10 Fun Yet Overlooked Activities for Seniors (Video)
10 Fun Yet Overlooked Activities for Seniors
Seeking out engaging and fun activities for seniors? Forget the novelties of gardening and golfing, and try a little something new with these 10 fun ideas! Here’s one.
Try yoga: One of the best seniors activities is yoga. It is rising in popularity with each year because of its numerous health benefits and attention to mindfulness and meditation. With relaxing, flowing movements that stretch the muscles and joints, as well as a focus on deep breathing, senior yoga can be done standing or sitting down in a chair.
Our Friday Song of the Week – Red Solo Cup
Our Friday Song of the Week – Red Solo Cup
Meditation and Music May Help Reverse Early Memory Loss – Smilecast 40
Meditation and Music
In a recent study of adults with early memory loss, a West Virginia University research team lead by Dr. Kim Innes found that practice of a simple meditation or music listening program may have multiple benefits for older adults with preclinical memory loss. Meditation and music, as i have often said, do work. Particularly music. I see it my live programs and the streaming concerts I bring into people’s homes. People come alive when you play.
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5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress (Video)
5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress
Caregiver stress – a topic often left unspoken, particularly with the emotions involved. Most especially for family caregivers, with guilt and confusion settling in when the line of duty and personal time seems to blur.
As such, identifying several reasons on why and what stress is will help create an awareness that’ll not only lighten the burden that caregivers have, but give a clearer understanding for recipients on how they can contribute to better family caregiving support as well.
Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise (Video)
Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes.
Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight.
Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits and being overweight, according to a study appearing in JAMA.
Renata Micha, R.D., Ph.D., of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, and colleagues examined mortality due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in 2012 and the consumption of 10 foods/nutrients associated with cardiometabolic diseases: fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, unprocessed red meats, processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), polyunsaturated fats, seafood omega-3 fats, and sodium.
