Living Longer and Living Better

Living Happy

People are living longer and healthier lives. Men and women in their 70s and 80s are dancing, hiking, swimming, bicycling, lifting weights, and many still hold down a job or run their own business. Gym memberships, Zumba class enrollments, and Active Older Adult (AOA) participants at the YMCA are increasing every year. Seniors are recognizing they can have an active and enjoyable lifestyle for many more years than their parents and grandparents did.

Better Nutrition

Seniors are paying better attention to what they eat. Rotter nutrition means unhealthy fried foods rich gravure no processed food. Water is becoming the beverage of choice among seniors along with tea and coffee for hot drinks. Many seniors find growing a little vegetable garden lowers the cost of fresh food purchases and provides good exercise, fresh air, and healthy "vitamin D" sunshine.

Regular Exercise

Instead of a "couch potato" retirement, seniors are getting involved in regular daily exercise that keeps their minds and bodies moving. Many seniors choose to continue working wonderful boost to financially strapped community agencies. Feeding the homeless, hospital volunteerism, helping at a library, or mentoring schoolchildren are wonderful activities that provide seniors with physical activity and mental stimulation.

Embracing Technology

Many seniors have embraced technology and how it can better jogging wearing a Fitbit to keep track of their steps, heart rate, and even the quality of their sleep. Several phone and computer apps keep seniors closely connected to children and grandchildren who live in other states or countries. Talking face to face and sharing adventures and special days is no problem for today's older adults. Technology for single seniors even covers meeting someone new and dating., Several sites are available just for those over 50. Lonelinessisunhealthy physically and mentally and no longer necessary for seniors willing to tackle technology. Many libraries offer free classes to seniors who want to leam to tap into the power of technology with computers, smartphones, and cameras.

Living Happy

Happiness makes everything better. A recent Yale University study disclosed that people with a dementia-linked gene variant were fifty-percent less likely to see the disease evolve if they had positive attitudes about aging.