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Your First Chair Yoga Class in a Senior Center

Chair Yoga has become more popular in senior centers, but can also be found in nursing homes, physical rehabilitation units, adult day care centers, and some Yoga studios. However, the vast majority of us will attend a Chair Yoga class in a senior center.
You should consult your family physician and get the “go ahead,” before [...]

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Posted in Chair Yoga on Nov 28th, 2009, 1:18 am by wlben     

How To Choose The Best Senior Housing For You

Going through life’s sunset presents many daunting challenges and consequences. You will have to face financial constraints and inflexibility due to limited source of income, fixed social security benefits, facing the high cost of health care and preparing all those legal documents through power of attorney in cases when you can no longer carry out [...]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 27th, 2009, 4:18 pm by wlben     

Auditory Illusion: When Sound Is Fragmented The Brain Fills In The Gaps

A new study led by scientists in The Netherlands has revealed the mechanisms through which the brain creates “auditory continuity illusion”, where a physically interrupted sound is heard as continuing through background noise; thus when we try to listen to conversation in a noisy room, the

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Posted in Senior Nutrition on Nov 26th, 2009, 9:27 pm by wlben     

What Is Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile)?

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. difficile, or C. diff, is a bacterium which infects and can make humans ill, as well as other animals. Symptoms can range from diarrhea to serious and potentially fatal inflammation of the colon. Elderly hospital patients, as well as those in long-term care facilities are [...]

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Posted in Senior Nutrition on Nov 26th, 2009, 9:27 pm by wlben     

Despite Gains, HIV/AIDS Remains Public-Health Priority, UNAIDS, WHO Say

News outlets continued to examine the 2009 AIDS epidemic update released Tuesday by the WHO and UNAIDS: “The U.N. report said ‘AIDS continues to be a major public-health priority’ and called for more funds to support efforts to curb the epidemic and to distribute lifesaving drugs,” the Wall [...]

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Posted in Senior Nutrition on Nov 26th, 2009, 9:27 pm by wlben     

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