Category: Senior Living

More than 1 in 3 people age 65 years and older falls each year, according to the National Institute on Aging. Major risk factors for falling include muscle weakness and problems with balance. Exercise programs aimed at improving balance help reduce falls that cause injuries by 37 percent, reduce falls leading to serious injuries by 43 percent, and reduce broken bones by 61 percent, according to a study highlighted in an article published by Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School. 

More than 6,700 people 65 and older were killed in traffic crashes in 2016 – 18 percent of all traffic fatalities – according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Driving can become challenging for older adults, which can result in traffic accidents, injury, and violations. To remain safe as a senior driver, it’s important to recognize the physical and mental changes associated with age that can compromise driver safety.

Are you and your senior parent ready to pursue heart-healthy living? Check out Mayo Clinic’s heart-healthy tips to prevent heart disease and promote healthy living:

The term diet has, in my opinion, evolved over time from meaning quite simply what we regularly ate for nourishment to its current meaning, weight loss.  Now, I think pretty much all of us in the United States relate to this last definition that a diet is viewed as a method for weight loss.  The word diet is usually associated with a negative connotation and words like “calorie counting”, “restrictions” and “deprivation” and the like.  There always seems to be a new fad diet popping up.  Some of which you may have heard include:  the Atkins Diet, the grapefruit diet, the Zone diet, the South Beach diet, and the Hollywood Miracle diet just to name a few.  Some are pragmatic and others are outlandishly ridiculous.  Regardless of the type of diet, studies show that diets do not work in the long term.