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The Facts of Dementia

July 7, 2022

Dementia has often been assumed to be memory loss yet is so much more. Dementia affects thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgement as well as presenting economic and social impacts. Dementia is predicted to affect 78 million people in the year 2030, with women and those with lower economic means comprising the […]

National Headache and Migraine Awareness Month

June 29, 2022

Life presents headaches in many forms, both personal and physical. Some consider the maintenance of a vehicle a “headache.” Others may say organizing events are a “headache.” Realistically, any experience could be labeled a headache. However, if heads throb and become painful…. It is time to get serious. Many headache forms exist… tension, cluster, sinus, […]

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

How sunshine and fresh air help seniors stay active, healthy, and connected 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 refreshing dose of clean air. Oxygen is something we often take for granted, yet […]

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 […]

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