Traditions are a part of life. And many families have their own unique traditions to celebrate special holidays and occasions. One such event is the New Year. As we all ring in the new year, we can look back on how the year went and consider our own traditions in celebrating another year.

One common tradition around this time is creating new year resolutions.

As a family and with seniors or elderly in your household, you can create new year resolutions that will make them feel included and special. This year, since a lot of things will be different already, you can also try a more involved way of drafting your new year resolutions and even do it as a family. This could be a start of anew tradition as you create new year resolutions for seniors in your family to participate in.

 Here are some new year resolution ideas that you can share as a family.

These ideas are carefully chosen to be great new year resolutions to make with your elderly loved ones.

1. Write letters. Your senior parents or grandparents may have grown in an era when handwritten letters are the only way to communicate. This is a novel, new thing that you can try to keep in touch with your senior parents or family members. You may even exchange journals with your notes from each other as a new tradition you can start with the rest of your family.
2. Age gracefully. You can encourage your seniors to age gracefully by engaging in more physical activities, watching what they eat, and even take exercise classes together.
3. Exchange recipes. Your seniors may have some childhood dishes that they miss and you may want to recreate this by preparing and sharing these dishes with them from time to time. Of course, the cherry on top of this is that you get to visit them regularly, which should also be part of your resolution.
4. Connect more. These days, with all the technology, it’s easy to get and keep in touch with everyone. Allow your seniors some time to get acquainted with new technology and use these so that they won’t feel so isolated. They can also reconnect with old friends and other relatives.
5. Vow to care for them. Aging may put them in an uncertain and worrisome space. They may feel lonely and isolated, even alienated. This time around, make sure they feel comforted that there will be someone who will look out for them. And of course, should you need help, facilities such as Blessed Home are here for you.

Making new year resolutions together as a family, together with seniors, is a great way to bond. It’s also a wonderful means to reminisce the past year, be grateful, and together as a family look forward to the next year to come.