Healthy Seniors

For Seniors – The Memory Challenge

Hi Folks,

Please allow me to introduce Dee Cascio, Certified Life & Retirement Options Coach. Lee has a lot of good information and sound advice for this blogger and his readers.  

I know you will appreciate the wisdom Dee brings into her articles. I plan to bring you more of her writings in the weeks and months to come.

Happy Retirement,
Woody

Use it Or Lose It – The Memory Challenge

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Blueberries – The New Brain Food for Seniors

Hi folks,

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the effects of blueberries on reversing memory loss in seniors. It all sounds very promising so I’m sure there will be a lot more research done on blueberries as well an abundance of naysayers coming out of the woodwork. In the meantime I’ve asked Janie to put more blueberries in our strawberry/blueberry smoothies. (She’s fixing one for us right now as I write this post.)

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The New Generation of Hearing Aids

Hi Folks,

Well, I finely bit the bullet and purchased a new pair of hearing aids last month and I am sooo glad I did. The pair of really expensive ones I bought about six years ago never really worked for me. They were uncomfortable and didn’t help me hear that much better. They were the “completely in the canal” type with all the fancy channels but the audiologist couldn’t get  them right. I thought that maybe it was just me and that I would get used to them. Wrong! They were a complete waste of money. I was hesitant to buy another pair and I couldn’t afford them any way.  But I finally saved the money to buy a new pair and chose a new audiologist and what a difference they have made in my life. They are the behind the ear, open fit type. Very small, most folks don’t even know I’m wearing them - as if I care . And they were less than half the cost of my first pair.

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The Importance of Senior Health

Hi Folks,

Well, I’m just back from exercise and I feel great. I really enjoy our exercise group. We have a good and dedicated leader, the fellowship is great, and we get to move all of our moving parts for an hour three times a week.

Exercise is such an important part 0f staying healthy as we get older. I wish I could get all of my friends to take part in some sort of a senior’s physical fitness program. 

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The Great Gardening Workout

Hello Fellow Seniors,

Are you a gardener? . . . You should be, you know?

Small gardens, large gardens, container gardens, dish gardens, window sill gardens, raised bed gardens, square foot gardens. The list goes on and on. There is a garden that’s just right for everyone.

Gardening is such a pleasure. And with container gardening and raised bed/square foot gardening you can grown all the veggies and flowers you want without all the hard work.  

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