Tag: aging and health
Can You See Yourself Skydiving at 86?
Every once in awhile you hear a story that makes you smile or do a double-take. In this case, 86-year-old Harriet Rocco inspires with her love of flight—that is, free fallin’ flight. Even Tom Petty would be impressed by this silver-haired granny’s fulfillment of her lifelong dream to go skydiving. Harriet Rocco, a Village at…
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Get Your Health On:
Senior Living, September 10th
Get the latest news, trends and tips in senior living for the week of September 10th, and enjoy a savory September fall recipe… Weekly Recipe Chicken with Herb-Roasted Tomatoes and Pan Sauce yield: Makes 4 servings active time: 30 minutes total time: 40 minutes Tip: Roasting tomatoes intensifies their flavor and coaxes out their sweetness….
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Top 5 Dementia Fighting Vitamins and Minerals
Dementia is a disease that’s still a mystery in many ways. But research shows that taking certain vitamins supplements may help preserve cognitive functioning to possibly slow down the disease. Dementia and Alzheimer’s research is in full-force with aging baby boomers reaching senior status in record numbers. While the disease has been around as long…
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Study Finds Seniors Get Happier with Age, Not Grumpier
Recent research indicates that mental well-being actually increases after middle age, even as physical quality of life declines. All those popular media images of grouchy old people yelling at neighborhood kids to get off their lawns? Those stereotypes are about to go right out the window—at least, according to researchers at the University of Warwick…
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Senior Living: Week in Review September 3rd
Get the latest news, trends and tips in senior living for the week of September 3rd… The first week of September inspires one to reflect on the changing seasons and how nature resembles the life cycle. With that, we bring this powerful quote on aging: “How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and…
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Senior Brain Donors Join Fight Against Dementia
Seniors in Sun City, Arizona are teaming with a local health organization by donating to one of the world’s largest “brain banks.” Their donated tissue is a critical component of dementia research. One of the most effective ways to study how aging and age-related diseases affect the brain and body is to study the living—and…
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Senior Living: Week in Review August 27th
Get the latest news, trends and tips in senior living for the week of August 27th… “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” ~Henry Ford It’s true. Keeping the mind engaged through learning and stimulation…
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What We Can Learn from Senior “Super Brains”
Some seniors don’t experience as much age-related cognitive decline as the average person, and these “SuperAgers” may have a lot to teach us about aging and the brain. You’ve probably heard of supertasters—people with unusually sensitive taste buds—but SuperAgers? Those exist, too, says Professor Emily Rogalski of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at…
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Alzheimer’s Patients and Caregivers Speak Out
In a new installment of the New York Times series Patient Voices, people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and their loved ones tell their stories about coping day to day. Alzheimer’s disease is difficult and debilitating—for caregivers as well as for those suffering from symptoms like dementia. Day-to-day life can begin to seem…
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Do Healthy Seniors Really Need Alzheimer’s Testing?
Is forewarned really forearmed when it comes to testing seniors for Alzheimer’s disease, or does knowing the risk of illness increase stress and jeopardize insurance coverage? Alzheimer’s disease is one of the conditions people fear the most when they think about aging—and why wouldn’t we? Nobody wants to picture their senior loved ones losing their…
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