Healthy Aging Month – Train Your Brain & Body, World Gratitude Day, Ageless Fashion Week Updates and Falls Prevention Gerontologist and Host Sherri Snelling celebrates September Healthy Aging Month by talking to two experts using entertaining ways to help older...
Coastal Grandmother & GrandMillennial Trends, Grandparent Scams, Never Forget Sept 11th and Family Emergency Plans September has a lot to celebrate so we kick off September Healthy Aging Month with two celebrations happening on September 11. The first is the...
Birthday Wishes for First Lady Rosalynn Carter & National Wellness Month: Buddies, Books, the Beach and How to Beat Caregiver Burnout August is National Wellness Month and on August 18 we celebrate the 95th birthday of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter! Sherri dug...
Forget the Oscars. Instead indulge in a Nancy Meyers film where caregivers can learn about relationships, love, sanctuary spaces at home and how life gets better with age
5 Home Design Tips and a Holiday Secret from America’s First Celebrity Chef Photo: Jim Scherer - Boston Magazine For those who know me, cooking is not my forté. It is not for lack of trying, I am simply a total disaster in the kitchen. The most important culinary tool...
Each year, experts at Elle Décor, Veranda, Architectural Digest, Domino, HGTV Magazine and more let us in on future home décor trends. Using my gerontological eye I curated these 2021 trends into my design for life plans – a custom blend of beauty and practicality for...
Most owners of older homes, even those with recent bathroom renovations, do not plan ahead for their future health needs. As we age, challenges with mobility, standing, bending, reaching, visual impairment and other issues all can lead to safety hazards in our bathrooms. In addition, technology and medical innovators are looking at the bathroom as the new “health hub” where tracking and analyzing various health data can support prevention and management of chronic disease.
I have always lived life with rose-colored glasses. I have also designed my life and my home with the alchemy of past memories (family and friends) blended with modern sensibility and style. When I first decided I wanted to write about universal home design from the...
As a caregiving expert and influencer, I know the desire to stay in our homes as long and independently as possible, something industry insiders call “aging in place (AiP),” is what 9 in 10 people over age 65 wish. Currently most of the focus on AiP is on health needs...
When it comes to the home of our dreams, once we’ve signed the mortgage papers, we want to live there forever. In fact, studies show 89 percent of older Americans prefer to stay living in their homes as long as possible rather than moving to a senior living...
Barbie, the famous blonde with the tiny waist and long legs who has been a doctor, an astronaut and even President, is 53 years old this year and is perhaps one of our most famous Baby Boomers. Actually, if Barbie were real instead of a doll, I think she would be 69...