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...
Archives: April 2018
Our Friday Song of the Week – Wonderful Tonight
Our Friday Song of the Week – Wonderful Tonight
Bilingual ? – You Are At Less Risk for Alzheimer’s – Smilecast 119
Being Bilingual May Reduce Alz. Risk Bilingual individuals who have been able to speak more than one language for several years are able to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms four or five years longer than those who speak just one language, Canadian researchers have found. Scientists studied 450 Alzheimer’s...
Do You Know These Three Vegan Senior Celebrities? Now You Do!
3 Senior Celebrities Who Are Vegans As we all know, being of senior age doesn’t mean that we have to slow down or stop having fun; it simply means that we have to take good care of our health so that we can make the most of all the opportunities...
48 Minutes of Moderate Exercise a Week Better Than None for Older Folks
Only Take a Little Moderate Exercise to Make Big Difference (as featured in the SeniorCare.com Aging Industry Insider!) Adding 48 minutes of moderate exercise per week is associated with improvements in overall physical functioning and decreases in risks of immobility in older adults who are sedentary, finds a new study led by researchers at...
Long Distance Caregiving – From Charlotte Today – Podcast 118
Long Distance Caregiving Research indicates that long distance caregiving actually costs more money. Travel expenses, paying for in-home caregivers, etc. attribute to some of those. I’m well acquainted with the latter reason. When my mom lived in Florida, and before she moved to North Carolina to be with me, my wife...
Happy, Healthy Menopause? Yes!
A Guide to Stay Healthy and Happy After You Reach Menopause Physical and hormonal changes are always hard on women, be it the start of the menstrual cycle, ths a gynecologist make onset of adolescence, motherhood, or the dreaded menopause. All such changes can be better dealt with by a...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Margaretaville
Our Friday Song of the Week – Margaretaville
Estate Planning is for Everyone – Charlotte Today – Smilecast 117
Estate Planning is not Just for the Rich Estate planning is misnamed, because it implies that one must have extensive assets to even consider an estate plan. That is not true. “Everyone needs an estate plan because it is simply about control and protecting the ones that you love,” according...