7 Pet Safety Tips for the Fourth of July
With crowds of unfamiliar people and loud, scary noises, the Fourth of July can make even the most laid-back, four-legged family members apprehensive and unpredictable. “Research shows that more pets are lost on the Fourth of July than any other day of the year and animal shelters are most crowded after the holiday, filled with […]
Newton’s Law for Better Health
By Benjamin Goodin Inertia is a fairly simple proposition — objects holding still stay in place; moving objects stay in motion — with one caveat: this law of physics mandates these principles are constant unless either resting or moving objects are acted upon by an outside force. This means that something has to either motivate […]
DIAL Communities: Stronger, Healthier, Happier
By Alexander Germanis It has long been construed that once one reaches senior citizen status the best years of one’s life are somehow over. For decades, the rather depressing terms ‘declining years,’ ‘autumn,’ or even ‘winter years’ have been associated with retirement age. The residents and staff at Dial Retirement Communities have proven otherwise. Not […]
Wellbrook: Be Who You’ve Always Been. Do What You’ve Always Loved.
By Alexander Germanis Age carries with it several preconceived notions. Some people think when they reach senior citizen status they are going to have to give up doing a lot of what they once enjoyed. Some people think a loss of independence is automatically in the cards. Some people even fear their best years and […]
The Importance of Wellness as We Age: How Wellness Works for Senior Living Communities
Wellness seems to be on all of our minds lately — not just the physical aspect, but the mental and emotional ways to be well, too. While wellbeing is important in all stages of life, the idea of increasing wellness as we age is receiving more attention. “We know it’s important to provide more than […]
How Stress Can Affect Your Vision
By Miranda Jones, COA, Director of Clinical Services at Bond Eye Associates Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, commonly referred to as the CSC, is a condition in which fluid accumulates under the retina. CSC is only one of many diseases that cause fluid to accumulate in the retina. CSC most often occurs in young and middle-aged adults. […]
How Healthcare Consumption Works 3 Scenarios
By Steven A. Buttice, Living By Your Design He was fairly young at age 32 and had not a trouble in the world. He never saw the reason to have a doctor and when he applied for his insurance plan, he only looked at the least expensive plans. Then there was a day in January […]
3 Reasons Eating Quality Foods Is Important When Determining Being “Healthy”
By Heather Kiddoo, Owner-Partner, Live Active 563 Wellness & Nutrition This statement is going to astonish you; you can eat junk food and still lose weight! Yep, you read it correctly! You can lose weight by eating junk food, crap, rubbish, and garbage. In 2010, for a class project, Mark Haub restricted his caloric intake […]
Hearing Aids and Alzheimer’s
By Ellen Verlo, MA, CCC-A Q: My mother has Alzheimer’s and hearing loss. Would it be a good idea for her to get hearing aids? A: Anyone with hearing loss should consider hearing aids. If a member of your family has Alzheimer’s or any other type of dementia (Lewy Body, Parkinson’s, etc.) there is research […]
The Responsibility of Caregivers Runs Deep
Rhonda Halterman, Owner, LivWell Seniors One constant that we, as humans, can be assured of is change. Change is inevitable, and we know it, and yet, instead of embracing change, it is often our human nature to fight against it, push it away, or ignore it in hopes that change will move on to another. […]