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Therapeutic Recreation: Long-Term Care Facilities

April 10, 2011

Therapeutic recreation is an emerging and positive form of wellness for the elderly. It can be especially effective in long-term care facilities.

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Mental Health in Aging: Improve Your Memory with Exergames

March 22, 2010

We have noted on several occasions that memory loss in aging is often associated with depression, loneliness and isolation.  Now, research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reveals that one way of improving the symptoms of depression in seniors is [...]

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Seniors on computers: a great prescription!

February 13, 2010

As past readers of this blog know, I am enthusiastic about promoting the use of computers and the Internet by senior citizens.  The possibility that many of us will live to 100 years of age is greater than it has ever been in human history.  Yet, most of us who have reached our 65th birthday [...]

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“Why grandma should get online”…

November 22, 2009

The Fox news website recently published an article that strongly supports what we are trying to do in this blog. The title of the article is the title of this post:  Why Grandma Should Get Online. In my previous post I briefly discussed some of the benefits of technology used by senior citizens, as well [...]

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