Peace Village BlogPeace Village develops and provides quality, caring services and opportunities to enhance the spiritual, physical and emotional wellness of the residents, their families, staff and communities served. Make sure you stay connected to our blog by subscribing to our feed via RSS or Email Move ‘Physical Activity’ to the Top of Your To-Do List As you age, it is increasingly important that you concentrate on your health. Staying focused and consciously choosing to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine can make a huge difference in the way you feel. Once you skip one day, it is easy to skip another, and another. Next thing you know, a week [...] Predicting and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more that 5.4 million Americans and 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease, making it the most common form of dementia. There is no known cure for this disease and drugs only temporarily ease symptoms. Researchers are developing ways to determine risk and to find the disease early, allowing patients [...] Dancing With Seniors Below are some photos from the “Dancing with the Seniors” event at the Circle Inn, the Assisted Living community at Peace Village. Everyone had a great time and it was truly a blast! Click to View the Slideshow Stay Informed: Osteoporosis Recently, Rosanna Baccega, Peace Village’s Fitness Trainer, wrote a piece in our “Village Voice” to inform seniors about Osteoporosis… Osteoporosis is a condition in which your bones become thin and brittle and susceptible to fractures and breaks. Women are especially at risk of this condition because of the role that hormones play in keeping their [...] Escape From the Hospital Bed Courtesy of: Paula Span, Mayo Clinic Among the many reasons hospitals can be dangerous to your health, if you’re an old person: all that time spent in bed. “There’s a growing body of evidence over the past decade of the hazards of prolonged immobility during hospitalization,” Steve Fisher, a rehabilitation specialist at the University of [...] |
