Supporting Aging Loved Ones

Supporting Aging Loved Ones

Navigating changes in health and offering encouragement. When helping an aging parent or visiting an older neighbor, it’s important to know what behaviors to watch for and the best ways to offer support. Alison Aubry, MSN, NP-C, is a nurse practitioner...
Strategies for a Healthy Brain

Strategies for a Healthy Brain

Prioritizing brain health is important at any age, but especially as we get older. Many modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease such as high blood pressure, diabetes, poor diet and obesity are increasingly more common as we age. While controlling them at...
Boost Your Brain Health

Boost Your Brain Health

Our brain, magical organ though it is, behaves a bit like the rest of us: It’s at its best when we treat it well. “Brain health is taking care of your brain so that it can help you to function,” said Rochelle Manor, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist and...

Feed Your Brain, Walk with Kids to School

When the cold wind blows, it’s likely your kids will want a ride to school instead of braving the frosty sidewalks, but encourage them to continue their own morning commute by accompanying them on their walk to school. When you walk with your children to school,...