Lay Off The Bottle: Worrisome Drinking Trends Among Older Adults
The trends are worrisome. Even before the start of the pandemic in 2020, data showed that alcohol use among adults 65 and over was on the rise. Then the pandemic exacerbated this trend. According to...
View ArticleAccelerated Aging: New Research Points To Factors That May Accelerate Brain...
It appears that everything is connected when it comes to aging. If you’re worried about keeping yourself physically fit and aging healthily, that’s also inextricably tied to your brain health and...
View ArticleChild Care: Spending Time With Grandkids May Boost Your Brain
As we’ve previously noted, demographic changes mean that some of us may never have the experience of being a grandparent. But if you are a grandparent or will become one, you’re in good company....
View ArticleOwn Your Age: Cosmetic Trends To Be Naturally Beautiful
How did you celebrate National Mature Women’s Day last week? Created as a way to celebrate and shine a positive light on “mature women,” the idea came from the cosmetics guru Laura Geller, one of the...
View ArticleUnder The Sun: The Rise Of Lethal Skin Cancers
With spring upon us (mostly), are you heading outside? Spending long days taking in the sun and warmth after a miserable winter? Not to rain on your parade, but once you’re outside, what are you doing...
View ArticleYour Move: Why Physical Exercise May Reverse The Aging Process
In many previous posts, we’ve extolled the virtues of exercise and physical movement as essential for healthy aging. From ongoing research, we know that physical activity is necessary for keeping your...
View ArticleLife Before Death: The Growing Use Of Death Doulas
None of us leaves this world alive, and as Dame Cicely Saunders once said, “How people die remains in the memory of those who live on.” We are therefore fortunate to live in an era when the option of...
View ArticleAfter I Do: Divorce And Dating As An Older Adult
While we’ve previously noted that divorce is on the rise among older adults, and second and even third marriages often fail, we didn’t see this coming. It turns out that the Golden Bachelor’s match...
View ArticleHome Free? Can You Afford To Age In Place?
We’ve previously highlighted the fact that most older adults want to continue living in the community, rather than move to a long term care facility, as they get into their later years. Two new surveys...
View ArticleLonger And Better: Expert Advice On Living A Longer, Healthier Life
It’s perhaps one of the most existential issues of our time: While so many of us are living longer than those who came before us, of what value is that longer life if it’s not accompanied by good...
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