By Mary Bethel, Associate State Director for Advocacy, AARP North Carolina Caregiving — it impacts almost all of us or will impact us in the future. According to the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving, there are only four kinds of people in the world: • those who have been caregivers • those who are currently caregivers • those who will [...]
By Amy Overman, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Elon University Amy Overman, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Elon University, is an expert in aging and memory including 15 years researching memory in older adults. I have noticed I am not feeling quite as sharp as I used to feel. Is this normal? The brain’s speed of processing and [...]
For two decades, Janice S. White has been assisting people with their hearing needs. As founder of Hearing Solutions, she has been present at many life-altering moments when someone hears clearly for the first time. With the dawn of the digital age, the life-altering moment when a customer hears clearly for the first time, occurs more often and more dramatically [...]
The human auditory system is an amazing, complex piece of equipment. Every tiny bone and curve serve a unique purpose. The three major parts of the ear are the outer, middle and the inner. The outer ear is the part that is easily visible. The pinna is like a satellite dish on either side of the head. This dish has [...]
Your lifestyle, what you eat and drink and how you treat your body, affects your memory as well as your physical health and wellbeing. Here are five things to keep your mind and body sharp and healthy. 1. Manage stress. Daily stresses such as deadline pressures or petty arguments can distract and affect your ability to focus and recall; however, [...]
Sight is a precious gift which can be snatched away by a variety of assaults if you are age 50 or older. The risk of developing one of four disorders: cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy, poses a real threat for adults which increases with age, the main risk factor for these diseases. For example, half of all [...]
“I don’t want to lose my mind.” It’s the plaintive cry of the elderly who begin to recognize a change in their ability to remember. What they really mean is they don’t want to lose their memories, the archive of the past that recreates moments in time. These become more precious with age; “the happy existence” one would go back [...]
The human brain weighs just three pounds, but it holds the sum total of all your memories… what you’ve done, who you’ve known, — in short, who you are. But the brain changes with age as you find yourself forgetting things more frequently or finding it harder to concentrate. The good news is that, no matter what your age, it’s [...]
Seniors with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those who retain their hearing, according to a study by Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. The findings could lead to new ways to combat dementia. Although the link between the two conditions is unknown, the research suggests that a common pathology may [...]
The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook By Diana B. Denholm Publisher: Hunter House Review by Ellen Whitlock, Executive Director of Senior Services of Guilford “For Better or for Worse, in Sickness and in Health.” How many have said those words of commitment with little thought to what might lie down the road. In the midst of love, often young love, little thought [...]
