On The Outside: Green Space Activities Are Good For You
May 11, 2022
You probably don’t need much encouragement to head outside at this point. With warmer spring weather here, there’s real enticement to get out of your home and head out into the world again. But if you do need additional encouragement, you should know that newly published research once again confirms…
Gloves Off: What To Do About Your Aging Hands?
May 4, 2022
Maybe you’ve noticed the disconnect. You see the face of a beautiful woman and wonder how lucky she is: no lines around her eyes, no creases surrounding her mouth, no ridges above her lips. And then you glance at her hands and they are a sure giveaway- the lines, wrinkles,…
Doing Good And Doing Well: New Research Supports Health Benefits Of Kindness
April 27, 2022
The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” Yet in this day and age, kindness appears to be too often in short supply: we have divisive, brutish politics, brutal armies destroying innocent people, and cities and rural areas in…
Home Sweet Home: What Are Your Plans To Age In Place?
April 20, 2022
It’s been long assumed that most people want to grow older living in the community rather than moving to an assisted living facility or some other institutional setting (though remember, as we posted recently, “aging-in-place” often necessitates outside support and communal efforts to be successful). Demographically, it’s been estimated that…
We Need To Talk: Advance Care Planning Essential Conversations
April 13, 2022
How are you planning to mark this Saturday, April 16th, which is National Healthcare Decisions Day? Maybe grab your best friends or your closest loved ones and have a really good heart-to-heart about what matters and what you fear the most? Good communication and heartfelt conversation are the foundation for…
Covid Confusion: Where Do Things Stand?
April 6, 2022
It feels like there’s a lot of chaos and confusion out there when it comes to understanding where things stand concerning Covid. In China and Hong Kong, for example, a new wave of the Omicron BA.2 variant is raging and in some areas, extreme measures are back in place to…