Diet and Exercise are Key to Better Heart Health February is American Heart Month, and on February 5, a special day is set aside to call attention to heart health for women. Many women are unaware that they face a higher risk of death from heart disease than from breast cancer. The article “Female Heart Specialists Share Tips for Women’s…
Senior Wellness Resolution Exercise Check-In Wait! Before you give up on your wellness resolution plan, stop and rethink for a minute about how you can really make your resolution happen. It is still early in the year and you can make your goals if you regroup now. If you did not have a written plan earlier this month, do…
Health Benefits of Pets and Therapy Animals Health Benefits of pets and therapy animals. Did you know pets can reduce anxiety, reduce dementia behaviors and increase the odds of survival after a heart attack? You can read more below about multiple benefits of pets and aging in the article below by James Smith at The Alzheimer's Project. Pets and Dementia…
Tips for Downsizing - Moving Mom with the Things that Matter Most When it is time to move a loved one to a senior retirement community, or assisted living center, the issue of downsizing can be daunting. Often, your loved one is moving from a home full of long-loved possessions. How do you choose what to take when you are…
Many seniors generally require a milder form of exercise and even chair yoga can have a BIG impact! This article written by Lori Deschene, which appeared in caring.com, provides us with good reasons to add enrolling in a yoga class to our 2016 resolution list! Yoga and Dementia How Yoga Can Significantly Reduce the Risks of Dementia By Lori Deschene…
Exercise offers so many benefits for seniors and people of every age that it might be called a miracle drug! Many people don’t realize that exercise protects our brain health—but indeed, physical activity is one of the top ways to delay cognitive decline. Brain exercise is also of value, so take a coffee break and try your hand at…
Last year's January issue of the Assisting Hands "Hand in Hand" newsletter urged readers to make exercise one of their New Year's resolutions. How did that go for you? If your exercise program fell by the wayside, let’s reboot for 2016! Like most Americans, you’re probably aware that physical activity is important to one’s overall health and well-being. And,…
The National Diabetes Education Program says holiday family gatherings are a good time for the older and younger generations to share information that can help us lower the risk. Diabetes might not seem like the ideal topic of conversation during holiday visits—yet in many ways, this is a very good time to raise the subject. It’s a time when…
"Mom, we'd all feel a lot better if we knew you had some help." One of the great joys of the holidays is reconnecting with family who may live far away. But sometimes when adult children visit their elderly loved ones, they find that their parents are no longer as healthy as they remembered. Or they might see signs Mom…
We Can Keep Learning "Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. Keep your mind occupied. Keep your mind off things that don't help you. Be optimistic.” I ran across this quote recently and it really rang true for me. I had been obsessing about a situation that I didn’t have any control over, and a lightbulb in my brain…
