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To provide information, products and services regarding home based living in a way that preserves the wellbeing of both the care recipients and their caregivers.

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Announcement

In issue 67, we added a new sub-category, Nutrition. As we have stated in Read All About This Site on our home page, prevention of chronic illness and injury prevention are our primary purposes in publishing the newsletter. We will provide information from a variety of sources to help us adapt our diets and fitness levels as we age.

Beginning with the October 17th issue, we will begin publishing the newsletter every other Thursday. October 3rd will be the last weekly edition. We will increase the amount of information we publish to 4-5 articles, interviews, videos, etc. in each sub-category, each issue. As you are aware, there are many areas to be covered so we can stay in our homes as long as possible, and we can publish more valuable information, more efficiently going to the two week window.

We will also introduce you to affiliate relationships at that time with vendors who will provide valuable, relevant products and services to our subscribers at a discounted rate. In addition, we will feature different pieces of fitness equipment each week that will also be available at discounted prices. A room design feature will also be available for anyone who would like to design a fitness area in their home.

Other features and changes will be announced as we go forward.

Care Receivers

Nutrition

From the Eat Right Chicago blog, presented by the Chicago Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 10 ways we can enhance our meals with plants, adding vegetables and fruit to more traditional dishes we are used to eating. Adding these items can improve digestion, help us manage our weight and our heart health, along with reducing the risk of chronic disease and also boosting our immune system. Incorporating more plants into our diet does not require going fully vegetarian or vegan. Again, even small changes like these can significantly improve our health and quality of life.

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Nutrition

Continuing on with healthy food and diet as we age, this article from Health Partners provides us with information on the best foods for us while maintaining a healthy diet. Some of this we are familiar with, but it is always good to see a fresh perspective and maybe learn something new. The same benefits listed with the article posted above apply here..

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Movement

Senior Fitness with Meredith is back with a 12 minute video featuring hip stretches. Our hips can get tight for a variety of reasons and it can be problematic. I recently went through physical therapy because my right hip tightened up and I could barely go up a flight of stairs. Fortunately that has worked itself out but if I had been doing exercises like these that Meredith is guiding us through, I probably could have avoided the problem. As Meredith always suggests, take your time and do the best you can.

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Movement

Phoebe from the Keeping Strong web site has an excellent article here for strength training for senior citizens. This is a very good plan that focuses on muscle strength, mobility, balance and bone density, while being safe. The key, as is pointed out here, is to use exercises that target major muscle groups without overloading joints or increasing the risk of injury. Take some or all of the advice/suggestions here for your strength training workouts.

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Wellness

Inflammation. This is a very interesting article from the New York Times that suggests that inflammation may be at the root cause of many diseases and illnesses that we suffer from. As more testing is done with weight loss drugs, discoveries are being made as to why they can be so effective. Read on until the end of the article, as these drugs can also weaken our immune systems and leave us just as vulnerable.

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Wellness

The Cleveland Clinic has extensive information describing how we can lose weight and keep it off, from nutrition advice to exercise information. Coming right after an article in which weight loss drugs are featured, this is a good option for those who don’t want to get started using drugs to lose weight but rely on more traditional methods.

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Aging In Place

Senior citizens living alone. According to the Pew Research Center, 27% of seniors 60 and older in the U.S. live alone. The National Council on Aging addresses this and highlights some services available to this demographic. Many are separated from family members by geography, some have lost all members of their immediate family, and for some, they just don’t have any other options, primarily due to financial circumstances.

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Aging In Place

Elder Fraud. Help Guide offers advice on how to avoid these situations and how to handle them emotionally if you do experience them. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of people who prey on senior citizens on a daily basis. It is their business model. I received a call not long ago that, fortunately, I caught on quickly to what was going on, but it could have cost me a few thousand dollars if I hadn’t. Stay safe.

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Caregivers

Caregiver stress. The Mayo Clinic has helpful tips here on how caregivers can take care of themselves. As we have pointed out before, the caregiver taking care of their health is the number one priority. This allows them to be healthy, both physically and mentally, and to care for their love one or friend. When we introduce the new format of the newsletter October 17, we are expanding information available to caregivers to address this vital need more thoroughly.

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Needs for caregivers. Healthline provides a checklist of sorts for us here helping caregivers be prepared for their important roles. Everything from having a go bag prepared to admin items needed to tools to monitor health and apply first aid if necessary and also dietary information to stay healthy. Good information to have on hand when needed.

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And One More Thing

Med Page Today published an article about the effect of climate change on senior citizens with disabilities and the issues it creates for them. This may not be an issue in any of our lives right now, whether for ourselves or potentially someone we will care for, but, again, it is good information to have and to be aware of the problems arising here.

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