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Senior Meal Planning: What’s for Dinner?

New Jersey Senior Health & Lifestyles Nutrition and proper eating becomes more important as we age. As a result, menu planning becomes an important consideration. Here are some things to consider: Easy to chew and swallow: Digestive processes changes with age and seniors tend to produce 30% less saliva then they did while younger. Foods […]

Effects of Aging on Hearing, Vision and Other Senses

NJ Senior Health What to expect when the senses go One of the realities of aging is a progressive loss of the five senses.  Consider the following: Vision To see clearly, a 70-year-old eye needs three times more light than someone half that age. The first sign of a problem is usually trouble seeing at […]

Help Seniors Enjoy the Holidays – 10 Tips

NJ Senior Living & Lifestyle The end of the year holidays are approaching.  What can you do to make the holidays particularly pleasant for your aging parents or loved ones?  Here are some thoughts: Stroll down memory lane. Holidays provoke memories, which can be especially powerful in the later years of life. “Leading authorities have […]

Gas Saving Tips for New Jersey Seniors to Reduce Costs

NJ Senior Money Management Here are some things to consider to help New Jersey seniors reduce the cost of gas.  Also, remember to ask your mechanic if they have a senior discount. Maintenance: Keep your car properly tuned up to improve gas mileage by about 4 percent. Improve mileage by up to 40 percent by […]

How to Talk to Your Elderly Loved One

NJ Senior Living & Lifestyle In general, there is a difference between seniors in their 80s and older, and those who are now in their 70s.  For example: Seniors in Their 80s Seniors in their 80s, who lived through the Depression, have often spent frugally and saved as much as possible. They focus on wanting […]

Diabetic Seniors Face Serious Health Problems

Many seniors suffer from type 2 diabetes (which affects about 95% of those with diabetes) and battle to keep it under control. Diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia (excess blood sugar) and insulin resistance (which prevents glucose from entering the cells and, instead, builds it up in the blood).  A diabetic may not show any symptoms […]

It’s Never Too Late To Exercise

NJ Senior Living & Lifestyle: Senior Exercise If a senior has lived to the ripe old age of, say 80, or even 90, why worry about exercise?  Well, in addition to making you look and feel good, regular exercise lowers the risk for heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, high blood pressure and obesity. It maintains […]

NJ Seniors Worried About Retirement & Health Costs

New Jersey’s Expert Home Care for Elders and Seniors provides care for your aging loved ones since 1984. Please call us when your loved one needs help – 800-848-2336. Americans Much More Worried about Retirement, Health Costs Americans’ confidence in enjoying a comfortable retirement has dropped to its lowest level in seven years, according to […]

Senior Crisis – Long Term Care Planning in NJ

FAMILY CHALLENGES WITH LEGAL WILLS A long distance family caregiver asked Expert Home Care to provide in-home, non medical care for her mother, age 78. Her mother had not planned well for aging, therefore left the daughter to carry the bulk of her care and long term planning. She tells us her story… When my […]

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