This month, we’re talking about emergency preparedness from the perspective of seniors and those who require in-home assistance. Emergencies occur everyday at every scale. There is no way to know when or how they will take place, but we can do our best to prepare ourselves for coping with emergencies. Having a plan and strategies […]
Last week, we asked you to start looking for businesses in our community that have senior-friendly qualities. Well, we subscribed to our own request and put our senior-friendly hats on too. This week, we’d like to profile two very different Anchorage businesses that meet some of the preliminary criteria for senior-friendly designation. If you frequent […]
It’s always time to support our elders in the community, but the holiday season is a particularly opportune time to consider new ways of doing that. In that spirit, we’d like to provide information that can you help you to support elders not only during this busy shopping season, but also throughout the year—by encouraging […]
A key component for success with our Senior Friendly Project is national and state support, on a legislative level, of seniors and Senior Caregiving professions. It’s imperative that our leaders convey the importance of providing resources to our growing senior population and foster an attitude that acknowledges the challenges that our seniors face and the […]
Our founder and president, Kevin Turkington, is a member of the Municipality of Anchorage Senior Citizens Advisory Commission and serves on the board of the Mabel T Caverly Senior Center. As such, he’s been a proud participant in developing a Senior Friendly Project in Anchorage, with the goal of improving shopping experiences for our older […]
With the holidays quickly approaching, this can be a stressful time for seniors and their caregivers. With all the hustle and bustle going on, it can be a daunting task to go buy Christmas gifts or even groceries. We as caregivers should be able to provide our aging loved ones with tools and resources to […]
The holidays are here and boy did they come quickly!! How many of you have not accomplished your shopping yet? I’ll admit I sure haven’t. Like many of us around here we get carried away with work, kids, school, holiday parties, sports events, you name it! Shopping is usually last on the list and that’s […]
Alaska's senior population is growing at a faster rate in comparison to the lower 48 states. In the past, many Alaskan seniors spent their early senior years snow-birding: leaving Alaska during the winter months and returning for the summer months. Once they could no longer sustain this seasonal pattern, many would move to warmer retirement […]
It wasn’t until 1980 that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was added to the American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental disorders—but that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist before then. It just means that the suite of symptoms resulting in some individuals who experienced a traumatic event was given a name and a more direct pathway […]
In honor of Veterans Day, November 11th, we’ve dedicated this month’s blog posts to our country’s veterans. We’ll try to provide context for the common challenges faced by our veterans in order to better provide support, where possible. A good number of our aging population is comprised of veterans. And sadly, there is also evidence […]
