Senior Fall Prevention
How to Conquer the Fear of Falling in Older Adults
Don’t let the fear of falling in older adults hold back someone you love from living life to the fullest!
Aging brings wisdom, perspective, and cherished memories—but it can also bring new worries. One of the most common concerns is the fear of falling in older adults. While understandable, this fear can quietly steal independence, limit activity, and lead to feelings of isolation. In fact, many people avoid walking outdoors, exercising, or even socializing because they worry about losing their balance.
See you at the Fair!
We’re LIVE!
Join us today from 9 to 3 at the MARIN SENIOR FAIR! Meet tons of Community Partners, and learn about a myriad of services and products focused specifically on our Senior Community. The event is FREE, with lots of food, entertainment and prizes! And there’s also air conditioning! Stop by the Hired Hands Homecare booth to say HI – hope to see you there!
Get the details at https://2025.marinseniorfair.org/
Exercise Tips for Older Adults You’ll Actually Want to Try
These exercise tips for older adults are fun, doable and perfect for boosting health and connection.
It doesn’t take a major life event to spark a desire for change. Sometimes it’s the little things: a restless night, feeling sluggish, or hearing a loved one say, “I just don’t feel like myself lately.” If that sounds familiar, the solution may be simpler than expected. These exercise tips for older adults offer small, realistic ways to get moving again, and feel better in body, mind, and mood.
How Dementia-Friendly Signs Help Bring the Familiar Back Home
Try these dementia-friendly signs to help someone you love minimize confusion at home.
If you’ve ever walked into a room and forgotten why you’re there, you’ve had a small taste of what living with dementia can feel like. Now imagine that same confusion magnified, only it’s constant, and it’s happening inside your own home. Suddenly, the most familiar place in the world becomes full of uncertainty. One helpful solution is dementia-friendly signs to help transform a frustrating maze into a space that feels safe, supportive, and familiar again.
Having Fun with Emergency Preparedness!
We had a great time yesterday supporting an informative and engaging Emergency Prep seminar presented by Emergency Prep Help. This organization does an amazing job working throughout our community to prepare seniors for natural disasters and other emergencies. Their program is extremely informative for seniors, and we fully support their philosophy that proper education and preparedness will be extremely beneficial should a wildfire or other natural disaster happen in our community. More information and resources, as well as a schedule of future presentations, can be found at https://www.emergencyprephelp.org.
Getting to the Root of Restlessness in Dementia
Uncover the reason behind restlessness in dementia in someone you love by answering these key questions.
Pacing. Fidgeting. Wandering. When you begin to notice these signs in someone you love with dementia, it’s time to take action before they escalate to agitation, aggression, or leaving the home. But figuring out why the person is feeling restless in dementia is sometimes half the battle.
Are the Older Adults You Love Missing Out on These Life-Changing Adaptive Tools?
As many as half of all seniors living at home are not utilizing life-changing adaptive tools.
Consider the many tools you make use of each day – your phone, toothbrush, hairbrush – simple items, but ones you can’t imagine living without. For many seniors, there are basic but life-changing adaptive tools available that could mean the difference between living at home and facing a move to assisted living. Yet almost 50% of seniors living at home are not utilizing these helpful tools – even though costs are minimal.
A recent National Health and Aging Trends Study assessed the ability of older adults to execute tasks such as rising unassisted from a sitting position and walking, and discovered that a large number of the participants could benefit from assistive devices.
Not only that, but the likelihood of older adult … Read More »
The Increase in Senior Falls From Medications and How You Can Prevent Them
Studies are showing an increase in senior falls from medications, making it imperative to know what to do to reduce fall risk.
We’ve known for a while that there are certain medications that raise the likelihood of falls for seniors. Twenty years ago, a little over half of seniors were impacted by that risk; yet today, that number has increased dramatically – to a staggering 94% of older adults who are now in danger of senior falls from medications. Additionally, deaths from such falls are happening at more than twice the earlier rate.
Researchers who observed this growing concern also discovered that between 1999 and 2017, senior prescriptions for medications that escalate fall risk were filled more than 7.8 billion times. This consists of a spike from 12 million antidepressants in 1999 to greater than 52 million in … Read More »
Helping Your Parents Downsize? Here’s What You Need to Know.
Helping your parents downsize is a much smoother process with these tips!
Take a moment and look around your home and surroundings – the pictures on the walls, collectibles, furniture, books, and memorabilia that all are part of the story of your life and who you are as an individual. Now think about having to part with most of those items in order to move into a smaller home or a family member’s home. You can imagine how overwhelming it would feel. It’s important to keep this in mind if you’re helping your parents downsize.
How Can I Help Make Downsizing Easier?
If your parents are faced with the need to downsize, there are a number of steps you can take to simplify and ease the process. These guidelines from a professional organizer are a great place to … Read More »
How to Help Seniors After a Fall to Regain Confidence
Discover how to help seniors after a fall to regain the confidence they need to stay active while preventing a second fall.
While comedians and circus clowns may stir audiences to laughter over such stunts as slipping on a banana peel, there’s nothing funny about falling when it comes to seniors, who are at an elevated risk for serious injuries which could lead to a long rehabilitation process. Not just that, but there’s a lesser known complication that typically comes from a senior’s fall: a fear of falling again which is extreme enough to impact quality of life and health. Knowing how to help seniors after a fall to feel safe and secure again is crucial.
As the saying goes, “Once bitten, twice shy.” It is natural – and sensible – for a loved one who has fallen … Read More »
