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Category: Senior to Senior
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Once you’ve taken care of trusts, wills, power-of-attorneys, and other end of life issues, you can focus more on “living.” Focusing on “end-of-life issues” is necessary, but you are not alone if you find the whole thing oddly depressing. The best way to move head is to stop thinking about being “old,” especially if you…
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Granted, some days are better than others. It’s hard to know which “you” is going to be on tap when you wake up in the morning. Some days you feel energetic and optimistic. You wake up feeling pumped, and you find yourself working through your to-do list with the greatest of ease. Life is good.…
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You can be healthy and happy as you grow older. You should feel good most of the time, bar the usual aches, pains, and wobbles. Wellness is normal. Being ill is not. Wellness visits are a relatively new concept. The focus is on teaching you how to take care of yourself and to maintain your…
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In order to recognize adverse symptoms before they hit you between the eyes, you need to come to terms with what is “normal” for you. Ageing happens. Ageing is normal. It starts when you are born and is progressive; it isn’t something that sneaks up on you when you aren’t looking. You didn’t worry about…
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Eat for the Health of it Snacks, meals, what’s the difference? It was fun shopping for “healthy” snacks, but healthy meal ideas still illude me. Dietitians recommend meal service programs offered by local Divisions on Ageing to distract us when cooking for one or two becomes too much of a chore. Why don’t we…
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Nutrition: The Dietary Consultation Talking to a dietitian when you are in your 80s is different than it was when you were a teenager or even a mature adult. Back then most of us were more interested in weight loss than about eating for the health of it. Silly us. If we had paid more…
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You are not a failure. Life doesn’t always pan out exactly as we had planned, but it is still possible to find your true calling. Find something that you can feel passionate about. This is “your time,” plain and simple. You are still a “work in progress.” Can older people leave their old persona behind?…
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What would you do differently if you thought you might live to be 100 or beyond? The idea isn’t as far-fetched as you might think, so don’t give up yet. Planning for your senior years will/should take on a whole new dimension. What will you do to make sure you are financially secure, and that…
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Do you remember when you thought that thirty was old? Weird huh, but once the idea of “old” becomes embedded in your conscious mind, it sticks. You may wish you were thirty again, but would you really want to go through all that again? Most people take ageing in stride, or at least they…
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Nutrition Matters Eating is a little more fun than exercising, but an appalling number of seniors are not eating enough “good food” to fuel their bodies. They know better. They have been there and done that, but their hearts aren’t in it anymore. They know, even while filling their carts with cold cereals and…