Patient Daily Living

As people age, their bodies naturally begin to break down and need more nutrients than ever before. Find out what you can do about enhancing nutritional needs in seniors.

In our excerpt of Dr. Barry McCarthy's landmark book, Rekindling Desire, every couple can find ways to bring sexual and emotional intimacy back into their relationship.

Caring for a loved one’s landscape doesn’t have to mean aches and pains for you.

“Moderate drinking” over 65 is not the same as it is younger in life. Here’s how to find your tipping point. 

Baby boomers are losing their hearing at a more rapid pace than past generations, but fail to seek the help they need to alleviate the affects of hearing loss. 

Retirement communities now emphasize brain health to improve quality of life. At Front Porch, life isn’t spent in a rocking chair. 

The prospect of healthy aging is what we strive for as we get older. But we often think of it as a lottery—having to play the cards that we’ve been dealt.

An unfortunate reality is that unhealthy lifestyles lead to diseases like obesity, diabetes, and brain-related health problems, all of which increase the risk of stroke, dementia, and Alzheimer’s as well. The good news is that these conditions can be managed and even prevented by a healthy lifestyle.

Voice therapy is a program of exercises intended to bring the voice back to a level of adequacy that can satisfy your occupational, emotional and social needs. Physical and vocal exercises are involved along with adjustments in vocal hygiene and related behavior.

Injury, disability, or diseases are among the factors that can affect the ability to carry out activities of daily living (ADLs). Stroke, for example, is the number one cause of disability among American adults.

"Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems most strange that men should fear; seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come," wrote William Shakespeare. But what if death were not a necessary end? What if old age and death could be delayed or even defeated?

According to a recent review published in the journal Gerontology, the theory that all cells have a limited lifespan, that body cells are programmed to die after a finite number of divisions, may not be absolute. In fact, genetic research has already discovered ways to regulate cell death and double the lifespans of several living organisms.

Presbycusis is the medical term for hearing loss that is due to the aging process and is the most common cause of hearing loss in the elderly. In the vast majority of cases this type of hearing loss is not curable or treatable and the best solution is a hearing aid. According to a recent article published in the ENT—Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, presbycusis occurs in 50 percent of seniors between the ages of 75 and 84 and increases to 95 percent by age 94.