A health guide for seniors and their families
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INTRODUCTION
“It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln
As we reach our senior years, all of us want to lead a life that is as productive and enjoyable as possible. This book provides you with health information and practices that will help you to do just that. Each chapter provides you with suggested guidelines for maintaining your health and vitality and improving the quality of your life. These guidelines have been gleaned from a variety of reliable health resources, such as the National Institutes of Health, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, The Department of Agriculture, The Food and Drug Administration, The World Health Association, The Library of Congress, and National and State Departments of Public Health, with supportive references from selected schools of medicine, medical journals and other learned publications, and voluntary health organizations. At the end of each chapter is a glossary of selected terms along with references and sources of additional information.
The book contains a wide range of topics that have been selected on the bases of responses to a health interest inventory (see Appendix B) distributed to over 100 people 50 years of age and older, personal interviews with selected health professionals as well as with seniors and their families, and national statistics on causes of death (mortality rates) and incidence of diseases and disorders (morbidity rates) among adults 50 years of age and older. Pertinent health information and practices in the book include:
Facts and fallacies about substances that are claimed to be able to extend life
Essentials of well-balanced, cooking techniques to preserve nutrients, and how to prepare food safely
Why maintaining a healthy weight is important and how to prevent overweight and obesity
Developing and implementing a complete exercise program for seniors
What you can do to protect your eyes and what can be done for common eye problems and more serious eye diseases and disorders.
Taking care of your skin and avoiding disorders associated with overexposure to the sun
Why getting a good night’s sleep is important and how to prevent or control sleep disorders
What you can do to reduce the threat of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke
How you can prevent, control and help reduce the effects of arthritis
Reducing the threat of Osteoporosis and other bone diseases
How you can reduce the threat of diabetes and diabetes warning signs.
The difference between simple memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease, warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, and what can be done for those with Alzheimer’s disease
What you can do to prevent or control the Flu bug and other communicable diseases
Differentiating between “good stress” and “bad stress,” signs of stress and positive ways of handling stress
How to use and store medicines wisely, and things you can do to make medicines safer and more effective
Health resources available for seniors and their families – resources available on the Internet, at clinic and hospital health resource centers, and at national organizations.
Each chapter in this book contains specific guidelines, or specific steps you can take, for developing and maintaining your health and vitality. For quick reference, the guidelines for each chapter are summarized in Appendix A.
It is important to note that the information provided in this book is not intended as a substitute for consultation with a health care professional. Nor is any part of this book intended to be a specific prescription, diagnosis or treatment for specific health problems. Indeed, to help maintain your health and vitality, you should establish a relationship with health care providers and consult with them before making any diagnostic treatment or other health care decisions. Become a participating partner of your health care team.
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Copyright 2008 John T. Fodor. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
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