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.
Healthy Aging
Living Better, Living Longer: The Secrets of Healthy Aging View Sample
What's Age Got to Do With it? View Sample
Discusses the particular health needs of those who are 70 years and older, including nutrition, exercise, body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol.
Forestalling Frailty View Sample
Neither old age nor disability alone makes a person frail, but age-related changes and conditions are heavy contributors. Describes frailty and steps to help avoid it.
Standing Tall
Why most people lose height as they age, and ways to prevent this process.
The Art of Aging View Sample
Art, music and other challenging activities may play a role in keeping the mind alert, even for those affected by dementia.
These Shots Aren’t Just Kid Stuff
Chickenpox and whooping cough, once thought to strike only in childhood, increasingly occur among adults. Vaccines for both diseases may be available in 2006.
In Brief: Flu Vaccine: Through the Nose, Not the Needle
What Screening Tests Do You Need?
Bone Density Test