Elder Care Cafe

Probably most everyone would like to decrease stress from their lives. In these trying times, decreasing stress is often difficult to accomplish. As we work hard to increase success in our professional and personal lives, we often seem to expend more energy than we should struggling with current economic conditions and family situations. This morning I was catching up [...]

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Every once in a while I find a website has mentioned an article that was originally posted on Elder Care Cafe. What blesses me is that there are people who are reading this information – people I would not otherwise be able to reach just through this site. 1.  One site is at Basic American [...]

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As we age, we begin to notice certain body parts don’t seem to want to go along with our agenda. Our knees start creaking and our back begins to ache, and don’t even mention the hitch in our get-along. More than ever, we try to lose weight, stay active, and pretend the pain will go away. [...]

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An article by Michael Breus, PhD is rocking the internet. Apparently, it’s okay to sleep in after all. Now Moms all over the world are going to be up in arms with teens who tell them, “But Mom, the doctor said….” Seriously, a new study reported an extra hour of sleep can lower your risk of [...]

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An incident in Bay City, Michigan has outraged hundreds of people who are calling for drastic changes in the way municipal power companies do business. A 93-year-old man, who owed approximately $1,000 on his power bill, died of hypothermia in his own home after the city restricted his electrical use. A city worker placed a [...]

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Very few senior citizens – only 7 percent –  use online social networks according to the PEW Internet & American Life Project’s December 2008 tracking survey. Senior citizens are those 65 or older. According to the report, adults still make up a larger portion of the US population than teens so the 35% of adults [...]

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The typical calendar, at least in the United States, begins with Sunday and ends with Saturday. Sometimes we see a calendar that has Monday as its first day, but that usually confuses those of us who are used to the former style. When does the week truly begin? According to the Christian faith,  the second [...]

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Have you ever struggled for acceptance? Have you ever longed to be a part of the “in” crowd? Do you feel like you are on the outside looking in? For many, desiring the acceptance of others can be a life long quest. Unfortunately, this quest sets us up for failure. When we try to fit in [...]

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As we grow older, aerobic exercise becomes more difficult to continue. Our body is unable to perform as it used to when we were younger. Sometimes we get involved in other activities or face a setback such as surgery, and our exercise routine is put on hold or discontinued. One way to stay active is [...]

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Two interesting articles located on the Science Daily website are of interest to aging seniors: In news that should not surprise us, researchers reveal that aging slows or prevents the healing of fractures according to the results of a study published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. According to the article, “In the worst [...]

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Have you ever gotten so “hot under the collar” that you couldn’t think straight? Well, a recent study released by North Carolina State University shows there may be a reason why that happens. According to the study, when people with already high blood pressure find themselves in stressful situations, their ability to think clearly is [...]

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According to an article on CommercialAppeal.com, smokers smoke for reasons other than taste. This entry refers to a 1947 article where smokers gave reasons why they smoke, and not one of them mentioned taste. The writer of the article is a physician who has tried for years to get people to stop smoking for health reasons, to no avail. He [...]

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Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve! After Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, then spent forty years wandering in the desert due to the sins of the people, he died before he could lead them into the promise land. Joshua was chosen to carry on the quest. He was a great [...]

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As we go through life, we realize that it is constantly changing. We go through various stages of life, we move in and out of relationships or jobs, physical changes occur as we age, finances increase or decrease – constant changes occur in one way or another every single day. Each day we begin anew. We [...]

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The winter doldrums seem to slip into our lives when we least expect. In 2005 I moved to Arizona because I was struggling with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and hoped the move would keep me on an even keel throughout the year. The move was successful. In November of that year, I started to feel a [...]

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