Taking Care of YOU: 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Caregivers

01/21/202201/21/2022

Author: Annette Fields A New Year is upon us and the world is abuzz with new resolutions. This is the time of year people make meaningful goals like increasing their exercise, eating healthily, or finally tackling that giant reading list of books. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who is

Make Your 50Plus Love Story a Lasting Reality: 10 Practical Tips

01/13/202201/14/2022

by Michael Lubell- “The Onion Peeler” Finding long-lasting love at 50Plus Why is it that almost every love story I’ve read or seen on tv/movies starts so well and ends tragically? Falling in love is “sexy”, especially ill-fated love. Relationships require work and that is the stuff of therapy sessions, not hot, sexy love

Why Do People Get So Defensive?

01/11/202201/20/2022

by Ellen Blake We're all defensive sometimes Most of us are defensive sometimes. We're human, and defensiveness is a way to protect ourselves when we feel threatened or criticized. Fortunately, most of us are able to keep this behavior in check or at least acknowledge the behavior, which helps build connection with

Wearable Smart Technology: 6 Uniquely Wonderful New Innovations

01/11/202201/12/2022

The wearable smart technology market is exploding! New innovations are disrupting our world and shifting long-established patterns of how we collect and utilize data in our daily lives and social interactions. The wearable revolution goes into a variety of directions once believed impossible. We all know about the Fitbit and

Self-Love and Valentine’s Day – Why It’s Important

01/10/202201/11/2022

by Marlene Caraballo originally posted January 31, 2019 updated January 10, 2022 Who to Give Your Heart to this Valentine’s Day Has it been a long time since you gave much thought to February being the month for sweethearts? After fifty, Valentine’s Day can come and go quite quietly. Maybe you’ll have dinner with your

When Valentine’s Day is Just Not Your Thing as a Married Women

01/10/202201/11/2022

by Stephanie Gonzalez originally posted: February 6, 2020 updated: January 29, 2021 Valentine's Day is just not my thing. I understand Valentine’s Day is a real holiday and not what people call a “Hallmark holiday”. Some quick research into Valentine’s Day shows it started in the 5th century and, in my opinion, is a

6 Innovative Products/Services That Make Life Easier for Family Caregivers

01/05/202201/06/2022

iby Ellen Blake Resources for Family Caregivers Caregiving is hard... both physically and emotionally. I am a caregiver for elderly parents who live out of state. I go as often as I can to help out, but with covid, a busy job and a family, it's not easy. There never seems to be

Goal for 2022: Practice Self Care

01/05/202201/20/2022

by Ellen Blake How are your New Year's resolutions going so far? We are not even a month in, and already I feel my resolve slipping away. My list of goals for 2022 is long - and almost exclusively revolve around what I want to do for others. I was taught

Marriage Ain’t Easy: 10 Tips to Keep the Romance Alive Long Term

01/03/202201/05/2022

by Ellen Blake 10 Ways to Keep Intimacy In Your Marriage November marks 34 years of marriage for me. My husband and I were wildly in love and spent every possible minute together while dating and for the first two years of marriage. We were young, relaxed and happy. Our careers were

Why Older is Better (It’s Not Just Wine)

01/03/202201/03/2022

by Jane Laskey Older is better: Wear your age with pride Another birthday rolls around and you coyly announce: “I’m 29 (again).” Everyone laughs. We’re all in on the conspiracy. We all agree on one thing: younger is better. Say, what? How did this nonsense become the accepted wisdom? We don’t lessen with age,

4 Most Commonly Googled Questions About Grab Bars

12/09/202112/15/2021

by Ellen Blake Here at 50PlusToday, we work diligently to provide information that's important to our 50Plus age group and their families. One really good way to find out what people want to know about a specific topic is to search online for the most often googled questions. So, this morning

BOOK REVIEW: Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves

12/05/202112/05/2021

Review by Anissa Telle The 50Plus Book of the Month for December recommended by Andrea Peskind Katz from Great Thoughts, Great Readers is: Heard It in a Love Song: A Novel by NYT Bestselling Author, Tracey Garvis Graves Heard it in a Love Song by Tracey Garvin Graves is a coming-of-age novel just when

Reduce Holiday Loneliness and Increase Cheer for Elderly Loved Ones

12/01/202112/03/2021

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originally posted 11/13/2019updated 12/1/2021 by Leslie Farin (with Laurie Miller) Holidays are unfortunately not happy for everyone While on a recent trip to visit relatives in New Jersey, I was reminded of how magical and wondrous the winter season can be No matter how dreary and cold the weather outside was that week,

7 Ways to Boost Your Energy During Holiday Time

12/01/202112/02/2021

by Ellen Blake Holiday fatigue It’s not usual to run out of juice by mid-December. Between buying gifts and decor, holiday parties, cooking and cleaning, do you find yourself with holiday fatigue early on in December? I know I do. An American Psychological Association survey found nearly two-thirds of participants said they

Super Senior in New York: My Cousin Hilda

11/26/202112/17/2021

by Leslie Farin Seniors Aging Independently My cousin Hilda is my favorite relative. She is 96 years old, but sharper and more energetic than many people half her age. Hilda participated in the Longevity Genes Project., a study of a group of 600 people over age 90. We call her a "Super Senior" because

Why Hang Out Online When We Can Gather In-Person Now?

11/24/202111/24/2021

Face to face vs virtual events: either way, connection is important Families, businesses, schools, and more pivoted during the pandemic to encourage connection in a wide variety of ways online. Now that we are able to congregate in person, will participation in the virtual communities continue? The answer is a resounding yes.

Why Long Term Female Friendships Enhance Your Life

11/20/202111/24/2021

By Leslie Farin originally posted November 10, 2019 updated November 20, 2021 My girlfriends ROCK - they really do. I just returned from a much needed girls trip with a fabulous group of women I met in 1999, a few years after moving to Texas. A mom I knew at my children's preschool

Holidays Without Mom Are Just Not the Same: 5 Ways To Cope

11/20/202111/25/2021

by Leslie Farin, Publisher 50Plus-Today originally posted 12.14.2019 updated 11.20.2021 Missing Mom during the holidays People who lost their moms warned me how difficult it can be to get through the December holidays. And not just the first year. Their absence becomes more bearable as time passes, but the hole in your heart just

When Chanukah Falls on Thanksgiving Weekend, Make Cranberry Applesauce For Your Latkes

11/16/202111/17/2021

by Ellen Blake Celebrating Chanukah Thanksgiving Weekend This year Chanukah starts at nightfall on November 28th. That means we light the first candle on Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend. Are you ready? I don't mind the holiday coming early, but it does change up our Thanksgiving traditions a bit. We usually make enough

Book Review: The Night of Many Endings by Melissa Payne

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11/10/202111/10/2021

Review by Anissa Telle The 50Plus Book of the Month for September: (Chosen by Andrea Peskind Katz from Great Thoughts, Great Readers is: The Night of Many Endings: A Novel by Melissa Payne The Night of Many Endings by Melissa Payne is a character driven book told in alternating voices about the far