Seniors Health and Beauty Discounts
Is it time for a new pair of glasses, or are you having trouble hearing? Maybe you just want to get active and fit, or are looking for ways to…
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What to Say to Someone Who's Had a Stroke
If you're like most people, when you visit someone in the hospital who is seriously ill, you're frequently at a loss for what to say to them. If they're elderly…
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Hiding the Pain - 8 Reasons Why
Why do people wrestling with a serious mental or physical illness often hide it from friends and family, isolating themselves in the process? (Photo: Gage Walker via Unsplash) We all…
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Best Age-Friendly Sports for Older Adults
There's nothing like the thrill and camaraderie to be found from playing team sports with a group of people that have similar abilities. While every person's individual abilities and fitness…
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Gregg Allman, No Angel Redeemed
Blues and rock singer/songwriter Gregg Allman's biggest hit song "I'm No Angel" (1987) could have been the title of his 2012 autobiography (instead titled My Cross to Bear). Born December 8th, 1947…
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3 Care Planning Steps for Parents
Don’t wait too long to plan future care for a parent or loved one. Many of us wait until there is a medical emergency before putting steps into place that…
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5 Reasons Why Seniors are More Prone to Addiction
Seniors struggle with addiction more than most people realize. (Photo: Sholto Ramsay via Unsplash) The (U.S.) National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence reports that nearly 2.5 million older adults…
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Canada's Aging Population Faces Epidemic of Vision Loss
It's White Cane Week and a good time to raise awareness of the issues facing the blind. Vision loss isn't just an issue that many older adults and senior citizens…
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The Troubled Life and Loves of Virginia Woolf
Celebrated English publisher, writer and novelist Virginia Woolf was born January 25, 1882; her birth name was Adeline Virginia Stephen. (Virginia Woolf 1902 Photo: George C. Beresford) Virginia Woolf's father Sir Leslie…
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Break Free
This moving vignette about a older man "trapped" in a retirement home was made by West German film student Eugen Merher. Merher's video captures the emotions of a former runner…
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