Active Aging

[isaiah]

Oh anyway thanks for the info San san..

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[LenaHuat]

GR, what whoopers
I'm taking this up when I hit my 70's.

[kennynah]

dearest L : it is always very nice to have your company here at HUATOPEDIA. where everytime u visit, you increase your HUat HUatness... this is soon gonna be my next slogan...hahaha... good morning !!

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Benny Hill actively aged

[millionairemind]

Don't mess with these grannies

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[helios]

SINGAPORE: Residents of Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang can soon look forward to a multi-million-dollar Active Ageing Centre aimed at promoting elderly well-being.

Built at a cost of some S$2.8 million, the centre will be the first of its kind in the district.

To be completed by the end of next year, the centre will span an area of 4,352 square metres or about the size of 11 basketball courts.

It will be built like a barrier-free garden village, supporting free or low-cost activities such as exercise classes and health lectures.

It will be located next to the existing Cheng San Community Club in Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East.

MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, announced the launch of the centre at a community event on Saturday.

He said about 20 per cent of residents in older parts of Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang are above the age of 65. But more than eight in 10 of these elderly folks are quite healthy. They are not physically disabled, neither are they in financial distress, so they have different needs.

"We are bringing them out from their 3-room and 4-room flats so that they meet people with similar interests and create a social network. This is needed so they can get the most out of their lives," said Dr Balaji, who is also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

To further boost accessibility to the active ageing centre, plans are underway to build lifts and covered escalators near Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East and Ang Mo Kio MRT Station.

>>> is this finance by e govt?

[winston]

How to Design Written Materials for Older Folks Like Me
By Bob Bly

Vision impairments increase with age - something to keep in mind when putting together any written materials aimed at the over-50 crowd. Time spent modifying your layout for them will more than pay for itself in increased audience response.

Here are four suggestions:

* Maximize contrast between the typography and the background. Reason: More contrast makes it easier to distinguish an image. This is especially true of the contrast in color between text and paper.

* As for type size, yes, older readers prefer large type. But type style matters too. Avoid ornate typefaces and the overuse of italics. Choose a serif type.

* A bit more spacing between lines enhances readability. Avoid the extensive use of ALL CAPS and type reversing out of a solid background or screen.

* Indenting paragraphs improves readability. Same with smaller blocks of copy and shorter lines of type.

(Source: Writing That Works)

[winston]

Yoga eases physical and mental menopause symptoms

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats among women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen their mental function, researchers from India report.

To investigate whether yoga would help women with physical and cognitive symptoms of menopause, they randomly assigned 120 menopausal women, 40 to 55 years old, to yoga practice or simple stretching and strengthening exercises five days a week for eight weeks.

The postures, breathing and meditation included in the yoga intervention were "aimed at one common effect, i.e. 'to develop mastery over modifications of the mind' ... through 'slowing down the rate of flow of thoughts in the mind,'" the researchers explain.

Women in the yoga group also listened to lectures on using yoga to manage stress and other yoga-related topics, while those in the control group heard lectures on diet, exercise, the physiology of menopause, and stress.

After eight weeks, women in the yoga group showed a significant reduction in hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep disturbances, while the women in the control group did not, Dr. R. Chattha, of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore, India, and colleagues found.

Both groups showed improvements in a test of attention and concentration, although improvement in the yoga group was significantly greater. In a test of memory and intelligence with 10 components, the yoga group improved on eight, while the control group improved on six. Improvements were significantly greater in the yoga group than in the control group on seven of the subtests.

"The present study shows the superiority of yoga over physical activity in improving the cognitive functions that could be attributed to emphasis on correctness in breathing, synchronizing breathing with body movements, relaxation and mindful rest," the researchers suggest.

[mojo_]

I've been tuning in to parts of the Democrat and Republican conventions. This morning at the Rep one, the camera panned once in a while to this lady in the audience:



I was wondering who she is. She looks young enough to be the wife of 72 yr old John Mc Cain... but nope, his wife is the good looking Cindy. So who is she?

Hidden Content:

She's Roberta Mc Cain, the 96 yr old mother of John... and still looking very alert and alive