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Tag: Staying in your home

Dignity and Respect with Home Care

  By Visiting Angels Caregiving, Home Care

This article, about Dignity and Respect with Home Care, was written and contributed by Lindsay Kiefer and Kit Fredere | Visiting Angels | December, 2020 Visiting Angels exist because we believe everyone should… Continue Reading

Tagged   Dignity, Home Care, Staying in your home

ADUs can be part of cost-effective option for eldercare

  By Sue Sorenson Caregiving, Caring for parents, Home Care

Contributed by Sue Sorenson | Take My Hand At Home Care | October 7, 2020 As we age, the options for health care and assistance only get more expensive. Nursing home… Continue Reading

Tagged   Assisted Living, Caregiving, Home Care, Staying in your home

What is a Reverse Mortgage Loan?

  By Brandi Braley Article, Blog

Article Submitted by Brandi Braley, Licensed Mortgage Advisor A reverse mortgage is a loan available to homeowners aged 62 and over that can turn the equity locked in their home… Continue Reading

Tagged   Reverse Mortgage, Staying in your home

Stairway Sensibility at Home

  By Christine Blankenship Health and Wellness, Senior Housing

This post was originally published on January 21, 2017 and updated on October 15, 2018 People who have stairs in their home need Stairway Sensibility.   Let me make my case… Continue Reading

Tagged   Fall Prevention, Fall Risk, Home Care, Home Safety, Senior Living, Staying in your home

How To Train Your Body | Get Good at What You Want Your Body to Do

  By Jennifer Beemer Fitness, Health and Wellness

Contributed by Jennifer Beemer, Certified Personal Trainer | Spring, 2015 Many grandchildren today would question my title for this blog: How to Train Your Body. However, movie-going Children of today… Continue Reading

Tagged   Fitness Over Fifty, Health and Wellness, Mount Vernon, Senior Health, Senior Living, Senior Wellness, Skagit, Staying in your home, Whatcom

Downsizing:  Creating an Emptier, Fuller Life

  By Organized at Last Senior Housing

Downsizing to Create an Emptier, Fuller Life   By Julie Clarke “Don’t carry what you don’t need—in your pocket, in your home, and in your heart.”    ~ Joshua Becker Start today.… Continue Reading

Tagged   Caregiving, Health and Wellness, Housing for Mom, Mount Vernon, Organized, Organizing, Staying in your home
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