My last blog was a challenge to seniors to keep physically active as part of a healthy lifestyle. Today, I want to challenge our community to encourage seniors to make active living a priority. Our culture thinks of retirement as an opportunity to slow down and...
You could say that Ellyn Fishbach is an expert at staying active through the golden years. For one, she waited until after retirement to begin a whole new career — as an activities director at Colonial Assisted Living in Ft. Lauderdale. Secondly, Ellyn...
At the beginning of my CrossFit journey, I was blown away by Linda, who’s 72, and her workout friends from church. I consider myself fairly fit. For most of my life, I’ve maintained some kind of workout routine. I used to enjoy running, until a herniated disc robbed...
Recently, I went to a leadership development conference and encountered a fact that intrigued me. For the first time in history, the workforce includes five generations working together in the same office. Why? Well, people are working longer. Some skip...
Last week, we talked about how we define health and how cultural perspectives might change our definitions. Now, I want to discuss how those definitions affect our healthcare decisions as we age. There was a time when the lifespan of humans was not very long. However,...
