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What You Need to Know When Considering a Move Into a CCRC
What Is a CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)? If you have researched residential options post-retirement, you may have come across the term CCRC and wondered what it meant. A Continuing Care Retirement Community is the gold standard of aged care, offering residents the opportunity to “age in place.” What this means is that residents have…
Benefits of Pets for Seniors
Taking a look at how pets can offer health benefits to their aging owners Pet ownership is common amongst families of all types, so have we ever stopped to ask the question: why? Yes, we love our furry friends, but there are underlying scientific reasons why humans have taken care of pets all this time….
Protect Yourself From Senior Scams
It’s estimated that senior citizens are robbed of nearly $3 billion a year in financial scams. This crime is often considered “the crime of the 21st Century.” So we’d like to shed light on this horrible fraud that is affecting an estimated 10,000 seniors a day. Why do scammers target seniors? According to the FBI,…
Stretches to Relieve Back Pain (Part Four)
Part four of a four-part series on getting rid of back pain for good The culmination of this four-part series on relieving back pain focuses on stability in functional movement. The exercises you’ve learned in isolation will take you far in terms of strength and flexibility, but the key is to make sure that their…
Stretches to Relieve Back Pain (Part Three)
Part three of a four-part series on getting rid of back pain for good When dealing with back pain, it is easy to focus on the symptom without addressing a foundational cause. The truth is, one of the most influential factors in all injury but most especially in back pain is core strength. The core…
Stretches to Relieve Back Pain (Part Two)
Part two of a four-part series on getting rid of back pain for good This month we are focusing on strengthening our backs. This is a part of the body that often gets neglected. We experience much of the world from the front, and therefore we have a higher awareness of the function and form…