This is our Introductory post for our Long Term Care Insurance Series. Please see the end of post for additional posts to help answer your questions about Long-term Care Insurance. Over the last 20 years ...
Home Alone? Not Always Best
Though people are often reluctant to leave their own homes to move to another setting, research shows that living alone can actually lead to lower quality of life and more health risks. At Lifesprk, we ...
Optimism in Aging
When people are living a sparked life, age doesn’t matter. Just look at the new research by Pfizer which found that 41% of people over age 50 say they are ‘optimistic’ about getting old. In ...
Why your loved one needs a coach (and so do you)
You may have thought that your days of being coached ended back in high school, but a growing body of research is demonstrating that seniors and their families should be looking for solutions with coaching ...
How do you feel about getting older?
Age is one of those sensitive words. People have varying intensities of emotion surrounding it. How do you feel about getting older? A new web site called Get Old and some research from Pfizer is ...
Do you know your senior care options?
When the Minnesota Long Term Care Imperative conducted a poll last year they found some interesting results – the majority of people define long-term care as nursing home care. As the Aging Exchange blog from ...
Identify questions in the midst of change and online
Who am I? We’ve all confronted this question, and many of us face it multiple times throughout our lives. For example, becoming a family caregiver can be a significant milestone that causes us to pause ...
Pass the Spark
On July 4th in Boston, the place to be is the Esplanade along the Charles River. There you’ll experience the thrill of thousands of fireworks accompanied by a rousing rendition of the 1812 Overture. Each ...