. This is a diverse group and therefore faces diverse physical challenges. Medical care and attention should, therefore, be given according to the individual needs required.

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Senior Living March 16, 2020

The Risk Of Missing Medication: How Senior Care Facilities Help Regulate Basic Health Of The Elderly.

The percentage of elderly population has increased because of an increase in life-expectancy due to a gradual development in the health-care services. This change requires us to shift the global focus to the preventive health-care and medical needs of the elderly population. Prevalence of chronic diseases, physical disabilities, mental illness and other comorbidities are higher in the ageing population. Prevention and control of health problems with the elderly require a multifaceted approach in active collaboration of health, social welfare and other geriatric healthcare programs.

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