Senior Sex and Other Antics – What Can We Say – Read On From The Week – Item One: A 113-year-old woman married her 70-year-old boy toy in a ceremony at their Chinese nursing home. “She takes good care of me, and gives me her portion of meat during meals,”...
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CBS Reports We Have a Way to Go in Financially Preparing for Retirement
CBS Reports We Have a Way to Go in Financially Preparing for Retirement In a special report, Eye on America: Retirement, CBS News is exploring the changing nature of retirement and how to prepare for the future. Here are some of the highlights from their first installment. Roughly half of...
Can Caffeine Fight Alzheimer’s? Possibly.
Can Caffeine Fight Alzheimer’s? Possibly. Tau deposits, along with beta-amyloid plaques, are among the characteristic features of Alzheimer’s disease. These protein deposits disrupt the communication of the nerve cells in the brain and contribute to their degeneration. A team led by Dr. Christa E. MÌ_ller from the University of Bonn...
Led an Intellectual Stimulating Life? You Have a Better Chance of Warding Off Alzheimer’s.
Led an Intellectual Stimulating Life? You Have a Better Chance of Warding Off Alzheimer’s. In a JAMA study researchers suggest that high lifetime intellectual enrichment may delay the onset of cognitive impairment by almost nine years in carriers of the APOE4 genotype, a risk factor for Alzheimer disease, compared with...
Taking a Statin for Cholesterol? You Still Need to Exercise.
Taking a Statin for Cholesterol? You Still Need to Exercise. Older men who were prescribed statins (the cholesterol-lowering medications associated with muscle pain, fatigue and weakness) engaged in modestly lower physical activity according to a recent JAMA study. David S.H. Lee, Pharm.D., of Oregon State University/Oregon Health and Science University...
Physical Activity May be Best Option for Middle-aged Women Who are Overweight or Obese to Avoid Heart Disease – Video
Physical Activity May be Best Option for Middle-aged Women Who are Overweight or Obese to Avoid Heart Disease – Video
Long-Term Care Expectation and Reality – Few Prepared. More Expect Family to Take on Burden of Caregiving.
Long-Term Care Expectation and Reality – Few Prepared. More Expect Family to Take on Burden of Caregiving. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research undertook a major study of public attitudes in 2013 related to long-term care in the United States. The report found that few Americans age 40...
Recorded Concert Gifts for Older Loved Ones
Struggling for a perfect gift for a loved one for their birthday, Christmas, MotherÛªs Day, FatherÛªs Day, Grandparents Day? Here is the perfect solution ÛÒ a customized CD or DVD recorded especially for your mom, dad, grandmom, grandpop, aunt, uncle or anyone else with their favorite music. Having given thousands...
Make Educated Aging Decisions By BEing Informed. New Be.group Website Can Help
This post brought to you by The be.group. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Educated Aging. As a healthcare marketer passionate about aging issues, I continually stress that the experience of care IS the marketing for senior care providers. Part of creating a great experience is making...
AmericaÛªs Health Rankings-Living Longer but with > Rates of Preventable Chronic Disease
AmericaÛªs Health Rankings-Living Longer but with > Rates of Preventable Chronic Disease AmericaÛªs Health Rankingså¨ Senior Report, a trend report by United Health Foundation revealed that Americans are now living longer lives, but with increased rates of preventable chronic disease. Minnesota is at the top of the list of healthiest...