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Chew On This: What Seniors Need to Know About 4 Trendy Diets
Some popular food trends recommend eliminating refined grains; others shun meat, fish and poultry. While the jury is still out on many of these trendy diets, some have been linked to significant health benefits. But is removing entire food groups good for an aging body? Here are details about four of today’s most popular diets […]
Top Reasons Why Older Women Should Lift Weights
If you are a woman over the age of 50 then one of the best things you can do to improve your health, fitness and quality of life is to lift weights. Unfortunately very few older women lift weights regularly and, from my experience, those that do lift weights don’t do it correctly. The biggest […]
The Best Balance Advice I Ever Heard
A friend of mine, Pommy MacFarlane PhD, who runs a balance training program at a university, told me this story of a new client. An older gentleman came to her program stating that he had fallen frequently over the past year and wondered what to do about it. Pommy asked him to describe these falling […]
Evidence Based Exercise Program
What’s the right exercise for you? An often asked question but for a long time there was no scientifically based answer. After all since everyones body and health are different, there was no one size fits all program. For people over 55, the question of exercise is further complicated by the aging factor. Enter the […]
2013 World Alzheimer Report Reveals Global Alzheimer’s Epidemic
As the world population ages, the traditional system of informal care by family, friends and community will come under increasing strain. Data from the World Alzheimer Report 2013 to be released today predicts the number of dependent older people will rise from 101 million in 2010 to 277 million in 2050, an almost threefold increase. […]
Florida Isn’t The Only Destination For Snowbirds
By mid-September, many seniors have started planning their annual trek to warmer locales for the winter. These “snowbirds” make the trip for many reasons, including arthritis relief, golfing opportunities, a simple desire for more sunshine or a change of scenery—and their numbers are growing. A study from the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and […]
Travel Freebie
This fall, Colonial Williamsburg is offering BloomerBoomers 50+ unlimited access to its Revolutionary City through the rest of the year – for the price of just one day’s admission. Valid from now through October 31, this limited time offer grants BloomerBoomers the opportunity to explore the Revolutionary City’s engaging programming, historic trades demonstrations, Art Museums […]
Hall of Fame Tennis Star Pam Shriver: Tips on Staying Healthy and Pain Free
“I’ve been very active my entire life and believe that keeping active into your forties, fifties and beyond is critically important to ensure a happy and healthy life. As a working mom on the move, in addition to eating right, I go to the gym several times a week for strength-training and cardio workouts. I’m […]
Best Computer Device for Older Adults: Why
What’s the best computer device for an older adult who is new to the digital world? With so much to choose from, it is a vexing question whether you are buying it as a gift or for yourself. We posed that questions to Jane Ratliff, Executive Director of BlueHair Technology Group. She heads up the […]
Adults Over 50 – Enhancing Brain Health
Strategy-based cognitive training has the potential to reverse age-related brain decline according to the results of a study conducted by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas published online in Cerebral Cortex. The novel study examining brain and cognitive changes associated with brain training has found that complex cognitive […]
Confusion: Medicare Plans vs Health Insurance Exchanges
As the nation approaches open enrollment for new public health insurance exchanges and Medicare, a new survey shows major misconceptions among seniors over how healthcare reform impacts Medicare benefits. This knowledge gap, coupled with fear about the affordability of healthcare, could lead seniors to make poor Medicare enrollment and health decisions. Fifty States of Confusion, […]
Baby Boomers Divorcing More
It appears that the Baby Boom Generation could be starting a revolution in divorce court. Overall, 61% of the nation’s top divorce attorneys say that they have seen an increase in the number of divorce cases among couples over 50-years of age, according to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). […]
5 Ways to Earn High Income in Retirement
As recently as 20 years ago, retirement actually meant settling down and relaxing for the remaining years of your life. Today, however, people often look at retirement as an opportunity to embark on a new journey that frequently involves a second career or business venture. In addition, although a small percentage of individuals have enough financial […]
Travel Freebie For BloomerBoomers
This fall, Colonial Williamsburg is offering BloomerBoomers 50+ unlimited access to its Revolutionary City through the rest of the year – for the price of just one day’s admission. Valid from now through October 31, this limited time offer grants BloomerBoomers the opportunity to explore the Revolutionary City’s engaging programming, historic trades demonstrations, Art Museums […]
