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Activities of Daily Living
What Kind of Shower Chair Works Best for Seniors?
Sometimes just standing is hard to do. It can cause back pain and leg aches. You should not put a ...
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36 Adaptive Kitchen Gadgets You Need to Keep You Independent
How do we continue to cook and eat with arthritis, weakness, tremors, low vision, low hearing, tremors, and forgetfulness? Learn ...
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Simple Devices to Help Dress and Undress with Pants, Shoes & Socks (pics)
Get sock, shoe and pants help using the Miracle Dressing Aid™, the Give Me a Hand, the dressing stick, the ...
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Caregivers
Red Light Therapy for Dementia
Red Light Therapy (RLT) is the use of light for health. Several published studies show that RLT improves mood, memory, ...
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How Can I Track My Parents’ Location Using AngelSense?
The best mom and dad tracker is the AngelSense. They ensure the parent is wearing the device before wandering off ...
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Is Senior Helpers a Legitimate Organization?
Some Senior Helpers locations have great reputations. Some have terrible reputations. Here's how you choose ...
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What is a Senior Daily Check-In Service?
A senior daily check-in service calls a senior every day at a certain time. If the senior does not answer ...
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Four Outstanding Ways to Use Alexa for the Elderly
Taking care of Mom or Dad is by far the hardest and most important job we have. But it's hard, ...
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Is Elder Helpers a Legitimate Organization?
Elder Helpers is a platform that matches volunteers with seniors. It is a great idea that I would endorse, but ...
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Cleaning
What to Look for in Vacuums for Seniors
The Pure ONE S12 from Tineco is the best battery-powered upright vacuum for carpeted stairs and floors. The Roborock S5 is ...
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Cordless Stick Vacuum Quiz
Take this quiz to find the best cordless stick vacuum for you or your mom ...
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How to Choose a Cordless Vacuum for Mom
Very few battery-operated vacuums are strong enough to really clean. One manufacturer has found the magic formula ...
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Hobbies
Grandma Gift Finder
The ultimate grandma gift is this robot pet cat. All the affection, none of the poop or allergies ...
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What You Should Know About Buying Grandma an Indoor Garden
I have found the perfect gift for your grandma. If you've ever had a hard time buying grandma a gift, ...
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Mobility
10 Ways to Safely Climb Stairs, Get Into the Bath, Get off the Floor, Walk, Sit and Stand
Use a transport device to get Mom from room to room within the home. Get the device measurements before buying ...
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Use a Patient Transfer Device for Standing Assistance
A patient transport is a tall device on wheels that a caretaker uses to move the patient from place to ...
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How a Toilet Rail Helps You Sit and Stand in the Bathroom
A toilet rail is a metal frame surrounding the toilet that gives you stable arms to grasp and use for ...
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How a Couch Assist Helps You Stand Up from a Soft Chair or Couch
A couch assistance device gives you a set of arms to use for leverage when standing up. One type uses ...
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How a Seat Assist Helps You Stand Up from a Hard Chair
One type of gadget helps you to stand up from the couch, or cushioned chair. Another type of gadget helps ...
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How a Lift Chair Helps You Sit Down and Stand Up
When you sit down on a lift chair, you bend your legs less than when sitting on a regular chair ...
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How to Choose a Rollator
Answer these questions to find a rollator that matches your needs ...
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7 Things You Need to Know About Traveling with Your Mobility Scooter
You can bring your mobility scooter onto trains, planes, and buses, but there are limits around size, weight, and batteries ...
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What You Ought to Know About Mobility Scooters Before Buying
I need to be off my feet for 6 weeks,, so I dove into mobility scooter world. It turns out ...
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5 Reliable Devices that Help Someone to Stand Up (and one you should never use)
Now we have recliners called "lift chairs" that can transport you from sitting to standing up. We have cushions that ...
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Security
5 Ways the Reolink Battery Cameras are Perfect for Mom
The best 100% wireless camera for seniors is the Reolink Argus PT, because: it uses solar power to run; it does not require you pull it down for recharging every four to 12 months; you can move the lens around (pan and tilt); it connects to your 2.4 GHz home Wifi signal; it has a built-in spotlight; it stores videos to an internal memory card; it allows you to replace its siren alarm with a recorded voice message.
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Best Way to View the Front Door and Control the Lock from Anywhere
An easy way to beef up home security is to install a remote control keyless lock.
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Four Outstanding Ways to Use Alexa for the Elderly
Taking care of Mom or Dad is by far the hardest and most important job we have. But it's hard, time-consuming, and stressful. The Alexa smart home device is an amazing tool that can ease the burdens of caring for the elderly. Here are four outstanding ways to use Alexa.
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Security for the Elderly Living Alone
The single most effective way to protect an elderly person living alone is to make him or her an undesirable target. The best break-in is the one that never happens.
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Activities of Daily Living for Independent Seniors
Products and strategies for dressing, eating and getting through your day when limbs and brains are not working at top ...
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Caregivers for Independent Seniors
Ways to get help from agencies, volunteers, dedicated groups, and government programs ...
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Cleaning for Independent Seniors
How to clean with arthritis and weakness ...
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Hobbies for Independent Seniors
Hobbies can be as simple as taking walks, and are essential to emotional and sometimes physical well-being ...
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Mobility for Independent Seniors
Learn how to choose canes, crutches, walkers, rollators and scooters that make sense for your specific situation ...
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Security for Independent Seniors
Cameras, alarms and strategies to stay safe from external threats ...
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