Losing our mental capacity as we age is something that most people dread. It is possible to keep your brain active and maintain a good quality of life throughout the aging process. Food, nutrition, physical and social activities all play a role in keeping our brains active. Brain games and activities will keep our brain […]
For most people, exercise is not a senior thing; not many people picture grandma on a treadmill, a 97 year old doing Tai Chi or a retirement community doing hula hoop competitions In some way, it is true that aging includes changes that affect performance such as: Strength: Older adults often see loss of […]
Legendary R&B icon Ray Charles claimed that he was “born with music inside me”. The famous neurologist Oliver Sacks actually believes in this and wrote a book on the topic: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. This book examines the extreme effects of music on the human brain and how lives can be utterly […]
The internet as we know it has been around since 1994. Yet 15 years later, while 79% of the general population reports using the Internet, only 42% of those 65 and older indicate use. Why, should the senior care industry and the technology industry care about this? It is now widely known that Internet use […]
We all know exercise and sport is good for health, some people believe it might be too strenuous or dangerous for seniors but a recent study from Israeli researchers proved the opposite. As reported by Lindsey Tanner an AP Medical Writer: The results of the study “clearly support the continued encouragement of physical activity, even […]
