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Exercises for Seniors To Do Outside

June 15, 2022

With the right exercises, seniors can enhance their quality of life. Mental or physical well-being means staying active, using muscles and neurons… which are keys to a long and healthy life. Exercise, of course, pays no attention to weather… although a more positive spin is possible with the brightness and warmth of summer months. Now […]

National Great Outdoors Month – Ways to Get Some Fresh Air

June 3, 2022

Open your windows! Open your doors! Step outside and take a deep breath! Unless you live in the midst of a smog filled city… your lungs will enjoy a good dose of fresh air. Oxygen is taken for granted, but there is no arguing air fresh beats stuffy every time. In the late 1800s and […]

National Stroke Awareness Month

May 27, 2022

Stroke Awareness Seniors need to be advised of a recent Medical University of South Carolina report, stating approximately seventy-five percent of strokes occur in people over the age of seventy, with stroke possibilities doubling each decade after the age of fifty-five. Stroke Information A stroke is a loss of blood flow to part of the […]

Ways to Protect Skin from Summer Sun

May 16, 2022

Skin, an average of twenty-one square feet, is the largest body organ and the only organ on our outside. Every organ and body system is protected by skin. Bacteria prevention, body temperature, and using pigments to counteract the effects of ultraviolet rays are a few functions of skin. Skin requires more protection with age. Bones […]

Celebrating Senior Birthdays

May 9, 2022

Birthdays are meant to be celebrated. Goofy hats, decorations, balloons, theme cakes, and ice cream are traditional party items. Quite a few of us, however, have begun to celebrate in more moderate ways. Duplication of earlier festivities has one thinking twice as a latest census predicts people over the age of 65 could number 77 […]

The Importance of Healthy Joints in Seniors

April 29, 2022

Most recall the lyrics “your knee bone connected to your thigh bone; your thigh bone connected to your hip bone…” ad infinitum. Joints are connectors of bones and provide the support and movement bones need. Healthy joints mean healthy bones and are important to a Senior’s Quality of Life. Over one-third of Seniors over the […]

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