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Encouraging Healthy Aging


Encouraging Healthy Aging Aging is a process that we will experience unless we have our life cut short by a tragic accident or disease. The outcomes of aging and mean poor health, loss of independence, and financial difficulties can be improved by following specific health tactics. Improving the quality of life in aging adults should be the priority of families, doctors, and health providers. Encouraging healthy aging means encouraging healthier lifestyles. Healthy lifestyles should begin long before a person begins the aging process. Learning to eat a healthy diet, not smoking, limiting your intake of alcohol, and staying physically active will help give you a longer lifespan and improve your quality of life. A healthy lifestyle will help prevent the many disorders that can be avoided as the person ages. A healthy lifestyle is a bigger factor in preventing the ravages of age than genetic factors. It is even more important to have disease screening as an adult begins aging. Screening to detect diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular problems, and other aging-related diseases should be done regularly. If diseases are caught early, they are more treatable and increase the chances of living a full life and improving the quality of that life. Another important part of healthy aging is preventing injury. Falls are the most common cause of injuries to adults that are aging. The statistics are staggering. More than one-third of the adult population of those over 65 will fall each year. What is worse, between 20 and 30 percent of those injuries will mean loss of mobility and independence. As we age, our bones become more brittle and are easily broken. Aging adults may also experience problems with seeing and their sense of balance may begin to fail. Its important to keep homes safe for you or your parents to prevent injuries that could seriously affect their life span and quality of life. Remaining independent is important to aging adults. It is physically and mentally painful to begin the aging process. Programming yourself for this process to keep your independence is an important part of healthy aging. You can learn to manage pain and ease the cost of chronic diseases. A person suffering from arthritis can learn to effectively manage their pain, deal with fatigue, and ease stress. A doctor or physical therapist may help them develop an exercise program that can help them manage pain and stay active. If you or someone you love is approaching the aging process, begin now to prepare for the future. Check out insurance plans, housing, and medical care costs to help you decide what is best for you or your loved one. You may want to check into assisted living, or senior communities before the need arises. You will be better prepared when the time comes and will also help prepare for the shock any potential move may cause. Adults who are approaching retirement or senior citizen status should educate themselves about the programs and resources that are available to them. There are many preventive screenings available and free immunizations to aging adults. Many adults that are qualified do not take advantage of all that is offered to them. Your doctor can help you connect to services available to you as you begin the aging process.

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Studies are being done on how human growth hormones are affecting those aging adults who are taking the therapy. Clinical trials are still going on to determine the safety of using this artificial hormone. Growth hormone is not given to people who do not need it and it is illegal to use it as an antiaging product in this country.

 

 

 

Healthy Aging Issues Today


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10/06/2008
6 foods that ward off aging (Belleville News-Democrat)
There might not be a fountain of youth, but there might be a pantry of youth. People who stock up on the right foods can turn back the clock, according to Karen Ansel, a dietitian and author of "The Anti-Aging Diet" story in last month's Family Circle. Ditch red meat, full-fat dairy, soft drinks, cookies, cakes, white flour and fried and packaged foods, she advises. Add these to your diet instead:

6 foods that ward off aging (Belleville News-Democrat)

10/06/2008
VNA to administer flu shots at the Council on Aging in Port St. Lucie (Fort Pierce Tribune)
he Visiting Nurse's Association will provide flu shots at the Council on Aging on 2501 S.W. Bayshore Blvd. in Port St. Lucie from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

VNA to administer flu shots at the Council on Aging in Port St. Lucie (Fort Pierce Tribune)

10/06/2008
Aging Gracefully Inside and Out (Palatka Daily News)
(ARA) - Whether you've noticed the signs of aging in family and friends, or acknowledged how it affects your own mind and body, getting older is an unavoidable part of life.

Aging Gracefully Inside and Out (Palatka Daily News)

10/06/2008
Noted Geriatrician Named Aging Institute Deputy Director (National Institutes of Health)
Marie A. Bernard, M.D., a noted geriatrician and educator from the University of Oklahoma, has been named deputy director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), effective Oct. 12, 2008. Bernard brings exceptional skills and training as a physician, educator, administrator and investigator to the position at NIA, where she will take a major ...

Noted Geriatrician Named Aging Institute Deputy Director (National Institutes of Health)

10/06/2008
Study focuses on aging oil, gas infrastructure (Anchorage Daily News)
A long-awaited study of the risks posed by Alaska's aging oil and gas infrastructure is beginning this fall. The study was an outgrowth of the spills, leaks and corrosion discovered on the North Slope in the past few years. Last year, the Legislature approved $5 million for it.

Study focuses on aging oil, gas infrastructure (Anchorage Daily News)

10/06/2008
Local County Asks Feds To Help Replace Aging, Antiquated Bridges (KWTX-TV Waco)
A Central Texas county is looking to the federal government for help in replacing aging and antiquated bridges.

Local County Asks Feds To Help Replace Aging, Antiquated Bridges (KWTX-TV Waco)

10/06/2008
6 foods that ward off aging (Belleville News-Democrat)
There might not be a fountain of youth, but there might be a pantry of youth. People who stock up on the right foods can turn back the clock, according to Karen Ansel, a dietitian and author of "The Anti-Aging Diet" story in last month's Family Circle. Ditch red meat, full-fat dairy, soft drinks, cookies, cakes, white flour and fried and packaged foods, she advises. Add these to your diet instead:

6 foods that ward off aging (Belleville News-Democrat)

 

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