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Berkeley’s Skinner secures $1 million for senior care organization
The CEI serves more than 1,100 seniors through its PACE (the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) health care model, which provides medical care and integrated support services, enabling older adults with multiple health challenges to live safely in a home and their community setting for as long as possible.
Understanding the Shocking Facts About Senior Isolation
Nearly one-third of all seniors live by themselves, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s close to 14 million seniors aging alone. Senior isolation is both common and dangerous, and while living alone doesn’t inevitably lead to senior loneliness, the two often go hand in hand. Isolation can affect the physical and mental health of seniors, no matter their living situation. Learn how to keep your loved one connected and prevent potentially damaging loneliness.
Why Your Knees Might Ache More With Age and What to Do About It
"Muscles, such as the quadriceps muscles and even the gluteal muscles along the hip, have important roles in moving and stabilizing the knee joint," Dr. Nguyen says. "The quadriceps muscles also carry the role of absorbing the stresses applied to the knee." "When these muscle groups are weak, this can lead to abnormal joint loading, joint instability, structural injury and eventually pain," she explains.
Golf may help seniors improve heart health
Want to stay healthy well into your golden years? Grab a bag of clubs and hit the green, new research suggests. Golfing beat walking or even Nordic walking (a full-body workout that consists of walking using specialized poles) when it came to improving several key measures of heart health in the small study. The results of this study are meant to encourage older adults to spend more time on the golf course and play by walking.
7 Essential Elements of Senior Wellness
Maintaining or enhancing one’s health and wellness shouldn’t stop at a predetermined age. As we get older, we need to pursue a balanced mind and body by focusing on our physical well-being as well as our happiness, fulfillment, and mental fortitude. Seniors should not be afraid to live their best and most fulfilled life. With the assistance of family, friends, and professional in-home caregivers, seniors can successfully pursue the following seven elements of senior wellness.
10 Wellness Tips for Older Adults
Maintaining mental wellness, enlisting the help of others when you need it and surrounding yourself with a supportive, healthy environment are essential in today’s modern, on-the-go world. Spending time with family and loved ones, engaging in new activities and volunteering are just a few of the ways you can relieve stress and cope with everyday life. For even more ideas, read the list that follows.
Exercise and diet program helps elderly people remain independent
A new study found that physically frail elderly people were able to reduce their level of "mobility disability" by 22% over three years, using a program that included specific changes to their exercise habits and diets. It's never too late to start exercising -- and the right activities might help you stay independent in your home. While building healthy habits at an earlier age can have some long-term benefits, adding physical activity can help at all ages, new research suggests.
4 popular wellness and fitness trends for older adults in 2022
Mindfulness is actually a form of meditation. It’s where you focus on being “intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment.” We’re in a time where we’re constantly bombarded with news and other events completely out of our control. What mindful meditation does is calm your mind so you can identify and manage your own feelings, which hopefully makes it easier to exist through the chaos.