Consuming One Fresh Avocado a Day May Lead to Improved Cognitive Function Consuming one fresh avocado per day may lead to improved cognitive function in healthy older adults due to increased lutein levels in the brain and eye, according to a study released by Tufts University. The research tracked how...
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How to Become an Effective Caregiver: Your 5 Step Guide
Caregivers selflessly give up their time to ensure their dependent loved ones can remain as independent as possible, while striving to improve their quality of life. Yet, there might be times when caregivers question their abilities or fail to care for their own wellbeing If this sounds like you, you...
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls – Smilecast 94
Playing Catch Good for Balance The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. When someone is jostled by a bump or a stumble, the brain uses two...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Brown Eyed Girl
Our Friday Song of the Week – Brown Eyed Girl
Stress and Alzheimer’s – Not a Good Combo – Smilecast 93
Stress and Alzheimer’s – Stress Can Accelerate Symptoms Stress-induced hormones produced by the brain can increase an individual’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and accelerate the development of Alzheimer’s in individuals already suffering from the disease. When the brain is stressed, it produces steroids that can inhibit general brain activity....
Aging and Fun – Yes They Go Together
Aging and Fun: Why You Don’t Have To Give Up Everything You Love When you get old, things you usually do may no longer be the same. For some, getting old means losing a lot of things, especially those you love the most. It may be a hobby or a...
Cognitively Stimulating Activities That Benefit Brain Health
Cognitively Stimulating Activities That Benefit Brain Health The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) experts met last spring to define cognitively stimulating activities as exercises that challenge a person’s ability to think. The GCBH came to consensus that stimulating your brain through various intellectual activities (e.g. practicing yoga, taking a photography...
4 Tips for Finding a Job After 60
4 TIPS FOR FINDING A JOB AFTER 60 from Sixty and Me Many people are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, partly out of necessity and partly because they still want to contribute and are not ready to retire. Whether you’ve been laid off, you’re retired and looking for...
Being 60 – Reflections on Life – Smilecast 92
Being 60 (reprinted from my Sixty and Me Blog) Reflections on Life: 5 Things I Have Learned by My 60s Yes, the big SIX ZERO hits me on April 29. I remember freaking out at 30 but no so much with the other decades of 40 and 50. I have...