Stiltz Home Elevators – Where Mobility Meets Style
Home Elevators – More Affordable and Needed Than You Think
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Ageing is inevitable, but why do it awkwardly when you can do it exceptionally!
Pennsylvania-based home lift brand Lifton is leading the charge with its groundbreaking residential elevator, specifically designed to break the status quo of old-fashioned stair lifts and rock the world with its sleek, stylish and problem-solving home lift.
The Lifton offers a fantastic travel experience. It doesn’t take up space on your stairs, it is not noisy and it is multi-tasking – carrying you, your laundry, your luggage and more, whenever you desire, at the touch of a button.
Installed in around one day, this elevator means you need never take the stairs alone again and carries two passengers up one floor in under 30 seconds.
Whisper-quiet, the Lifton Home Elevator by Stiltz has a compact footprint and is modular, so it can be installed in almost any location around your home.
The Lifton virtually ‘disappears’ from sight, when located upstairs, leaving only two slender stilts in view. And when downstairs it leaves a floor plug behind to block the ceiling opening. This floor plug is safe to stand on and you can even place your original floor material back on top so it doesn’t affect the aesthetics of upstairs.
And why should a practical mobility solution be boring and bland? The Lifton elevator is elegant and attractive with a grey exterior and neutral interior. Soft blue LED downlights activate when a user enters the cabin and there is a full height light curtain which senses when all passengers are safely inside.
The elevator uses a hold-to-run button inside so you are in complete control of each journey. Want to know how to install one of these home elevators? Click on the link.
Prepare for Aging – Sooner is Better – Smilecast 102
Prepare for Aging – Sooner is Better
When it comes to issues regarding growing older, most people don’t want to talk about it. Yet we must because when you prepare for aging sooner in life – physically, emotionally, financially – you can avoid a crisis later in life. How you take care of your health when you are young impacts how you age. I see many people in nursing homes who got there not because age caught up with them but because they did not keep up with themselves. This and more on Episode 50 of The Aging Experience’s Smilecast.
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Our Friday Song of the Week – Always a Woman to Me
Our Friday Song of the Week – Always a Woman to Me
Choosing Senior Care – Assisted Living – Smilecast 101
Choosing Assisted Living
In this episode, taken from our appearance on the Charlotte Today Show, we talk about the differences in long-term care living. Used to be what people called the home was a skilled nursing facility. Now when making the reference, it is more likely to be an assisted living facility that someone is referencing. In the Smilecast we look at the differences and also explore related topics such as how you pay for long-term care too.
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Both High, Low Levels of Magnesium in Blood Linked to Risk of Dementia
Magnesium Linked to Risk of Dementia
People with both high and low levels of magnesium in their blood may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the online issue of Neurology®.
“These results need to be confirmed with additional studies, but the results are intriguing,” said study author Brenda C.T. Kieboom, MD, MSc, of Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. “Since the current treatment and prevention options for dementia are limited, we urgently need to identify new risk factors for dementia that could potentially be adjusted. If people could reduce their risk for dementia through diet or supplements, that could be very beneficial.”
The study involved 9,569 people with an average age of 65 who did not have dementia whose blood was tested for magnesium levels. The participants were followed for an average of eight years. During that time, 823 people were diagnosed with dementia. Of those, 662 people had Alzheimer’s disease.
The participants were divided into five groups based on their magnesium levels. Both those with the highest and the lowest levels had an increased risk of dementia, compared to those in the middle group.
The results were the same after researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect the risk of dementia such as body mass index, smoking status, alcohol use and kidney function.
Kieboom emphasized that the study does not prove that high or low levels of magnesium cause dementia; it only shows an association.
