Seniors living alone face the prospect of isolation and loneliness leading to boredom. Home Care Assistance offers five great tips to help avoid boredom.
First, seniors should avoid procrastinating on daily tasks. Having a set routine can help keep things in order and occupy seniors’ time usefully. Volunteering is another good way to create a routine and interact in the community with like-minded people.
It’s important to have regular visits with family and friends. Setting aside specific times to visit gives seniors something to look forward to.
Most towns have various clubs for seniors with special hobbies or interests like books or gardening. Joining these groups is another great way to relieve boredom and make new friends. Those with special arts and crafts talents such as sewing, painting, scrapbooking, or making greeting cards can stay busy with projects.
Obviously, there are no limits on the imagination when it comes to finding worthwhile ways to spend time.
Retirement Should Be Fulfilling
Whatever your hobbies happen to be, having extra money to afford them is always welcome. Council of Seniors is dedicated to getting Congress to take up The SAVE Benefits Act. With this bill, we can make up for annual Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) you didn’t receive over several years. Once passed, $581 will be returned to eligible seniors.
You can help by signing our petition right away.
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