A respectable assisted living facility located in the heart of Long Island on beautiful Lake Ronkonkoma where residents can enjoy the great outdoors, fishing, shopping and many other facility activities. The Lake Shore offers a friendly atmosphere with many great activities and top of the line facility staff.
Posted in Senior Health, Senior News on Mar 30th, 2010
If you feel old beyond your chronological years, you are probably going to experience a lot of the downsides associated with aging…
The saying “You’re only as old as you feel” really seems to resonate with older adults, according to research from Purdue University. “How old you are matters, but beyond that it’s your interpretation that [...]
Posted in Senior News on Jun 26th, 2008
Save 15% When You Choose Amtrak
Amtrak travelers 62 years of age and over receive a 15% discount on the best available adult rail fare on most Amtrak trains. Take advantage of the Amtrak senior discount to see more of what America has to offer. Start planning your next trip today.
Please note that this discount does [...]
Posted in Assisted Living, Senior News on Jun 6th, 2008
An older person’s likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly high immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates.
There could be various reasons for this, Elina Nihtila, of the department of sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, who led the research, told Reuters Health.
“It may be [...]
Posted in Senior News on May 28th, 2008
New York, May 20 : We’ve always had a sense that the elderly are more at peace with themselves. Now a scientific study confirms this :
The study, by University of Texas researchers, contends this is because aging is associated with more positive than negative emotions, more passive than active emotions.
The study, by Catherine Ross and [...]
Posted in Senior News on May 2nd, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday, April 21, approved a heart assist device with a novel design that is the first to mechanically support the weakened heart of a small-sized adult man or woman with heart failure who is at risk of dying while awaiting a heart transplant.
Heart assist devices are surgically implanted [...]