How to have the hard conversation
How do you know—and what do you do—when your loved one needs more help than you can provide? Read
Senior Loneliness: How It Impacts Health, and What to Do About It
Shrinking social circles, poor health, life changes, and even transportation challenges can mean isolation for older adults. If isolation leads to loneliness, it can have a devastating on health and quality of life. Read
Understanding the difference
Understanding the difference between assisted living and a nursing home. When the term “assisted living community” is used, it may be thought of as a nursing home. But these two senior living options aren’t the same. Read
Veterans Benefit
The VA has a program to help Veterans and their surviving spouses receive the financial support necessary, to ensure their continuing care in an assisted living setting. Read
Exercise
We’ve heard since we were little that exercise was good for our hearts. Recent research shows it’s also good for our brains. And scientists are learning where you exercise may be just as important as the fact that you do it, especially where stress-reduction is concerned. Read
Dr. John MedinaDevelopmental Molecular Biologist
Gratitude
One way to cope with stress involves focusing on a surprising word – one you might not associate with managing worry of any kind. Perhaps as unexpected as flowers blossoming amongst weeds, that surprising word is gratitude. Read
Dr. John MedinaDevelopmental Molecular Biologist
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) protocols
One annoying aspect of stress is its ability to distract you from the rest of your life. Almost as if stress were this giant megaphone in your head, continually shouting about some situation over which you should be constantly worrying. Read
Dr. John MedinaDevelopmental Molecular Biologist
Definitions of stress
I’m John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist at the University of Washington. I have strong research interests in the genetics of psychiatric disorders, and author of the book Brain Rules for Aging Well. Read
Dr. John MedinaDevelopmental Molecular Biologist