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Health & Well-Being

Health and wellness…..good health and healthy living all lead to wellness.
They go hand in hand don’t you think?
What does health and wellness mean to you?
The very thought of health and wellness can be very overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be.
It should be fun inspiring and very rewarding.

Whether you deal with your grief or not, your grief exists. It can manifest in many ways such as panic attacks, headaches or the "broken heart syndrome" with symptoms similar to a heart attack. Since the grief exists and...
With all the recent focus on what is now called advance care planning (ACP) in the medical and social work literature, it is important for people, especially middle-aged and older people, to understand what is at stake. Using the old...
During the holiday season many families travel great distances to be with their parents and grandparents. They remember all the special traditions and memories they have made over the years. Although they are happy to be together, they sometimes notice...
Many seniors believe that they can’t really learn new things… a new language, a new habit or some hobby or game. This thought stops them from challenging themselves cognitively and in ways that will actually result in a better...
Back pain. Weakening bones. Bone fractures that don’t heal quickly. These are all the realities of osteoporosis, an often debilitating condition that puts your bones in a constant state of renewal. Today is World Osteoporosis Day and an important opportunity...
There are many articles out there that speak to senior health including dementia and hypertension as separate issues. This latest news, from less than a week ago, is very interesting. The American Heart association announced that there may be a...
It’s getting late, like around 11 pm when you’re supposed to be either watching the news or already in bed with a book or listening to music and nearing sleep time. The phone rings. A parent. Or both. Just to see...
In my geriatric practice one of the complaints of families is how often their loved one tells them the same thing over and over. They use that symptom as evidence of cognitive decline – the inability to recall what was...
More than half of all seniors have it: hypertension, better known as high blood pressure. Blood pressure is actually an overall view of your general health, particularly of your circulatory system. If your blood pressure is too high, you put...
You often hear that our eating habits and food choices change with age. The teenage junk food phase often changes to healthy choices as we enter adulthood and have families of our own to feed. Then after the family...