Our Friday Song of the Week – Bad to the Bone
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Multitasking Effectively and What It Means to Brain Health-Smilecast 111
Effective Multitasking Can Be Learned Although “multitasking” is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process that requires our brains to refocus time and time again — and reduces overall productivity...
Downsizing – What to Do with Our Parent’s Stuff
#DOWNSIZING STUFF IT! HOW TO SENSIBLY DEAL WITH OUR PARENTS’ POSSESSIONS AS WE AGE As Baby Boomers grow older and start moving to smaller dwellings, their children are faced with a dilemma – parents’ possessions. Furniture, keepsakes and heirlooms that parents want to pass on are often not wanted by the...
Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers
Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers – Coordinating and Managing Finances for Loved Ones, and Spending $190 Billion on Them Annually A Merrill Lynch study, conducted in partnership with Age Wave, finds that the 40 million1 family caregivers in the U.S. spend $190 billion per year on their adult...
Extra-virgin Olive Oil Preserves Memory & Protects Brain-Smilecast 110
Temple University Study Provide More Proof of Benefits of Extra-virgin Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia. Now, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM)...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Tush
Our Friday Song of the Week – Tush
Senior Sex-Folks Having Sex 1x a Week > Cognitive Function-Smilecast 109
Senior Sex – More Frequency, Better Outcomes New research found that older adults who reported having sex at least once each week got better scores on certain cognitive tests than those who reported having it only once per month or not at all. You can read the full story on senior...
FINDING PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AFTER CAREGIVING IS OVER
FINDING PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AFTER CAREGIVING IS OVER Being a family caregiver can be both a full-time job and life’s sole purpose during its duration. One thing is certain, though: The cycle of life continues, and loved ones die. What then? How do you cope with the void? How...
Caregiver Stress May Lead to Those Living with Dementia Dying Sooner – Smilecast 108
Caregiver Stress – Dementia patients may die sooner if family caregivers are mentally stressed People living with dementia may actually die sooner if their family caregivers are mentally stressed, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. From 2007 until 2016, UC Berkeley researchers tracked the mortality of...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Start Me Up
Our Friday Song of the Week – Start Me Up