Let Us Support You The National Council on Aging (NCOA) recently announced that the 8th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day will take place on September 23. Falls Prevention Awareness Day, which coincides with the 2015 fall equinox, was initially started in 2008 by...
Let Us Support You Last week the Old Farmers’ Almanac released its forecast predictions for the upcoming winter. The 224-year-old publication predicts that after this long hot summer much of the United States will endure a cold winter with above normal snowfall....
Knowledge Is Key Have you ever heard someone joke about having a ‘senior moment’? Since many elderly loved ones suffer from memory loss, people often believe memory loss and illnesses like dementia are a part of aging. While it is true that dementia is most common...
Safety First We often blog about the perils our elderly loved ones face when it comes to preventing and reducing their risk of experiencing a fall. While the elderly are a particularly vulnerable demographic to fall-related injuries, they aren’t the only group....
Let Us Support You Once an adolescent starts taking their first steps they learn one of life’s earliest lessons: that falling is part of life. As their motor skills and body strength develop, the falls become fewer and far between. However, once out of our younger...
Support Your Father Whether it’s for their often-outdated fashion sense, dry sense of humor (dad jokes, really on dads love them), or their scrape-the-dirt-off parenting style, dads are often the butt of parenting jokes for their lack of mother-like sympathy and...
Pay Respect This upcoming weekend people all across the United States will be celebrating Memorial Day. For the last 44 years Memorial Day has been nationally recognized and celebrated on the last Monday of May, but it wasn’t always like that. In fact, the holiday...
Safety First Often an individual’s home or place of residence is considered their safe haven, a place where they feel the most safe and comfortable. However, danger still lurks within the safety of those four walls. Particularly the dangers associated with a potential...
A Mother's Love This Sunday all around the world we celebrate the people that loved us before anyone else did, gave us our first kiss, lovingly changed our diapers and picked up after us, and even to this day their love knows no bounds for us. If it weren’t for these...
Knowledge Is Key This year, winter in the Pacific Northwest has been a weird one. The temperatures have been mild, and we have had a few snow days, but overall it has been wetter than normal. And that’s saying something for the PNW. Whether or not you live in the PNW,...