Just how do you keep grandma and grandpa busy? Stuck in the house lately? Whether weather related or due to illness, keep them entertained with some simple ...

Which is exactly what I have been doing for the past few months. Taking a break and trying to figure out what the next chapter will look like and where the n...

One of Hazel's favorite past times is sitting outside and catching a warm breeze. When she stays with one of her daughters, she will sit on the front porch ...

Hazel doesn't believe in sending flowers to funerals. Instead she likes to give and receive her flowers while still on this earth. That's probably why she...

Hazel doesn't get around much anymore. She is no longer able to drive. Her eyesight is not up to par and she doesn't handle the steering wheel very well. ...

Happy new year. We made another trip around the sun which means new resolutions and a fresh start. Commonly people will decide to get fit and exercise mor...

Take the load off of yourself in figuring out what to give the older people in your life. Order any of the items mentioned in the blog as a holiday gift. Pl...

Oh Hazel, oh Hazel, where art thou Hazel? Keeping up with Hazel is sometimes hard to do. She likes to think that she can get around like she did when she w...

Now a word about comfortable clothing. Hazel couldn’t handle buttons or zippers well and we certainly didn’t want her falling over her clothes because she co...

Every Saturday morning after breakfast, unless she is at the casino, Hazel sorts out her medicine for the week. She has two medicine pill boxes for the week....

There is a lot to be said about seniors and phones. Other than postal mail, it is the one mode of communication that they have known all their life. Some ma...

Hazel likes all her stuff close to her in her bedroom. So we bought her one of those shoe storage organizers and put it over her door in her bedroom. Now of ...

Hazel gets up often during the night to use the bathroom. To keep Hazel from tripping through the dark, I bought her several nightlights. We put nightlights...

“I just don’t want to fall in the bathroom”, said Hazel. Hazel is not able to sit in the bath tub any more. She can’t lift herself up from a sitting position...

Eating and drinking is not always an easy task for seniors especially when they have years of dental work. For Hazel, using straws makes it easier to sip liq...