The Senior List
The Senior List® is a ratings and review portal for everything senior related. Visit our Nationwide Senior Care Directory for ratings & reviews on senior services. If you're looking for Product Reviews (on medical alert systems, or senior-friendly cell phones) you'll find them here. Our blog contains wonderful information on caregiving, health matters, technology, and more. Your participation is requested... Your comments, … [Continue Reading.]
Ratings & Reviews For Senior Services
Our Eldercare Directory is consumer driven, and contains thousands of local ratings and reviews. Since 2006, The Senior List has grown organically, and built a reputation as a trusted resource in the search for quality local senior care providers. The Senior List helps consumers connect with the best local senior care providers as rated by experienced consumers! The Senior List allows families to browse our extensive database, and … [Continue Reading.]
New Philips Lifeline GoSafe Launch Delayed
A Philips Lifeline employee has confirmed to The Senior List that their much anticipated launch into the mobile (cellular based) medical alert system market has been delayed for unknown reasons. The "limited launch" of the Philips GoSafe mPERS (mobile personal emergency response system) occurred this past January at CES 2013, but the official consumer-launch has yet to take place. It should be interesting to see who comes to market first … [Continue Reading.]
The Senior List on Social Media
Are you on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter? If not, you might think about joining the social revolution! The Pew Internet and American Life Project recently published some impressive statistics about social networks and just who's online today! Interesting to note that "as of August 2012, 69% of online adults use social networking sites". That's a big number! Not so surprising is that most of these adults polled choose to interact … [Continue Reading.]
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Pros and Cons of Peer-to-Peer Lending
The state of the economy causes people to seek new loan options that they never would have considered in the past. Peer-to-peer lending is attractive to both … [Read More...]
5 Aging Experts You Should Be Following On Twitter
1. Keith Maderer is a financial and estate advisor who has some great posts about aging and estate issues. He's also an accomplished author and speaker. Keith … [Read More...]
New Philips Lifeline GoSafe Launch Delayed
A Philips Lifeline employee has confirmed to The Senior List that their much anticipated launch into the mobile (cellular based) medical alert system market has … [Read More...]
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5 Aging Experts You Should Be Following On Twitter
1. Keith Maderer is a financial and estate advisor who has some great posts about aging and estate issues. He's also an accomplished author and speaker. Keith is from Western NY and has over 30,000 … [Continue Reading
How To Dispose Of Expired Medications In The Home
Chances are you're sitting on some old, expired, or never-used medications in your cabinet or drawer. You know the drawer I'm talking about... It's the one in the bathroom where all this stuff seems to … [Continue Reading
Random Acts Of Kindness (From Russian Dash Cams)
Just when you thought all those dash-cam videos were for mayhem, car wrecks or Reese Witherspoon arrest videos... There's this. We're not sure who originally put it together but it is making the rounds (for … [Continue Reading
Saying Goodbye To A Parent Or Loved One
Huffington Post is running a great article entitled "Saying Goodbye To A Parent" by Betty Londergan. Many of us won't have the privilege of saying goodbye because many times death can be acute, immediate and … [Continue Reading
Safety Tips For Your Upcoming Cruise
Beau Prichard (from USA Today.com) published a list of safety tips for beginners that are preparing for an upcoming cruise. In the wake of the overturned Costa Concordia, and the crap-covered Carnival Triumph … [Continue Reading
FBI Raids The Scooter Store
150 Law Enforcement Agents Converge On The Scooter Store 150 law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on The Scooter Store earlier today. Critics believe "government fraud" may be leveled as … [Continue Reading
Top 10 Pet Peeves For Air Travelers
One of our co-founders travels a great deal for work. In any given week he can be on the East Coast, West Coast, north or south... Some weeks his schedule is plain hard to keep track of! One thing we get a … [Continue Reading
Winner Of 5Star Medical Alert Announcement
The Senior List is proud to announce the winner of the GreatCall 5Star Medical Alert System drawing. If you'll recall The Senior List wrote a review of GreatCall's mobile medical alert system called the … [Continue Reading
Suicide Rate Among Veterans Is Too High: How You Can Help
I'm not writing a regular column anymore, but recent statistics released by the Department of Veterans Affairs were so shocking, I felt the need to address them in a public forum. The report entitled "Suicide … [Continue Reading
SafteyBunns Offer A Safer Seat With Non Skid Pants
One of our members at The Senior List on Facebook submitted an interesting article about her company called; SafetyBunns! Obviously we had to inquire about them and found a really creative idea that offers … [Continue Reading
Dementia Care- From War to Grace
“She’s ALWAYS been stubborn and it’s only gotten worse with age!” When families care for their aging loved one a tug of war can quickly start over installing grab bars in the shower, keeping feet … [Continue Reading
MEMOIRE By Kate M. Gehrke
Kathe (Kate) Gehrke was my husband's great grandmother. In 1923 she left Northern Germany and came to America by boat with her husband Franz and 3 year old daughter (Magdalene). Kate was only 23 at the … [Continue Reading
The 10 Early Signs Of Alzheimer’s Disease
A special report published recently by the Alzheimer's Association, noted; "An estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer's disease in 2012. This figure includes 5.2 million people age 65 and … [Continue Reading
A Letter From A Mother To Her Daughter
Sometimes you see something on social media that really moves you. This is one of those pieces... You can find it here and there (on the internet) and on facebook, but if you haven't read it yet- it's more … [Continue Reading
Finding a Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Groups It’s November, and IF you didn't know, it's National Family Caregiver's Month. It's a time when we’re supposed to be celebrating and honoring caregivers. Sometimes that means … [Continue Reading
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