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New Years Resolutions for Senior Citizens

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NJ Senior News & Resources

What can New Jersey seniors do to make the New Year a good one?  Consider the following:

Shared experiences and the resulting wisdom
The younger generations need the benefit of the wisdom elderly citizens have acquired throughout their lives. By sharing their wisdom with young people, senior citizens become a benefit to the community.  They need it and local seniors will enjoy feeling needed.

Volunteer
Find an organization to support and volunteer to help them. Doing so will not only make a senior citizen’s golden years meaningful, but it will also bring them happiness.

Keep using all faculties
Look for ways for seniors to continue using all of their faculties (physical, mental and spiritual) so they do not suffer from lack of use. Playing games, engaging in social activities, prayer, meditation and exercise are perfect for strengthening these faculties.

Maintain good health
Maintain your health by exercising regularly, and making adjustments to lifestyle and diet. Talk to your doctor about reducing medications to the least amount and strength possible.

Enjoy the arts
Do you enjoy the fine arts, such as music,  visual arts, performing arts etc. that New Jersey has to offer? This is an active rather than passive interaction like watching run-of-the-mill programs on television.

Posted by: Frank Esposito, Vice President of Expert Home Care.  New Jersey’s Expert Home Care provides professional and reliable home health care and companion care for NJ elderly, helping them with their daily living activities since 1984. Please call us toll free at 800-848-2336 when you have home care related questions or need assistance for a loved one. Get a Free Home Care Assessment (a $375 value!) when you mention this post.

NJ Senior Living & Your Seniors Social Life

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New Jersey Senior Living & Lifestyle

Loneliness is one of the most common problems affecting seniors who live alone and away from family.  How can seniors connect with others?  Here are some places and situations that can work well:

  • Local senior centers usually offer lectures, classes, and meals.
  • Libraries offer book discussion groups for seniors, as well as lectures and concerts.
  • A community bulletin may list adult education classes.
  • Colleges and universities may have senior classes, lectures and concerts. Some have special classes or activities for seniors, while others encourage seniors to take regular classes at a discounted rate.
  • The YMCA or JCC may offer movement classes for seniors.
  • Health clubs may offer exercise, tai chi, dancercise or yoga classes for seniors.
  • If your elderly loved one likes to volunteer, you should look into civic, political, medical, educational or arts organizations.
  • Look for local hobby clubs such as guitar players, singers, memoirists, walkers, hikers, environmentalists, amateur theatre actors, etc.
  • Support groups.
  • Religious organizations tend to offer adult education, social action groups, and are always seeking volunteers.
  • Alumni groups.
  • Widowed or divorced seniors looking for companionship should consider online dating.
  • Create your own hobby group on a topic of interest. Seniors can go to Meetup.com and create a group on any topic, such as Lovers of Musical Theatre or Foreign Films. You will have to pay a monthly fee of $25 (the fees go down if you contract for more than one month at a time) to advertise there, but you can then ask the group members to share the cost with you. You can also create your own group and advertise at no cost on Craigslist.com. Or you can consider starting a group at your local church or through your local adult education organization.

There are plenty of opportunities for seniors to connect with their contemporaries.  Staying home and being miserable should not be an option.

Posted by: Frank Esposito, Vice President of Expert Home Care.  New Jersey’s Expert Home Care provides professional and reliable home health care and companion care for NJ seniors, helping them with their daily living activities since 1984. Please call us toll free at 800-848-2336 when you have elder care related questions or need assistance for a loved one.