Senior cell phones are all the craze! However, until recently most were frustrated with the itty-bitty buttons of most cell phones on the market. Texting with these phones for most seniors is very difficult and maddening. However, now there is a simple cell phone with big buttons and lights up in the dark with…

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Find Out How to Get a Cell Phone. First you have to see if you qualify then you can redeem a free cell phone of your choice!   With a new phone you can keep up with the newest technology. You have a choice so if you need a phone with large keys to dial uncomplicated…

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Phone for Seniors Provide Lifeline Advocates for the aged say it is time for Seniors to stop thinking of a cell phone as a luxury item. Phones for seniors are a lifeline to emergency help.  As a result of this movement seniors cell phones and cell phone plans for seniors are popping up everywhere after years of no…

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Simple Cell Phones for Seniors Let’s face it, the problem with most phones on the market; they are much more difficult to see and harder to hear.  There are too new features you just don’t use and they get in the way of what you really need and that is just a phone.  A simple…

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I first heard of DMSO last week while on the phone with my Mom and she was telling me she had not exercised in months because she was experiencing some intense pain from her rheumatoid arthritis.  That’s when she mentioned DMSO for rheumatoid arthritis. After our conversation I was intrigued with this product because it…

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What are Ulcers? Ulcers are sores on the lining of your digestive tract.  They are generally referred to as unhealed sores.  They are open sores that appear within the stomach.  They can cause significant amounts of pain, contributing to constant pain. Stomach ulcers are definitely more serious ones.  Ulcers that form inside the stomach are…

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The Today Show featured this video on this morning’s show and I just got the biggest kick out of it. The Grand Valley graduates and students and Clark Retirement Community teamed together to make this wonderful video lip syncing to ‘Feeling Good’ by Michael Bublé. According to the folks at Vision Stew this it the…

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Bathroom safety is essential for everybody, however it is particularly important for seniors. Most seniors don’t want to be displaced to an assisted living community from their own home because they feel much more comfortable in their own home. The good news; there are things you can do, to make the bathroom in their home…

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Walk in bath tubs or handicap bath tubs are meant to give effortless accessibility to handicapped or elderly people. Senior bathtubs are designed to give maximum assistance and comfort to seniors and handicap people and are a simple concept that can help so many. Walk in bath tubs can be found in different kinds designed…

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A walking cane or walking stick is essential in keeping mobile and independent but this does not mean it can not be a stylish walking cane. We have a large selection of unique walking canes such as, folding walking canes, adjustable walking canes and collapsible walking canes with a huge selection in walking canes for…

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Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association has launched a year-long theme this week on preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD). The series will highlight important prevention strategies and the impact behavior that behavior has on reducing the CVD burden. “Preventive Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine” will run monthly review papers written by leading cardiology experts to give…

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The more than 40 million Americans aged 65 and older will have a greater opportunity and possibilities to age in place thanks to a $350,000 grant to NCB Capital Impact. MetLife Foundation awarded the grant to help with the expansion of the Village to Village Network. The Village to Village Network is a grass roots…

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Bupa Care Services has partnered with the charity The Reader Organization to encourage their residents to read. The new “Get Into Reading” groups is a special reading aloud program that will be tested in eight Bupa care homes for six months.  Get into Reading hopes to bring the benefits of reading aloud and social interaction…

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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced new legislation this week that will give patients more say in their own care. The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act (S. 1042) will allow patients to see the physicians they want and need to see without losing their benefits. Cecil B. Wilson, M.D., President of the American Medical Association, says the…

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