A Mobile Medical Alert System in the Bay Area: Getting Out and Getting Home Safe August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day, and the best way to mark it is not with a card. It is with a plan that lets someone keep doing the things they enjoy. Most of what makes life good happens [...]
Aging in Place Technology That Does Not Feel Like Surveillance There is a version of the smart home that older adults hate, and it usually involves a camera in the living room and an adult child watching from another state. There is another version that people actually keep using. Aging in place technology works when [...]
Heat Safety for Seniors: Staying Comfortable and Independent Through a Bay Area Summer Bay Area summers used to be a running joke. Fog in July, a sweater in August. That has been changing, and this summer California has moved through one heat advisory after another. Heat safety for seniors matters more than most people realize, [...]
Senior Wellness Habits for National Wellness Month: Eight That Keep You in Your Own Home August is National Wellness Month, which is as good a reason as any to look at the small daily things that decide whether you keep running your own life at 80 and at 90. The senior wellness habits that matter [...]
The Cost of Aging in Place vs Assisted Living in the Bay Area Almost every family that calls us is doing the same arithmetic. Can Mom stay in the house, and what does that actually cost compared to the alternative? It is a fair question and it deserves real numbers rather than a sales pitch. [...]
Long Distance Caregiving: How to Set Up a Parent's Home From Far Away You live in Seattle, or Denver, or Boston. Your mother lives in Oakland, in the house she has been in for forty years, and she is doing fine. Mostly. Long distance caregiving is its own skill. You cannot drop by, you cannot [...]
Bathroom Safety for Seniors: The Highest Risk Room in the House If you only fix one room this year, fix the bathroom. It is small, it is wet, every surface in it is hard, and almost everything you do in there requires balance. The good news is that bathroom safety for seniors is mostly inexpensive. [...]
Aging in Place Home Safety Checklist: A Room by Room Guide for Bay Area Families Most people do not want to move. They want to stay in the house where they raised their kids, where they know which stair creaks and which window sticks. That is a good goal, and it is a reachable one. [...]
Fall Prevention in Contra Costa County: A Practical Guide for Seniors and Families Staying in the home you love is one of the greatest gifts of growing older. For seniors across Contra Costa County, from the quiet streets of Walnut Creek to the hills above Richmond, that independence is worth protecting. The right fall prevention [...]
How to Choose a Medical Alert Company Bay Area There is no shortage of medical alert companies. A quick search turns up dozens of national brands, each promising the best device, the fastest response, and the lowest price. But if you are looking for a medical alert company in the Bay Area, most of what [...]
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