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Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying the start of the holiday season!
We have included our traditional holiday gift guide for seniors and some articles to help you enjoy this holiday season!
Warm wishes for you and your family!
SageMinder Team
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"Over the hill and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go"♪ This Christmas carol gives us the impression that holiday gatherings will be happy and blissful. Not your holiday? One of the biggest happiness challenges - for family gatherings - is everyone getting along. Family relationships can be like the weather - clear and sunny, a little cloudy, or stormy at times. And keeping our great expectations realistic can really help
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Many of us find it challenging to come up with the perfect gift for our elderly loved ones - especially during the holiday season. While our children are not bashful about giving us a Christmas list, our elders are more likely to say they "don't need anything."
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 It's getting chilly - and that means higher heating bills and sweaters. How can you keep your elderly family members warm and safe this season? And what about hypothermia? What is it and how can you detect, prevent, and handle it?
Hypothermia is when a person's body temperature goes below 95 degrees. Being this cold can lead to serious health problems like heart attack, liver damage, or worse. Unfortunately, when a person starts getting too cold, he or she may not be fully aware of it.
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