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Get Moving for Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness month. Mental health can include disorders that require specific medications and treatment plans. It also includes stress, anxiousness, feelings of loneliness, difficulty concentrating, confusion, and other feelings and thoughts that may occur from time to time. Always discuss changes in mental health with your doctor. Caring for our mental health
Do I Need an OT?
April is Occupational Therapy Month, and if you’ve followed us for any length of time, you may have heard that term before. We are big advocates of Occupational Therapy, OT for short. While most people know what physical therapy is, occupational therapy is less known, but highly effective with helping aging adults continue living their
Proper Nutrition During COVID
Getting a balanced diet takes effort, especially as we age. Getting a balanced diet during a global pandemic can be even more difficult. In the past, we’ve discussed how as we age there are health factors that can negatively impact our diet. Oral health can make chewing difficult, causing people to avoid foods that are
Healthy Frozen Food
March is National Frozen Food Month which means many grocery stores may offer promotional pricing on their frozen food selection. While not all frozen food is the healthiest meal option, there are many benefits to buying frozen food, not just in March but all year long. Aging adults may appreciate the convenience of frozen food.
Heart Check
The brightly colored candy hearts and the hearts on decorations and cards this month can serve an important purpose. Even though they in no way resemble our physical hearts, we can use them as a reminder to check in on our heart health. Statistics show that nearly 6 million Americans have heart failure, and over
Senior Safety in Winter
Winters in California bring a variety of weather patterns. Whether you live in a region that has freezing temperatures, or simply temperatures that drop into the 40s at night, the colder weather in winter can negatively impact health and safety if we are not prepared. Winter is a beautiful season that can bring enjoyable outdoor
Micro Resolutions
We make them, we break them, we discuss how to make better resolutions so we can be better at achieving them. And then we break them, again. Many well intentioned resolutions fail simply because they are too big and too vague. Resolving to lose weight is a great idea, but living that out can encompass
Be Well Outdoors
Norwegians have a concept called “friluftsliv” (pronounced free-lofts-liv). Translated, it means “open-air living”, and describes how much they value spending time outdoors or in remote locations for overall well-being, mind and body. Norway doesn’t always have beautiful weather, either. Summers can bring pouring rain. Winters are freezing cold and snowy. However, a common Norwegian expression