Winter Health Watch At Parkwood Heights Senior Living Campus Elders are a lot more sensitive to the cold and often neglect some essentials during the winter. You can help keep them healthy and happy by just paying attention to a few life essentials. Sunlight ...[READ MORE]
THE BENEFITS OF MOVEMENT
By: Dr. Kevin O’Neil, Brookdale Senior Living One of the most important things you can do for yourself to maintain and/or improve your health is simply daily movement. Not only can movement cure chronic conditions, but research also suggests that it can slow or even reverse the aging proce...[READ MORE]
STRETCH FOR BETTER LIVING
If you have ever seen weight lifters you have most likely seen the reverse curl and overhead press. This is a great exercise for reaching high and working the shoulders and upper back. My variation includes some breathing exercise and suggests you make each movement as slowly as you can so...[READ MORE]
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR VISION NATURALLY WITH EYE EXERCISE
How often do you think about your eyes during the course of a day. You may rub them every so often or maybe put in an eye drop or two. But how often do you sit back and rest them or exercise them? We look out of and in many cases overuse our eyes all day long, most of an evening and in all kinds...[READ MORE]
10 WAYS TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY, HAPPY NEW YEAR
When we cry out “Happy New Year!” we mean it! Everyone wants to be happy in the new year. As we grow older, we need to understand that happiness stems less from material possessions and more from health, good relationships, and fulfilling activities which keep us engaged in life. In ...[READ MORE]
Active as you Age …
Activities for senior citizens can include hobbies like cabinet building, cake decorating, painting, crafting, swimming and a host of other things. Hobbies have a mind body connection that benefits active seniors aging in place by promoting their physical and mental well being. Who knew that havi...[READ MORE]
1
Recent Posts
- How to Make 2021 a Great Year
- How to Celebrate the Holidays Safely
- How to Stay Healthy During Flu Season
- The Importance of a Great Community
- How to Practice Safe Social Distancing
- Taking Care of Your Mental Health in a Pandemic
- Safe Exercises You Can Do At Home
- Ways to Stay in Touch When Loved Ones Can't Visit
- Independent vs Enriched Living: Which is for Me?
- Things to Do When You Can't Go Outside
Tags
Archive
- January 2021 (1)
- December 2020 (1)
- November 2020 (1)
- September 2020 (1)
- August 2020 (1)
- July 2020 (1)
- June 2020 (1)
- May 2020 (1)
- April 2020 (1)
- March 2020 (2)
- February 2020 (1)
- December 2019 (1)
- November 2019 (1)
- October 2019 (1)
- September 2019 (1)
- August 2019 (1)
- July 2019 (1)
- June 2019 (1)
- May 2019 (1)
- April 2019 (1)
- March 2019 (1)
- February 2019 (1)
- January 2019 (1)
- December 2018 (1)
- November 2018 (1)
- October 2018 (1)
- September 2018 (1)
- August 2018 (2)
- July 2018 (1)
- June 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (1)
- April 2018 (1)
- March 2018 (2)
- February 2018 (2)