[embed_youtube”420″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/7Cpi9pTHFm4″]
Tag: purpose
Creating a Meaningful Life
This is partially reprinted from my Caring.com blog. Click to the whole post at the end. There is a Taco Bell Super Bowl commercial in which a bunch of elderly folks get rowdy while the song “We Are Young” by a band called Fun plays in Spanish. It’s irreverent, but...
Lonliness Affects Health in Elders (VIDEO)
[embed_youtube”420″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/YmIPhGV2h0Q”]
Loneliness Affects Health in Elders
In a study of 1,600 seniors, researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) found that people who reported being lonely were more likely to suffer a decline in health or die over a six-year period than those who were content with their social lives. Loneliness didn’t necessarily mean...
112 Year Old Artists Shows That You Always Have Purpose
A touching story found on cnn.com shows that no matter what your age or circumstance you can lead a quality of life if you have purpose. Frank Calloway, 112, paints murals at a nursing facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He has been institutionalized since 1952 after a diagnosis of schizophrenia. His...