THE BIG LIST OF HEALTHY SMOOTHIES FOR SENIORS

Smoothies pack a nutritional punch for seniors, who need to get the right amount of nutrients for healthy aging. We’ve collected 40 recipes and sorted them by essential nutrient.

A critical part of healthy aging—and avoiding senior malnutrition—is getting enough of the right nutrients. Seniors need a range of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other healthful ingredients to support the immune system, ward off disease, and provide the building blocks for healthy bodies and minds. But it can be difficult for our loved ones to get enough of the fruits, veggies, and other foods that contain these nutrients.

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COULD A BLOOD TEST PREDICT RISK OF SUICIDE?

Being able to identify those at high risk for suicide is vital for prevention, but there is not currently a reliable way to predict this risk. Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, say they have found a chemical alteration in a gene linked to stress responses that could enable the creation of a blood test to predict a person's risk of suicide consistently.

The study, led by Zachary Kaminsky, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins, is published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Their findings suggest that alterations in a gene that plays a role in the brain's response to stress hormones is involved in turning ordinary reactions to everyday stresses into suicidal tendencies.

To conduct their study, Kaminsky and his team aimed their attention at a genetic mutation in a gene called SKA2. They analyzed brain samples from deceased people, some of whom had been mentally ill and some of whom had been healthy. They found that the samples of people who died by suicide had significantly reduced levels of this gene.

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GRANDPA GETS PUPPY AFTER LOSING WIFE OF 63 YEARS - HIS REACTION WILL MOVE YOU TO TEARS

This is the tear-jerking moment a grandfather gets a puppy after losing his wife of 63 years.

The adorable pup was bought by Davy Vanhaesendonck as a present for his grandfather to help with his grieving process after losing both the love of his life and his previous dog within three months.

When Davy hands him the new pet, he bursts into tears and starts stroking his new best friend the family named Snoopy.

In the clip, Davy said: "As most of you already know we have lost someone very special last week - especially our grandfather.
"And because he is certainly not alone and surrounded by the best friends and family - we have planned a surprise for him on this sunny day... a puppy, a little friend!"….See the vedio

SMARTPHONE APP COULD SIMPLIFY DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY DISEASES

Certain hereditary diseases - such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease - present an array of symptoms similar to that of other illnesses, making the conditions tricky to diagnose. Now, researchers have created a computer program that they say can simplify diagnosis of such diseases.

The research team, led by Marcel Schulz of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany, first reported their creation in the American Journal of Human Genetics in 2009.

Now, the program - called "Phenomizer" - is available as a free Android app on Google Play for smartphones and tablets, making it available to doctors all over the world.

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How to enjoy life after retirement

HOW TO ENJOY LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT

Edited by Vinayak, Mais, Teresa, Shina and 2 others

The number of people retiring every day is increasing and it is not possible for most of the persons to get re-employed even though they are medically fit. It is high time to go in depth for analyzing this problem. After all it is our life and we have to find resources to keep ourselves busy and enjoy till our death.

Help your spouse/life partner, at first in her/his day-today household duties like cooking, washing, housekeeping, etc. She/he will definitely likes this activity and become happy. When your partner is happy naturally, you will also become happy and enjoy every moment of life. In the beginning, you may not like this type of work, but as the time passes it will become your routine and both of you will be busy and happy. Read More.....Read More

Tudor House Upgrades Medication Distribution

Tudor House Personal Care Home in Selkirk is the first personal care home in the Interlake to have multi-dose packaging, which means less medication errors.

The Home’s administrator Ashley Martyniw explained outside of Winnipeg facilities disperse medication by blister packs. Essentially that means each resident has one blister pack for each medication for the entire month, which can get complicated when residents are on multiple medications.

“If you have five or six medications you have five or six cards,” explained Martyniw. “So what happens when you have a facility like us where we have 76 residents, each resident has a card for every pill they have for every medication path – for breakfast, lunch, super, bedtime – so you have racks and racks and racks of these pills.”

Tudor House will never have to deal with those cards again as they implemented Pac Med Sept. 25. Martyniw said the Home has been trying to implement this system, which is used within the City of Winnipeg, for years but it was never practical until now. Pac Med packages all of a resident’s medications into a pouch for that particular point in the day. Martyniw said the system improves

Tudor House in a number of ways; the multi-dose packages save the nursing staff time that allows them intern to spend more time with residents; and it helps to reduce medication errors. “Medication errors are a common thing that happens in health care and this makes it very much less likely that it could happen because you’re not dealing with lots of different cards,” said Martyniw.

“The biggest difference is that it will speed up the time required to give out medication so that the nurses will have more free time to spend with the residents – they won’t be spending a long period of time doing medications three, four times a day.” Martyniw also explained the Pac Med system, which is provided to Tudor House by Rexall Geri-Aid Pharmacy, is of no extra cost either and will be paid for by the funding they receive through the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority and Manitoba Health.

Also, after Pac Med is implemented and ‘running smoothly’ Martyniw said he plans to work towards getting Tudor House a full-computerized medication system. “Right now everybody has a medication book where they sign off physically for each medication, but in lots of facilities across Canada they don’t even use that anymore they’ve gone to a laptop computer on the medication cart,” explained Martyniw. “They scan the medications and it’s all administered by computer, for record keeping. That’s the next step to go for us in the next few years.”

Manitoba Hosts International Symposium On Making Rural, Remote Communities More Age-friendly.

Manitoba Hosts International Symposium On Making Rural, Remote Communities More Age-friendly.

Age-friendly communities are now eligible to receive grants to continue improvements that make life better for seniors, as part of an enhancement to the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative, Premier Greg Selinger announced today at the International Invited Symposium on Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities and Places.

"The unique new recognition program recognizes communities that have demonstrated leadership in making life better for their senior citizens," said Selinger. "Congratulations to the first cities, towns and villages to demonstrate a commitment to age-friendly community life. You are leading the way in Manitoba and beyond." Pinawa, Portage la Prairie, The Pas, Springfield, Steinbach and Dunnottar have achieved their age friendly milestones and have been awarded a one-time grant to use for age friendly initiatives in their communities.

Other communities are encouraged to participate in the recognition program and build diverse partnerships and engage in ongoing consultation and collaboration with older adults and other community members, said Selinger. By participating, communities are helping to build a strong foundation that further sustains the Age-Friendly Manitoba

Initiative and moves the province forward in its goal of becoming the most age-friendly province in Canada, he added. Selinger announced the enhancements to the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative at a public forum on how to make rural and remote communities better for aging populations.

The forum kicks off a three day International Symposium on Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities and Places, hosted by the province and the University of Manitoba Centre on Aging. This is the first event of its kind in the world and delegates from 12 countries will attend including representatives from Australia, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, Ireland, Peru, Russia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States and Uganda.

"We launched our age-friendly initiative four years ago and today we have 86 communities working toward being designated as age-friendly," said Selinger. "We are committed to making Manitoba the most age-friendly province in Canada and to maintaining our role as a global leader in the age friendly movement."

The Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative supports seniors in leading active, socially engaged, independent lives that contribute to healthy aging. More information is available at www.gov.mb.ca/shas/agefriendly.