All Entries in the "Aging" Category
Health: Eat to Live Long, Conquer & Prosper!
Okay I admit it, I thought that I was relatively well-educated. That is until I got breast cancer. Bang! (This post is for you men too.) My ignorance on proper eating was horrific. Maybe you too grew up like I did: loving fried foods, fruits…sometimes, the c-foods for desert always - cakes, candies, cookies, chocolate, pies [...]
Celebrate Haiti’s significant contribution to our world, as you give.
In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers
Get involved in aging- yours and others. Advocating, working, and serving in the industry for the aging is rewarding work and because I (Dr. Joel Martin, the one in the middle) am an aging Baby Boomer, there is a bit of a self-serving aspect to it. My sphere of influence is the ABHOW Corporate Board [...]
Respectful Aging LGBT Services
Loree Cook-Daniels delivered a comprehensive tutorial on respectfully serving the aging LGBT populations at the annual conference of AAHSA. She has a wealth of information on her website. Here are some of the points she made and there were more available. Respect is a must for everyone and in any situation: Use the client’s terms: [...]
When it comes to our health, are we poorly informed?
Is it fair to say that all of us would rather be healthy and avoid illness? Are we really lazy and not wanting to do the type of research necessary to fully understand the options that are available to us? Could I be eating better then I am, excising more? This much I know is [...]
London National Gallery-Aging Creatively Project
There is Positive and Continuous work done to learn more about how seemingly passive activities may result in providing our aging populations with ways to manage there wellness better. The London National Gallery has a program part of which is directed towards people who have suffered a stroke. Ageing Creatively is a programme of practical [...]
Gail Sheey at AAHSA: Powerful words on Caregiving
People are living longer but this does not mean they are living longer well and without the need of assistance.
“Going to Chicago” AAHSA 2009 Annual Meeting
The United State is getting older and will need to shed many of its adolescent habits, much like Europe did after the second world war. How this country pays attention to its’ aging population in the 15 to 20 years will define what kind of country we are and have been. The issue of aging is as important as our concerns about “Climate Change”, Immigration and all types of extreme fanaticism.
Work that body! Static stretching proven to be bad.
News from the NY Times could change how you get ready to work out at the gym, jog, etc. Here’s a quote from the article Stretching: The Truth by Gretchen Reynolds: “If you’re like most of us, you were taught the importance of warm-up exercises back in grade school, and you’ve likely continued with pretty [...]
Lessons Learned from Garry Walters, Community Leader
He proves that nice guys finish first and that a man who accomplishes his vision has a lot to teach us. At the recent Positively Powerful Breakfast in Scottsdale, Arizona here are some of the lessons we received in hearing him speak:
