Oprah Winfrey had the most fascinating show on today. She had a guest, Dan Buettner, who has written a book entitled, “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest”. The blue zones are different areas around the world where people are living the longest, healthiest lives. The author interviews people in the blue zones and then shares what they are doing to find joy in aging. The picture of the wine glass above should be one clue as to what others are doing to live longer! Here is a list of 9 behaviors Dan believes will help us grow into some of the best years of our lives: (more…)
This is a video of Dr. Marion Somers. Her website is: http://www.drmarion.com/ . This short and informative video gives you some great information on hiring a home care aide. What I want to do is take you one step further and say that hiring an aide for in home care for you or your loved one involves a lot more than just checking a person’s references. There are many families who think that by hiring a home care aide themselves they are saving money and this is correct but at what cost? In order to hire an aide I suggest that not only should you check references but a background check should be run which includes checking their driving history. A home care agency or home health care agency charge more per hour, but with good reason. Here are a few of the reasons: (more…)
This brief report, which originally aired on KOAT in Albuquerque, talks about the results of a study conducted in the Netherlands related to the use of testosterone to slow or reverse the signs of aging in older men.
All of us are aware of the current crisis in the housing market, but many of us may not be aware of the impact this crisis has had on many of our seniors. This article appeared in the New York Times, Novenmerb 22, 2008:
Housing Crisis Snares Elderly Who Can’t Sell
by Jack Healy for The New York Times
The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans who need support and care from moving into retirement communities or assisted-living centers, effectively stranding them in their own homes.
Without selling their houses or condominiums, many cannot buy into retirement homes that require a payment of $100,000 to $500,000 just to move in. So they are scratching themselves off waiting lists, canceling plans with packing services and staying put, in houses that fit well 30 years ago, but over the years have become lonely, too large or too treacherous to navigate. (more…)
This is a video of Dr. Marion Somers. Her website is: http://www.drmarion.com/ . I have been and will continue to post her videos as they are each only one minute long. During her one minute video you learn alot and for me it creates reminders of similar scenarios I went through with my mom and dad. Given a choice, 82% of seniors would prefer to live in their own home rather than being moved to an assisted living community. My mother and father both ended up in the hospital on the same day. The prospect of bringing them both home in wheelchairs was overwhelming. This is where all (more…)
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