Wellness
Use These 4 Tips to Reduce Stress and Protect Your Mind
By: Traci Miller, Senior Director of Nutrition and Wellness The #MoveYourMind interactive cognitive health series at Morrison Living discusses the six pillars of brain health. Nutrition, sleep, exercise, social connection, challenging the brain and stress management are all integral to our well-being. When we experience continued stress: • Cortisol, which is increased with stress, can damage…
Read MoreHow Do You Nourish Your Mind?
By: Traci Miller, Senior Director of Nutrition and Wellness You might remember the six lifestyle habits that can protect brain health, as covered in our first installment. If not, here’s a quick recap: exercise, nutrition, sleep, challenging the brain, stress management, and staying socially connected. Our interactive education series #MoveYourMind discusses how these habits can…
Read MoreHow Do You #MoveYourMind?
By Traci Miller, Senior Director of Nutrition and Wellness There are six lifestyle habits that can protect brain health: exercise, nutrition, sleep, challenging the brain, stress management, and staying socially connected. Morrison Living discusses how these factors can improve brain fitness in our interactive education series, Move Your Mind. The methods to maintain cognitive fitness…
Read MoreCelebrate National Nutrition Month
By Traci Miller, Sr. Director of Nutrition & Wellness March is National Nutrition Month, which focuses on learning how you can tweak your food and beverage choices to be your healthiest YOU! Morrison Community Living is committed to promoting the importance of good nutrition—not just to the communities we serve, but also to…
Read MoreSocial Media Use Has Physical, Mental Health Benefits for Seniors
Use of email, instant messaging and social media can result in less loneliness and fewer chronic illnesses and symptoms of depression for older adults, according to new research published online by the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. And, Michigan State University researcher William Chopik, Ph.D., and his coauthors found, seniors like networking in such…
Read MoreJapanese City Takes Community Approach to Dealing With Dementia
Early mornings are routine for 69-year-old Hiroyuki Yamamoto. He’s typically at a busy intersection in the city of Matsudo, near Tokyo, where he volunteers as a school crossing guard. But one rainy morning a little over a year ago, an old woman caught his attention. She was pushing a bicycle. She was kind of disheveled.…
Read MoreSafety Tips for Seniors
Our health and safety needs can dramatically change as we age. Knowing this and preparing for the future, older adults can benefit from simple lifestyle changes to stay safe, whether they have recently moved to a residential community or are living in the same house they’ve owned for decades. The following tips can help seniors…
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