How fast do you walk? Your walking speed can reveal a surprising amount about your health as you age. Here’s why men over 50 should pay attention.
Discover how strength training can help you stay active, independent and confident after 50.
Discover how strength training can help you stay active, independent and confident after 50.
Blood flow is essential for joint health because it delivers vital oxygen and nutrients to tissues and removes metabolic waste.For older adults, adequate circulation becomes even more critical to counteract age-related joint deterioration, maintain synovial fluid production, and prevent stiffness.Our joints are surrounded by soft tissue called the synovial membrane, which produces this synovial…
Rather than wait for increasing frailty to cause a major health incident (like a fall), the Danish government is stepping in to introduce wellness programs. The law requires all people aged over 80 to be offered an annual preventive home visit. The visits must also be offered to “vulnerable and socially exposed” people between the…
The graph above shows the percentage of people aged 80+ living in Long Term Care, meaning nursing homes. Australia sets the record across the western world for the most occupants. But not for long, because we are not building the new beds required for the Baby Boomers, who are going to break the system, starting…