What exactly is Car Sharing? If you have a car that you don’t use so much, there is an easy way to make money. You may call it car sharing in Australia, New Zealand or Canada, or car pooling and ride sharing in United States, or call it car clubs, …
Great Indoor Garden Kits for Beginners every Senior Should Try
Taking care of a garden is one of the best ways to keep seniors active and engaged, among many other benefits. But depending upon your climate, most of the outdoor gardening season lasts only through the warm months of spring and summer. Therefore, if the garden is indoor, it can …
Do Seniors Need Special Coffee Makers?
Coffee makers can be tricky and not so straightforward to use. Many seniors can find them too complicated to operate. So what should be the features to look for in a coffee makers for seniors? What are the coffee makers available on the market that are easy for a senior …
How can Seniors with Hearing Impaired Watch TV?
Improving TV sound for the hearing impaired is a very common problem that seniors deal with: Due to hearing loss, they have a hard time watching television. Even with the volume at maximum level, many seniors can’t quite make out the dialogue. I remember my dad in the later years …
Seniors as Airbnb Hosts: Just Try It!
We’ve all read about millennials making lots of money on Airbnb. But Airbnb is not only for 20-something-year-olds! It’s also well known that the seniors demographic (ages60+) is the fastest growing group of Airbnb hosts. Furthermore, seniors are turning to Airbnb hosting for many reasons: maybe it’s due to rising …
Do Seniors Need a Special TV or a Smart TV?
I recently saw a Best Buy consultant trying to push an expensive TV to an elderly customer and this made me wonder if seniors would really use a TV with so many features. Therefore, since I have never heard about a “senior-friendly TV” before, I decided to do my own …
Do Seniors Really Need Smartphones?
Smartphones for seniors has been a hot topic for a while now. My mom, a 78 year old smart lady, has always struggled with new technology and it took us a while to convince her on how important a smartphone would be for a senior like her. But now that …
How to Help Parents Declutter?
As parents feel the effects of limited mobility, they gradually spend more and more time at home. In order for them to actually be safe at home, though, we must help parents declutter their homes to prevent falls. So we need to help our seniors clean up the clutter. Here are ways …
Does the SR1 Sleep Device Really Work?
On a previous post I mentioned the SomniResonance® SR1 as a good sleep aid device for seniors. The SR1 Sleep Device, is a small (1/2 oz.), non-invasive, lightweight, battery-powered, wearable technology device that delivers a weak pulsing electromagnetic signal to induce sleep. But does the SR1 Sleep Device work for …
Does the Sleep Robot Really Work?
On a previous post I mentioned the Somnox Sleep Robot as a good sleep aid device for seniors. Somnox, created by a Dutch start-up, is the very first robot in the world designed to improve the quality of a person’s sleep. It’s basically smart pillow, but in order to explain …