Majority Left Workforce Earlier Than Planned
— American workers expect to retire at age 67 — Less than half believe they are preparing well financially for retirement — Confident savers believe they can retire almost three years earlier than those who lag in planning Almost half of Americans (49 percent) in their prime retirement planning years believe they will need […]
Caregivers – Suffering and Underappreciated
The Dual Role of Caregivers with Chronic Condition An interesting report from Express Scripts about the role of Caregivers. Behind the scenes of the traditional healthcare system exists a role that is largely underappreciated: the role of caregiver. An estimated 42 million Americans spend an average of 20 hours a week caring for friends or […]
Don’t Become a Medicare Fraud Victim
Fraud, waste and abuse cost the Medicare program $48 billion in 2010, affecting one in 10 claims, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Medicare industry has begun incorporating the latest technology from the banking industry to catch fraud, waste and abuse earlier. In the same way, if you have ever gone on a […]
Tips for the Traveling Bloomer Boomer
If you’re like many other people, you put off travel during your working years and with more leisure time, you want to catch up on travel that you put off for many of your working years, including everything from visiting grandchildren in other states to a grand overseas adventure. Leisure Travel Trends, a Focalyst Insight […]
Entertainer Debbie Allen: MRI and a PaceMaker
Stage, television and film performer Debbie Allen has displayed her many talents as a director, choreographer, dancer and actor. She says her greatest passion is dance. After a decades long, intensive schedule of performing, muscle strains and pains have sidelined her seriously enough to require medical attention. Physicians have prescribed examinations using a Magnetic Resonance […]
More Than Diet: The Mediterranean Lifestyle
Is it lifestyle? Diet? Both? Since the world renowned Mayo Clinic helped raise awareness to the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet and its impact on senior health and senior diet, we are discovering that it means more than what you put in your body. The focus is on senior diet but the most valued […]
A Guide to Planning for Legal, Financial and Health Care
Every profession has its own set of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, nouns and general jargon that may require a classroom education to learn. For senior health, senior fitness, retirement planning it feel may feel like your are earning a degree just to have the minimal knowledge. Lawyer and Certified Geriatric Care Manager Buckley Fricker […]
Good News About Hip Replacement Surgery
Need a new hip? Well, you may laugh now, but statistics show that over the past 2 decades the number of Americans having total hip replacement has more than doubled. The number of knee replacements is also expected to reach over 4 million by 2030. Dr. Stephen Barnett is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with […]
Does your retirement plan need renovating?
Just like when you sift through your winter clothes after the season and discard what you no longer need, similarly you will want to comb through your Retirement Planning to ensure it’s on track and working for you and there may be investments you want to get rid of. With the tax season over, now […]
Senior Health with Healthy Senior Travel Planning
The retirement is the best time to experience the beauty of different destinations; that is the period when you need to spend quality time with your spouse and family. It is the most exciting period to explore the world and learn new things; if not anything, then just chill out! With a little planning […]
Blood Pressure Down: An Apostle of the Mediterranean Diet
Sometimes it is easier to believe in miracle cures…food supplements and medical breakthroughs than simple proven formula’s for healthy living. Author and nutrition expert Janet Brill, Ph.D., adheres to the simple formula. “There is no medicine more powerful or supplement more effective in promoting health and longevity than the combination of good nutrition and daily […]
Jargon-less Financial Planning
There are a lot of financial terms and jargon that a financial adviser may throw out at you when it is time to address your retirement planning. The important thing to ask yourself when you walk out of that advisor’s office, are you really sure you understanding everything he or she is telling you. Other […]
The Long Ride: 50+ Dominated Sport
When we think of tough grueling sports that take a toll on the body, it’s normally for the young. After all, their bodies haven’t gone through years of wear and tear. A contradiction to that notion, is a favorite among the senior set, says The Long Ride author Lucian Spataro. At 55, Spataro is one […]
Encore Careers
Encore careers are becoming the focus of more seniors at they approach or enter retirement. Many people discovered the traditional definition of retirement doesn’t fit them any longer. The thoughts of lounging longer in bed, spending time in the garden or daily golf eventually lost it’s appeal. For retirement planning, Financial Coach Todd Tresidder says: […]
