Wellness
Weekend Reading: Facts You Should Know
Key areas to stay informed on include: budgeting, health & life expectancy, workforce changes, and Social Security.
Weekend Reading: Believing Myths About Aging Makes Growing Old Worse
How do you view growing older? While many see it as a steady decline, research challenges this myth, showing that most skills are use-it-or-lose-it, and training can preserve or enhance them.
Weekend Reading: Take Steps Now to Address Dementia Concerns
Cognitive loss continues to be one of today’s biggest retirement risks. According to the Alzheimer's Association, the number of present Alzheimer’s cases are projected to more than double by 2050.
Weekend Reading: How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age
The phrase "use it or lose it" holds true when it comes to maintaining your muscle strength. However, evidence suggests that your neurological and muscular systems can be retrained, regardless of age.
Weekend Reading: Setting Health Goals for 2023
As a habitual goal-setter, I personally know the powerful effects setting intentions for yourself can have not only in the New Year ahead, but years down the road.
Weekend Reading: People Who Do This One Thing Every Day Have Half the Dementia Risk That the Rest of Us Do
A recent study showed individuals in their 70s have a nearly one in three chance of getting some form of Dementia, but there’s good news on the forefront when it comes to avoiding it as well.
Weekend Reading: Don’t Forget to Include This Asset in Your Estate Plan
To cut to the chase, the greatest asset you can leave your heirs is the gift of good health, and a new study shows this is something you might have more control over than originally thought.
Weekend Reading: Why Optimists Live Longer Than the Rest of Us
Do you carry a “glass half-full mentality”? If so, new research shows it could maximize your longevity.
Weekend Reading: Retirement Is One of Life’s Major Transitions — Maintaining Cognitive Health Can Make It Easier
Those who cultivate purpose from work or define themselves by their job can experience more difficulty when they are no longer in their day-to-day career. Not only can it take an emotional toll, but can lead to overall cognitive effects as well.
Weekend Reading: The 7 Habits That Lead to Happiness in Old Age
According to ongoing research at Harvard Medical School that began in 1938, there are seven factors (or big investment decisions) within your control that can help lend to living a life as full as possible in your later years.
Weekend Reading: It's Time to Throw Out Stereotypes on Aging
According to 2021 research conducted by AARP and National Geographic, titled “Second Half of Life Study”, many of the ideas and stereotypes we hold about aging are wrong.
Weekend Reading: 10 Ways to Improve Your Health and Live Longer
It’s time to leverage our longevity revolution. The reality is, living to age 100 is very likely for a large portion of today’s population.