Home Sharing – Is it for you? Charlotte Today
Home Sharing Catching On!
Many baby boomers have a real desire to age in their own home, provided they are capable and it is safe. But sometimes the economic realities, the need for companionship and socialization, and even help around the house makes you want to consider a more formal senior community. Home sharing provides an alternative.
More than 13 million people older 65 live alone, elder orphans. The number of older Americans who are homeless is growing too. In 2007, homeless people 62 and older who sought shelter accounted for 2.9 percent of the country’s homeless population. By 2016, the percentage had risen to 4.7
Sometimes it takes the form of simply renting a bedroom to someone in your home. But the ideal situation is when the home sharer helps with specified tasks, which could include shopping, preparing meals, walking the dog, gardening. Mutual support and companionship lie at the heart of home sharing. It could be in exchange for a smaller rent or no rent at all. It is by no means meant to replace formal home health caregivers.
According to AARP, four million women 50 and older were living in U.S. households with at least two women in the same age group. The real estate listings site Trulia estimates that there are 3.6 million unoccupied rooms that can be rented out in the country’s largest housing markets.
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Moderate Alcohol Consumption-Live Longer Without Dementia – Smilecast 106
Moderate alcohol consumption helps people live longer without cognitive impairments.
This is according to a University of California San Diego School of Medicine-led study in findings published in the August issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Previous studies have found a correlation between moderate alcohol intake and longevity. “This study is unique because we considered men and women’s cognitive health at late age and found that alcohol consumption is not only associated with reduced mortality, but with greater chances of remaining cognitively healthy into older age,” said senior author Linda McEvoy, an associate professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
In particular, the researchers found that among men and women 85 and older, individuals who consumed “moderate to heavy” amounts of alcohol five to seven days a week were twice as likely to be cognitively healthy than non-drinkers. Cognitive health was assessed every four years over the course of the 29-year study, using a standard dementia screening test known as the Mini Mental State Examination.
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Our Friday Song of the Week – Make You Feel My Love
Our Friday Song of the Week – Make You Feel My Love
How to Help People Who Are Grieving – Smilecast 105
In Grieving: How To Help A Senior Handle The Loss Of A Loved One
Losing a spouse is a terribly difficult thing to go through at any age, but for seniors, the loss may hit particularly hard. Going through decades together builds a strong bond that many of us can only hope for in our own relationships, and a sudden loss can bring about grief, depression, anger, and physical issues such as loss of appetite and sleep.
If you have a loved one who has recently lost a spouse, it’s important to try and understand how difficult this time is for them, and that there is no set mourning period for everyone. Grief has to run its course, and you may feel helpless at times, but there are many things you can do to help your loved one get through the grieving.
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Bacteria in Gut May One Day Slow Aging-Video
Want to Slow Aging? Check Your Gut!
Slow aging might be possible one day with supplements derived from gut bacteria. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have identified bacterial genes and compounds that extend the life of and also slow down the progression of tumors and the accumulation of amyloid-beta, a compound associated with Alzheimer’s disease, in the laboratory worm C. elegans. The study appears in the journal Cell.
