VIDEO: Volunteering your time not only gives you a social life, it develops new pathways in your brain, improving memory and helping you live longer.
Earth Day: Nine Easy Ways to Go Green
April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What are you doing for Earth Day? Here are nine easy ways to go green, be kind to the environment and even save some money!
Top Six Cool-Down Stretches After Your Workout
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Don’t forget cool-down stretches after exercise. They are a crucial part of any post-activity for a safe recovery. Here are six of the best.
Six Simple Exercises to Prepare You For Any Activity
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Six dynamic warm-up exercises for summer activities
April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s time to get rid of all of that cozy couch time that seems to happen when it gets dark at 4 p.m. and it’s cold all the time. Spring is here. You are beginning to think of getting into your active zone again. It could be cycling, golfing, tennis, hiking, gardening, camping or simply [...]
All about Easter: Traditions and Trivia
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Easter is a time to celebrate family, spring and renewal, regardless of religious background. Here are a few fun facts to share with your kids about this unique holiday as you follow traditions or create new ones.
How to protect your aging parents from scams and fraud
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
March is Fraud Prevention Month—the perfect time to learn how to protect your parents from scam artists of all kinds. And how coincidental that is; this week we heard yet another sad story of a Canadian senior who was the victim of the ‘grandparents scam‘: someone called posing as the woman’s grandson and told her [...]
Cut hotel costs: Stay at a Holiday retirement residence!
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Inge Chiruck loves to travel. She was born in Germany and frequently goes back to her native land but she also enjoys visiting other parts of the United States and Canada. Fortunately as a resident of a Holiday Retirement community she can take advantage of the community’s travel programme. “I think it’s just wonderful that [...]
Blazing a trail for seniors’ fashion!
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the best ways to speak out and get noticed—even if you’re in your 80s or 90s—is with your fashion choices. If you had style when you were younger, you still do; being older doesn’t change anything. No one knows that better than the women of Ari Seth Cohen’s upcoming documentary, “Advanced Style”. [...]
Seniors and Driving: 101-year-old woman drives 81-year-old car
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Margaret Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan is this month’s “Seniors Speak Out” personality and our choice for poster girl of seniors’ driving. At 101-years-old she is twenty years older than her car—an 81-year-old Packard from 1930! Margaret changes the oil and the spark plugs and likes to get her friends involved when it’s polishing day. Watch [...]
