Healthy Seniors News & Features
- Trading the Car Keys for a Bus Pass
Older drivers are not able to process and react to information at speeds necessary for behind-the-wheel safety.
- The Secrets of Aging Well.
Many people think that long life is just genetics and good luck. But you'd be surprised at how many factors that contribute to long life are within your control.
- Holiday Travel: How to Get Where You're Going (and Stay Well)
Planning to travel this season? Here's how to stay happy and healthy en route.
- Too Old to Parent?
What do you do when an adult child gets ill? For some aging parents, the answer is to step into an all-too-familiar role.
- The Facts and Fiction of Cloning
Understanding the real science of cloning behind the headlines and the hubbub.
- Assessing an Older Driver
The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety offers some guidelines in determining if an older driver is a danger on the road.
- Growing Older, Staying Strong.
Aging isn't a matter of just fading away. Active, older people -- and some experts on the aging process -- say we can stay physically robust well into our later years.
- The Hardest Job a Man May Ever Have
More and more American men are faced with the daunting task of caring for sick and disabled loved ones. As health providers and caregiver organizations recognize this growing trend, they are struggling to come up with ways to offer help to the men who spend their days caring for others.
- Once Upon a Time -- Again
Creative storytelling helps open communication with -- and foster an understanding of -- people with Alzheimer's disease.
- Dizziness Not Always Child's Play
We've all felt woozy at one time or another. In fact, dizziness is one of the most common of health complaints.
- Baby Boomers Listen Up
Years of exposure to loud concerts, cranked-up stereos, personal CD players, leaf blowers, and other environmental noises are a big part of the reason doctors are now seeing more middle-aged people with hearing loss
- The Importance of Being -- Married
There are many reasons to choose wisely and carefully when picking a spouse, but here's one you may not know: New research suggests that a good marriage is good for your health -- and that a bad one can be a real heartbreaker.
- Disability's in Eye of Beholder
With the right training and adaptive equipment, people with limited vision don't have to lead limited lives.
- A Bitter Pill to Swallow
The demand for prescription drugs is growing as fast as the supply of pharmacists to dispense them is shrinking.
- Senior Gamblers Testing the Odds
America is growing grayer -- and the gray are going gambling. With time on their hands and a monthly check in their pockets, U.S. seniors are flocking to casinos and other gaming venues. Is this is a good source of socializing and entertainment -- or of financial disaster?
- Ain't Parenting Grand?
According to the latest census, nearly 4 million American children live in households headed by a grandparent. Many of these parental 'reservists' are finding that things have changed a good bit since their first tour of duty, and that parenting in the 21st Century is different from what they once knew.
- Age-Old Medicine
Research is looking at ways to increase seniors' quality of life through physical means, but a growing group of professionals are concerned for the mental health of seniors and the question of who will care for them if they develop a psychiatric condition.
- The New and Improved Senior Center
No one wants to live in a hospital. The designers of assisted-living facilities have finally figured this one out and are beginning to give today's seniors a real place to call home.
- For Your Health, Assert Yourself
Taking a more active role can help older people get the care they need. Here's how to get started.
- Now, Foster Care for Displaced Pets
When illness or disaster strikes, surrogates tend to the family dog or cat, allowing owners to recover.
- Older Doctors Learn New Tricks
At this innovative clinic for the poor, retired physicians treat patients who otherwise might not get care.
- End of the Line
Many nursing homes are working to improve their residents' living conditions. Sometimes it even saves them money.
- No Cure-All for Nursing Homes
After years of ambivalence, alarms are sounding over the sorry state of our nation's nursing homes. An aging population demands better alternatives.
- Can Good Sex Keep You Young?
Pop docs say there's a connection between sexual activity, looking younger, and living longer. Does frequent sex contribute to good health, or does good health make frequent sex possible?
- Gardening for Health
Can the simple pleasure of gazing on a landscape improve your health? Perhaps. A growing number of experts say that nature may hold a key to a long, healthy life.
- Older Drivers: The Car Key Decision
As the number of older drivers increases as the population ages, the question arises more often: When should car keys be taken away to ensure the safety of older drivers -- and others on the road?
- How to Live to Be 120.
Give lab rats a low-cal, high-nutrient diet, and they live longer -- and healthier. Could this work for humans, too?
- Acting Your Age
How the theater is helping a group of active seniors live fuller lives.
- Fitness for the Long Term
You don't have to be a Senior Olympian or a genetically souped-up centenarian to reap the rewards of exercise and good nutrition. It is never too soon, or too late to start getting in shape.
- Live Long, Live Well
More people than ever before are living to the ripe age of 100 -- many of them in fine health.
- Let the Senior Games Begin
One sign of the growing presence of vigorous older people is the National Senior Games Association, a not-for-profit entity that promotes health and fitness and coordinates state Senior Games and Senior Olympics organizations.
- Pumping Iron to Stay Young?
This grandmother insists that strength training has kept her fit and helped her stay younger. She may be on to something.
- Know Your Genetic Risk
Knowing your family's health history can help you avoid health problems yourself.
- Family Health History
Thinking about compiling a family health history? Get more information here.
- Making the Last Move.
To stay in my own home or move to a retirement community? A look at the all important decision facing many seniors.
- Making the Last Move
Moving one last time as an older adult.
- Choosing to Live at Home
You don't need to stay in a nursing home to get good care.
- Reaching Out to Nursing Home Residents.
Keep in contact with your loved one in a nursing home far away.
- Are Kids Good for Your Health?
For a group of residents at a home for the aged, having children around helps boost their immune system.
- The Eden Alternative in Action
Recovering from depression thru the Eden Alternative
- The Eden Alternative in Action.
The Eden Alternative in Action
- Reaching Out to Nursing Home Residents
If you want to improve life for a loved one in a nursing home far away, here are some ideas.
- Your Hearing: Are You Losing It?
Certain factors point to a possible loss of hearing.
- 'Just Say No' Isn't Enough
Researchers say parents may have far more influence than they think on whether your kids try drugs.
- No Trials for the Aging
Older patients are often eager to determine the effectiveness of drugs by trying experimental therapies. So why are so many of them being left out of clinical studies?
- Silent Symptoms
You'd certainly know if you were having a heart attack, wouldn't you? After all, you couldn't possibly miss symptoms as unmistakable as crushing chest pain or extreme shortness of breath.
- When You Need to Go, Go, Go
The discomfort and inconvenience associated with overactive bladder usually can be reduced.
- Beyond Depression
Anxiety disorders are the most common form of mental illness among adults.
- Who Gets the Last Say?
It's also a complicated process. Everything from the patient's age, to the chances of surviving aggressive treatment, to his or her wishes for end-of-life care must be taken into account.
- Having a Happy Retirement
When Saeed Amanullah retired seven years ago, he thought he had his life all figured out. Like many people hitting the retirement trail, he planned to do some consulting work and to go abroad to see the world.