Senior's Health Package
Over 200,000 words organized under 20 different topic areas with a focus on the health issues of most interest to our aging population. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, includes topics such as: care giving, advanced care directives, arthritis, diabetes, healthy aging, vision problems, home safety, hearing loss, heart disease, incontinence, memory, mental health, medication costs and safety and more.
Falls
Exercise Sampler: Building Hip Strength
Building hip strength in your later years can save you from dangerous fractures and falls. Eight exercises to increase balance, bone mass and strength in the hips and legs.
In Brief: Six Tips to Keep You on Your Feet
Six ways to lower the risk of falls.
Tricky Forecast: Low Pressure
Deep dips in blood pressure upon standing or after eating can cause dizziness, fainting and falls. Details on how this condition, called postural hypotension, is diagnosed and ways to help control it.
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