Senior Independent Living
How Will Boomers Act When They Grow Up?
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Independent Living
Will boomers be any different than their parents when it comes to aging and the health choices made as they approach and endure the afflictions of old age?
The boomers have never acted like their parents; why should they start now? Or ever? I doubt they will.
Warning Signs and Symptoms of a Stroke
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Health and Wellness, Personal Emergency Response Systems
Do you know the warning signs of a stroke? Most people probably know a little, but most of us don’t expect to be struck suddenly by a medical emergency, so we don’t think about it too much.
Senior Magazine has a good article on the statistics of stroke; and more importantly, they give the usual warning signs that a stroke is occurring.
New Independent Living Apartments in San Gabriel Valley, CA
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Senior Housing
Atherton Baptist Homes recently broke ground on a new development in Alhambra, California.
This will be an independent living facility. According to Atherton’s website, they offer independent living residences to skilled nursing facilities. The new facility is being billed as a “renaissance” for Atherton. Here’s hoping they and their residents succeed extravagantly.
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Government Regulating What We Eat – Will It Work?
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Government & Legal, Health and Wellness
Of course it will work. Just look at what has happened with cigarette smoking in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control reports that cigarette smoking declined in the U.S. from 24.7% in 1997 to below 20% in 2007, though smoking saw a slight rebound in 2008.
Similarly stringent prohibitions and restrictions on certain foods or types of foods will cause a change in our behavior.
The question is whether we ought to pursue the course of increasing government regulation of individual behavior.
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Trampoline Exercise for Seniors
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Exercise, Fall Prevention, Health and Wellness
Can you imagine yourself bouncing on a trampoline? Somebody has the idea that this would be a good thing for seniors to do. Could this really be true?
I’ve always imagined the trampoline as something for children and relatively young … and very healthy … people to do. And I’ve also imagined it as slightly dangerous.
Home Care Growing While Nursing Homes Shrink
March 8th, 2010
Filed under category: Government & Legal
The professed desire of most people is to avoid going to the nursing home — we’d much rather stay at home to be cared for there by people we know and who we know really care about us.
The problem with this is that we may not be receiving the highest quality medical care in our own homes.
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IRA Contribution Deadline Coming Up Soon
March 7th, 2010
Filed under category: Government & Legal, News
So here’s a reminder for you: make your IRA contribution soon! You have less than 6 weeks to get this done … so don’t put it off.
Health Gadgets for the Future — But What About NOW??
March 7th, 2010
Filed under category: Fall Prevention, Personal Emergency Response Systems
Here’s a plea from what is quickly becoming my go-to authority on issues related to seniors and technology. Laurie Orlov asks that those who care for and about seniors need to think about protecting seniors in the present, not in some rosy-colored future.
The problem, she says, is that while we seem to be waiting for some miracle drug, pill, device, program to make the future better for seniors, most of those things have been invented, delivered, funded already. “Our senior population needs help now,” according to Laurie. Using the technologies already present, seniors could be protected by an inexpensive, simple, useful, wearable mobile health device. (At the base of this would be a variation on the PERS technology already readily available.)
She focuses especially on mHealth — medical diagnosis and treatment taken on the road. And while we see this as a positive development, it certainly is no panacea.
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Eating Fruits and Veggies Good for Your Health? Maybe Not So Much
March 7th, 2010
Filed under category: Food Safety, Health and Wellness
The headline is a little tongue-in-cheek. Eating fruits and vegetables is very important to good health, to be sure.
But it turns out that problems in the fruit and vegetable industry are perhaps causing quite a few food-related illnesses.
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How to Increase Your Brain Power in 90 Minutes!
March 7th, 2010
Filed under category: Brain and Mind Health, Health and Wellness
The sensational answer to the sensational headline? Take a nap!
It would appear that studies have shown that young adults who napped for 90 minutes after lunch were better equipped to learn new stuff than their non-napping counterparts.
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