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AARP Fights Medicare By : The AARP Health Care Options Program is a unique AARP-endorsed program offering health insurance, as well as special savings on services and health information. AARP saves consumers from having to do individual research, as they have interviewed a long list of health-care companies on costs and benefits before choosing their preferred list of organizations they felt best served people 50 and older. The program has become extremely popular, and today, over 3.5 million AARP... Fitness For 50 And Beyond By : At fifty, many of us take stock of our lives. We can look back on careers, friends, and family that we are proud of, but what do we want to do with our middle years? How can we make the most of our lives? Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of our later years, as well as the one that may have the greatest impact on our overall well-being, is our health and fitness. How, then, can we best ensure our health and fitness into our mid and later years? Exercise can he... Growing Old Gracefully By : Today the average duration of human life in the United States is just about 70 years for women and a little less for men. Conservative experts believe that man is really build to last about 100 years; and that medial advances and more healthful living habits could bring this about within a generation or two. What good is it to add years to life if we do not also add life to years? In fact, unless people learn to enjoy life and to grow old gracefully, the extra years may be... Starting A Fitness Program For Seniors By : As people age their beliefs about themselves change, and one of those beliefs is about their ability to lead an active lifestyle. Many older people believe that they can no longer exercise like they used to when they were young. In many cases this may be true. However, studies show that it is never too late to start exercising. Nobody is too old to begin exercising. But it is important to start slow and work your way up. Once you have established an exercise routine you’ll li... Water Aerobics For The Elderly By : One of the ideal ways to stay in shape and keep fit is through aquatic exercise. Exercising in the water is a great way to add resistance without the drawbacks of impact, and also to raise a heart rate for aerobic exercise, again without the resulting impacts that can be jarring and damaging to already fragile bones and ligaments. For this reason, water aerobics are ideal for those who may not be able to participate in more strenuous land based exercises with the resulting im... What Are The Signs And Symptoms Of Alzheimer's Disease? By : Alzheimer’s is the most prevalent form of dementia. It is a disease that affects memory and reduces the quality of life of its sufferers. It usually affects people over sixty-five. There are over 4.5 million people in America with Alzheimer’s and that number may increase four fold as the baby boomers age. There is no known cure for Alzheimer’s but progress in the area of quality of life has been made, and there is hope that some day drugs currently being researched may bri... Why The Elderly Must Take Antioxidants By : Antioxidants are substances that are capable of counteracting the damaging, but normal, effects of the physiological process of oxidation in animal tissue. Antioxidants are nutrients as well as enzymes (proteins in your body that assist in chemical reactions). They are believed to play a role in preventing the development of such chronic diseases as cancer, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, and cataracts. Why the Elderly Must Take Antioxidan...

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