Are the Golden Years Really Golden? Even with today’s technological advances, Senior adults feel more alone and isolated than ever before. 18% of Seniors live alone and 43% of Seniors reported that they feel lonely on a regular basis. The alarming fact with these statistics is that a feeling of loneliness impacts the risk for mental and physical decline as well as death. And loneliness is also contagious. When Seniors feel alone, their behavior can cause other people to avoid

Not Your Great Grandma’s Old Folks Home There’s a stigma in the mind of many Senior adults who think of Assisted Living Facilities as the Old Folk’s Home of days gone by. Many of them believe that moving out of their own homes is a move toward losing independence and just one step closer to death. Some Seniors can be accommodated with in-home healthcare and a monitor that alerts family members and emergency services that they need assistance. But after the death of a spouse o