Price Shopping For Hospitalization
The day that hospital, surgical and medicare care prices will be like shopping for a new car is probably years away but there are signs that it may be moving in that direction. The Journal of the American Medicare Association reported a study to obtain pricing of common elective hip surgery for senior health. So […]
No Age Barrier For Travelers
Falling Age Barriers for Senior Travelers The age barrier for senior travel is going up all the time. Companies that book and organize senior travel excursion are often contacted by people in their 70’s, 80’s, 90’s to book excursions. The experienced travel coordinators have learned how to plan the trips for the right age bracket. […]
Balance Exercises Make a Difference in senior health
We all harbor our secret fears of one sort or another. What is surprising is when we discover how many others share our same fear. A 1993 study published in the Journal of Aging and Health exposed one fear that is very universal among active seniors. It’s falling. Of the common fears like robbery […]
Hot Cocoa and Brain Power
Have you heard that hot cocoa can boost the brain power of active seniors. The study, first published eight months ago is important for those concerned about senior diet choices. One of the active ingredients, cocoa flavanols is the principle element that shows to provide significant improvements in certain cognitive assessment tests. First what […]
Fitness Includes Emotional
When active seniors think fitness, physical health first comes to mind. But if you are someone who specializes in relationships, counseling, marriage and issues of your mind, emotional fitness often tops the list. Relationship Skills Center Executive Director Carolyn Curtis is one of those who puts a high level of importance about how you feel […]
What’s In A Senior Diet
A healthy eating plan gives your body the nutrients it needs every day while staying within your daily calorie goal for weight loss. The Senior Diet includes a healthy eating plan that will also lower your risk for heart disease and other health conditions. A healthy eating plan: Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free […]
Senior Health – Longevity
For active seniors there are lots of books on elder care, there are a lot on senior health and lots of books about senior fitness. But what there is not a lot of information about, and I know it sounds like a cliché, total wellness. That holistic philosophy goes back to the mid ’70’s […]
How an Unconventional Diet Changed Her Life
Senior Fitness, like so much of everything in life is a matter of degrees. One person’s level of physical fitness could be way short or far beyond another person’s. You need to determine your own fitness level based on your own values and the advice of your doctor. Seventy eight year old Ruth Heidrich […]
Senior Travelers Go Extreme
Travel opportunities today for senior travelers has exploded in new directions. There was time, not that long ago, when the senior travel preferred choice was aboard a large cruise ship. That was when common wisdom pointed to sedentary travel. Now of course cruise ship travel is still popular for seniors, but older passengers are being supplanted […]
I’m Retired…and Bored
What happens when a retired man misses his job? Q: I expected to feel great after I retired last year, but most days I’m just miserable. I miss my work, and it turns out that most of my friends were people I knew through my job so I don’t see them much anymore. My wife […]
Healthy Eating After 50
“Food just doesn’t taste the same anymore.” “I can’t get out to go shopping.” “I’m just not that hungry.” Sound familiar? These are a few common reasons some older people don’t eat healthy meals. But, choosing healthy foods is a smart thing to do—no matter how old you are! Here are some tips to get […]
Investing over 50 – Tough reality of today – A silver lining?
Anyone, in or near retirement is painfully aware of the uncertain time we have been living in the world of investing. When it comes to retirement planning there are two realities that must be understand. First, in year 2013, common interest bearing investments are paying close to zero so you have to have an […]
2013 Stock Market Outlook: What History Predicts
Posted 7:00AM 01/01/13 By Tom Sightings The race doesn’t always go to the swift, goes the old saying. But that’s the way to bet it, replies the savvy gambler. So it is with the old saying about the stock market. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. But it still makes sense to look […]
The Empty Nest: How Couples Handle it Differently
When The Kids Leave Home This is podcast number two for Active seniors HQ. Now, one of the six focus areas at Active seniors HQ is health. Health of course takes on a lot of turns in our lives whether it’s the health of the body, or minds, or a […]
Investing over 50 – Tough Reality of Today – A Silver-lining?
One of the most respected financial educators says it like it is for investors over 50. Not a pretty picture but there is a silver lining Check out this episode
