Foods for the elderly
Growing old is, sadly, an inevitable natural process that comes with great changes in our physiology and body composition. The changes to your body that can’t be avoided are compounded by other factors such as: lifestyle, socio-economic situation, medical conditions, and the local environment. What you eat is probably the single most important factor to [...]
Kaatsu? Gesundheit! Fitness for the elderly
Experts predict that Kaatsu could become the fitness technique of choice for elderly over the next year. The training technique is less stressful on joints, ligaments and muscles, which makes it likely to become a weight-training hit for older people and athletes.
Kaatsu is an exercise method involving compressing the vasculature proximal to the exercising muscles [...]
Wanted: Gardens for keen gardeners!
Green fingered enthusiasts in Edinburgh are able to take action on the shortage of allotments in the city by using a new scheme that matches up people with gardens who can’t cope with gardeners. The scheme, thought to be a first for Scotland, is ideal for those elderly residents who would otherwise have to pay [...]
Foods for the elderly
Growing old is, sadly, an inevitable natural process that comes with great changes in our physiology and body composition. The changes to your body that can’t be avoided are compounded by other factors such as: lifestyle, socio-economic situation, medical conditions, and the local environment. What you eat is probably the single most important factor to [...]
Kaatsu? Gesundheit! Fitness for the elderly
Experts predict that Kaatsu could become the fitness technique of choice for elderly over the next year. The training technique is less stressful on joints, ligaments and muscles, which makes it likely to become a weight-training hit for older people and athletes.
Kaatsu is an exercise method involving compressing the vasculature proximal to the exercising muscles [...]
Wanted: Gardens for keen gardeners!
Green fingered enthusiasts in Edinburgh are able to take action on the shortage of allotments in the city by using a new scheme that matches up people with gardens who can’t cope with gardeners. The scheme, thought to be a first for Scotland, is ideal for those elderly residents who would otherwise have to pay [...]
New guide out for elderly with sensory loss
A new guide to enable older people with sensory loss to get the support and help they need launched by Counsel and Care.
Around a million older people in the UK are affected by sight loss and many also have hearing loss and many need help to find resources that may help them, according to Counsel [...]
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