Growing Older Getting Better There are numerous stereotypes about growing older. Most are not good and speak to depression and deterioration. Yet there are so many stories of positive aging and we can see them right in front of us in our communities every day. We each most take up...
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Americans Less “Nuts” As They Grow Older
As Americans grow older, they tend to become more emotionally stable—translating into longer, more productive lives, according to a new Stanford study published online in the journal Psychology and Aging. Between 1993 and 2005, researchers tracked about 180 Americans between the ages of 18 and 94. For one week every...
Americans Less "Nuts" As They Grow Older
As Americans grow older, they tend to become more emotionally stableäóîtranslating into longer, more productive lives, according to a new Stanford study published online in the journal Psychology and Aging. Between 1993 and 2005, researchers tracked about 180 Americans between the ages of 18 and 94. For one week every...
Older Folks Watch More TV but Like It Less
From Long-Term Living: According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine concluded that older people spent a great deal more time watching TV than younger people did, yet they enjoyed the experience less. The study looked...
World’s oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115
A nice tribute to a long quality life.
Self – Responsibility: How to Reduce Healthcare Costs for the Elderly
This is a guest blog from Adrienne Carlson, who regularly writes on the topic of nurse practitioner schools . Adrienne welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: adrienne.carlson83@yahoo.com One of the things I “preach” about often is the need for self-responsibility. Part of the reason we have a...
4 Secrets of Aging in a Healthy Way
This guest blog is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of phlebotomy technician salary at her blog Health Zone Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: katsanders25@gmail.com. Kat supports many of the things we contend on a daily basis in this blog...
Make Your End of Life Decisions While Your Life is in Full Bloom
There is a great article in the NYT in which they interview a now retired physician Robert L. Martensen about the state of health care. He observes that “most Americans die in hospitals or nursing homes, and neither is configured to take care of dying patients.” So you end up...
Hal is that You?
Aging in place. That seems to be the buzz word for growing older. And to help you will be….robots. As the little kid in the etrade commercial says about his clown – that’s a little creepy! Or is it? Robots will scoot from room to room to wake homeowners in...