Moving to a senior living community is often stigmatized in society and can be seen as a last resort for many families. However, times have changes and there are now many benefits that a senior living community can bring to an older adult and their family, even before the former requires nursing care. This is…
With the high likelihood of falls in seniors, training fall recovery skills is critical. Falls are most common at night when people are trying to get to the bathroom, but they can happen during the day when people trip over loose items on the floor. Recovery training can occur through both sequential methods and through…
We often believe that age affects memory. The older we get, the more forgetful we become. However, many young people today have difficulty remembering important things like addresses, birthdays, and their homework. Our memory goes through three processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Encoding refers to the process where information is learned while storage and retrieval…