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As an older adult, there are so many reasons you should regularly do strength training (also known as resistance training). Whether at the gym, walking outside, or even inside your home, using either body movements or equipment like dumbbells or resistance bands, regularly engaging your muscles is going to help…

For those who are grandparents, there’s a lot to celebrate, yet a lot to be concerned about, in today’s world. It appears from recent data that about ⅔ of adults aged 65 and older are grandparents, and the older you get, the more likely you are to have grandchildren. In…

It’s been about four years since over-the-counter hearing aids were introduced in the United States to make hearing help more accessible and affordable for the millions of adults who suffer mild–to–moderate hearing loss. This was an especially welcome development, given the limited insurance coverage for hearing aids (with traditional Medicare…

Lucky you if you don’t experience daytime drowsiness on a sporadic basis. For many, sliding into a nap is not only an occasional luxury but a rite of passage when you hit your later years. While there may be nothing wrong with taking the odd nap when the mood strikes…

Just as death is a universal experience for everyone, so too is loss- that is, if you’re alive, at some point you’re likely to deal with loss and grief from the death of another person. And as one recent post on the topic made clear, “We’re all going to die,…

As American journalist Frank Bruni recently wrote in a New York Times newsletter, “Cognitive health is the next frontier in self-care.” Everyone wants to support or improve their brain health as they get older, to lessen the likelihood of cognitive decline or dementia. And there are plenty of “brain whisperers,”…