Comfort Life News Roundup
Here are a few headlines that caught our attention this week:
- Are we too focused on living in the moment these days? According to the Financial Planning Standards council, 80% of Canadians have no comprehensive financial plan
- Our lifestyle and behaviours can have a positive effect on injury and age-related decline. For example, according to new research, being physically fit before suffering a brain injury may alleviate some of the injury’s adverse affects.
- Can you have a meaningful holiday season if your loved one has Alzheimer’s? Definitely. Just remember to engage them in conversation and let them lead it, ask questions that rely on ‘old knowledge’ and let them reminisce about holidays past.
- Canadian women need to be much smarter about saving for retirement. Alarmingly, 58% of baby boomer women have less than $10,000. set aside for retirement and half of single women over 65 live in poverty.
- Half a million Canadians suffer heart failure every year but a new therapeutic implant reduces risk of death for people with mild to moderate heart failure, by 24%. The research was conducted at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) and co-led by Dr. Anthony Tang and Dr. George Wells.
- A daily dose of beet juice may help prevent dementia by boosting blood flow to the brain.