Several articles on the OurSeniors.net website and in OurSeniors.net Magazine have concerned senior exercise programs, such as Seniors and Yoga. Yoga was once considered a fringe activity, popular with gurus and young hippies, but it is now very much a mainstream movement. In fact, organizations YMCA have embraced yoga programs and many offer yoga classes. […]
Category Archives: Health
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OurSeniors.net sees its mission as serving the needs of seniors in any way possible. This includes the challenges of senior living and also the opportunities available in a modern senior lifestyle. The Medicare 2019 Open Enrollment period may be one of those opportunities, so do not let it slip by! Numerous OurSeniors.net articles have called […]
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I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car. I have an ID that gets me special […]
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I’m going to let you in on a little secret; YOU hold the key to the absolute best stress reducer of all time: your leisure activities. Surprised, aren’t you? A 2015 study conducted by The Society of Behavioral Medicine documented the physical and mental benefits of engaging in a hobby or leisure activity of choice. […]
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The Dog Days of Summer have certainly arrived, and, as usual, with ‘dogged’ determination! There’s no better time that “the good ‘ole summertime” to de-clutter, minimalize or simply lighten things up in general. This endeavor usually takes the form of emptying out the garage or finishing up any spring cleaning that didn’t make the cut […]
Seniors and pets go together like a hand and a glove! It’s surely TRUE that a senior who has a pet is happier, healthier and more engaged in life. When a senior adopts a pet from the Halifax Humane Society, there are two BIG winners! The pet and the Senior! Click on Halifax Humane Society […]
Forgetting where you put your keys, the name of a song you just cannot get out of your head, or who was in your favorite movie, is a familiar experience for people of all ages. This type of minor memory loss becomes more common with age, but a sudden and extensive loss of important memory […]
A good night’s sleep is important to people of all ages, but seniors may be especially sensitive to the ill effects of poor sleeping. Healthy sleep patterns are particularly important to seniors, because sound sleep is essential to maintaining the ability to concentrate and form memory, to repair physical damage, to keep your immune system […]
Because OurSeniors.net strives to be an all-things senior directory, we are very pleased to support the Halifax Humane Society, especially its pet adoption services. Adopting a pet can be especially beneficial for seniors. At a time that might be lonely for many people, a pet can make a senior feel needed, more secure and fully […]
Be sure to join us at the 3rd Annual Quality of Life Health Fair on Jan 11th, 2018. This a free event.
The most common health news stories of the past year (unfortunately) were about the epidemic of opioid abuse in America. This problem is so bad and so widespread that it may be responsible for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy seen for two years in a row. Most of these stories were about young or […]
One of the main concerns at OurSeniors.net (Finding Assisted Living) is the care and protection of memory-loss seniors. If you have a friend or loved one who is beginning to show signs of impaired memory, you should read, “Is It Alzheimer’s?”.