Senior Housing Connection

  Are your children trying to convince you to move to a place where there are people around if you need them? A place where you can get your meals prepared for you when you don’t feel like cooking? A place where you can enjoy life instead of worrying about lawn mowing or snow removal...[READ MORE]

“For Human Beings, love is the most important fruit of experience in the sense world. Once we really understand the nature of love, or compassion, we will find that love is the way spirit expresses its truth in the world of the senses. We may even say that, in love, the spiritual world awak...[READ MORE]

By Derek Jones Cancer We’ve all heard that protecting skin from the sun will help prevent it from aging. But if you’re already older, is there any point to worrying about sun damage? Since July is UV Safety Month (not to mention a time when we’re all enjoying the early summer s...[READ MORE]

Senior citizens are the fastest growing demographic on Facebook, and this doesn’t surprise me. Though I’m not a senior, I personally use social media tools for business, but also to keep up with past and present friends as well as my family. For seniors, using Facebook, has enabled th...[READ MORE]

Too often, visiting our senior relatives becomes a chore that we shirk from, unsure of how to interact with them. We remember them as strong active men and women and it saddens us to see their decline. Don’t let that stop you from creating wonderful visits and memories with your favorite se...[READ MORE]

University of Pittsburgh research demonstrates that bexarotene improves cognitive deficits in mice. (TAH) – An anti-cancer drug reverses memory deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model according to University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers .Their rese...[READ MORE]

trying to be happier? listening to upbeat music can improve your mood You may already be doing it, but a new study confirms music can make you feel happier. (TAH) – The song, “Get Happy,” famously performed by Judy Garland, has encouraged people to improve their mood for decades...[READ MORE]

Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death. According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people suffer from strokes each year. A stroke occurs when blood flow, and thus oxygen flow, to the brain is stopped. The symptoms of a stroke depend on the area of the brain affected....[READ MORE]

Thought eggs were bad for you? Not so fast. New research is providing different answers. (TAH) – It turns out a component of egg whites — already popular as a substitute for whole eggs among health-conscious consumers concerned about cholesterol in the yolk — may have beneficia...[READ MORE]

Social isolation has an impact on an older adult’s overall well being, physical health and even their lifespan according to AARP. An older adult’s connections with others and needs for new or renewed connections to family and friends, can be identified by a quality of life assessment...[READ MORE]