This article: http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=35872&cn=117 discusses the practices of Rick Hanson in his new book Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. In it, Hanson links the body’s responses to focusing on the present and consciously dwelling on positive experiences and aspects of our lives to a make us happier. Specifically, he recommends:
“Turn positive […]
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On Thursday, March 4, Tom Brokaw’s latest generational investigation gets its television debut on CNBC called “Boomers: History’s Wealthiest and Most Influential Generation.” The Baby Boomers, those born following World War II between 1946 & 1964, count just under 80 million Americans in their cohort with 8,000 of them turning 65 each day. The Boomers […]
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A British study, published in the Lancet, found that psychotherapy that addressed behavioral and emotional health is a cost-effective way to reduce low back pack pain as reported in an article by the St. Louis Post Dispatch: http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/fit-bits/uncategorized/2010/02/talk-therapy-decreases-low-back-pain/
Mental health and emotional issues often effect the whole body. Physical pain can be caused by or exacerbated […]
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Today, 8,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65, and the number of older adults in the U.S. will continue to rise steadily for the next twenty years. Not only do families need to plan for their own needs and the needs of their aging loved ones, but entire cities and towns need to address our aging […]
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KSDK news recently ran a story about a local man who has won hundreds of medals in the Senior Olympics: “Dahl gives new meaning to the term, ’senior moment.’ To him, it’s a workout everyday at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur.” Read about his experiences and why he is an example of […]
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Pet therapy - what is the benefit to older adults? As I sit in my office, my 2 cats are contentedly sleeping away the morning. It reminds me of the value and importance that some of our older adults place on their relationship with their pet. Some of our clients share their small senior apartments […]
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Every day we hear and see messages which lead us to believe that “getting old” in America is someting to be avoided and feared. We live in a youth-oriented culture. The media bombards us with products and information on anti-aging products.
Yet the medical field is continually researching ways we can prolong our lives. We want to […]
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One of the benefits to teaching at a university is access to the volumes of research in the Library. One day, while researching articles for the class I teach, I came up on an interesting article, Value of Interpersonal Therapy in Older Adults with Different IPT Foci, in the Jan-Feb 2003 volume of the American […]
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I wrote in December’s eNewsletter about how those Home for the Holidays visits can bring some surprises, when you see signs & symptoms of dementia and/or depression, which may be of concern, when you visit elderly family members at the holidays. Today I found an interesting blog which also noted how January is a time for professionals and organizations serving older adults. The blog includes […]
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I just returned from the annual state conference for the Missouri Association of Homes for the Aging (MoAHA) at the Lake of the Ozarks. I was honored to be invited as a guest speaker on the topic of Decisional Capacity - how to determine when someone is too incapacitated to be able to make their […]
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