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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 […]

Activities for Seniors to Help Prevent Memory Loss

April 18, 2022

What was once deemed senile is now diagnosed as age-associated memory dementia, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia. Numerous studies show 40% of Seniors over the age of 65 will have some degree of memory loss. Only five to eight percent of this age group will progress to dementia or Alzheimer’s. Lifestyle: largely responsible for brains […]

National Volunteer Week: Unique Ways to Volunteer in Your Community

April 6, 2022

Volunteer: verb, freely offer to do something. The Volunteer Hub reports volunteerism has saved the United States over $184 billion dollars with one hour of volunteerism reported to be worth $28.54. Women outnumber men in volunteer work, thirty percent are baby boomers, and according to an AmeriCorps report, people who volunteer over 100 hours annually are among […]

How to Be Productive This Spring

March 29, 2022

A season promising warmth and fresh air breathes life into all who have endured the “gray” days of winter. Spring is a chance to be at our best and enjoy not only the change in weather, but a more positive Quality of Life. Do bodies and minds change with Spring? Of course they do! Science […]

Reasons to Look Forward to the Spring

March 15, 2022

Poor winter, we are always looking for its demise… but Spring, this is the reward for surviving the cold! No more possibilities of ice or snow closing the door to outside engagements as Spring opens doors and invites loved ones to shed coats and turn faces to the sun. Residents of Senior Communities are afforded […]

Crafts for Seniors

March 4, 2022

March is recognized as Craft Month, although crafts are a year-round enjoyment. Pablo Picasso has been credited with saying “everything you can imagine is real.” Cave paintings, pyramids, toys constructed from corn husks, small engines, and games played with nothing but sticks and stones illustrate the eternal desire of mankind to create. Seniors have experienced […]

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