Active Senior Living and Lifestyle Enhancements

How active elder living can help seniors live longer, better, and wiser?
EMPTY HEADING BENEFITS OF ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING, LIFESTYLE CHANGES, & DOWNSIZING AFTER 65 YEARS OF AGEBridgeway Senior Healthcare places a strong emphasis on active senior living, or "Vibrant Senior Living," and we recognize the value of holistic well-being. Our society is shaped by this concept. No matter where a person is cognitively or physically, all Bridgeway staff members are dedicated to helping them lead fulfilling lives. For both residents and employees, we build this lifestyle using our SPICE wellness approach.

At Bridgeway Senior Healthcare, we promote active senior living since wellness goes beyond a therapeutic purpose.

Every Bridgeway Senior Healthcare community's core values are Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural, and Emotional, or SPICE. The five pillars of wellness are equally significant for colleagues. We will surely have happy, healthy, engaged residents if we have happy, healthy, engaged associates. "Great place to work, an excellent place to live" is our motto. Aging is frequently linked to sickness and deterioration. At Bridgeway, we exhort everyone to embrace active senior living and to see aging as an opportunity. The potential-rich next chapter is here. We called our dementia training program "Moments of Possibilities" for this reason.



THEMES AND IMPORTANT FACTORS

• Recent medical and scientific developments have been shown to lengthen your healthy lifespan
• You may alter your lifestyle right now to lessen your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and requiring a long stay in a nursing home.
• Your retirement income may improve thanks to your home equity.
• You may stay ahead of a recession by managing your expenses and creating a financial plan.
• Living in a senior community may have a big positive impact on your health and help you manage your expenses.

WHEN PEOPLE BECOME SEDENTARY AND DON'T GET ENOUGH EXERCISE, THEY AGE BEFORE THEIR TIME.

• What happens as you age if you become sedentary and don't exercise enough?
  • Alteration in the ratio of fat to lean body mass
  • decreased maximal oxygen uptake and cardiac output
  • reduced feeling of equilibrium
  • decreased red blood cells and a higher risk of blood clots
  • increase in blood lipids overall (cholesterol & triglycerides)
  • Loss of calcium from the bones
  • significant glucose sensitivity (diabetes)
  • Changes in the body's capacity to absorb medicines
  • adverse impact on taste and hearing

CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND DECREASE THE RISK OF PREMATURE AGING:Exercise:

• Exercise - Make exercising a priority.
  • If you haven't already, speak with your doctor about a scheduled fitness regimen.
  • Swimming and walking are excellent aerobic activities.
  • Exercises on a chair are also quite beneficial.
  • Incorporate weightlifting and resistance band exercises
  • Exercises that increase flexibility and balance are incorporated into strength training.
  • Consider creative ways to perform quick, basic, aerobic, and strength-training activities.

Nutrition:

• You really are what you eat, as the old saying goes.
  • Regularly eating balanced meals can help us feel better, have more energy, and prevent some of the health risks linked to a bad diet.
  • Healthy meals contain proteins: lean meat, fish, eggs, and soy products
  • Foods high in calcium are nourishing: milk, cheese, and yogurt low in fat
  • Fiber intake improves intestinal health: vegetables, fruits, healthy grains, and beans
  • Minimize snacks with minimal nutritional value. Nuts, seeds, beans, olives, and fish all include healthy amounts of fat.

Lower Stress:

• The effects of stress on health
• Recurrent stress can increase the likelihood of falling ill, make it difficult to focus, sleep, or eat, and increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, anxiety, and depression.
• decreasing stress
  • Take charge
  • Find the sources of your stress
  • Determine strategies for reducing stress
  • Examine your alternatives.
  • Plan ahead
  • Complete the task
  • Change can be difficult. But is it preferable to ongoing stress?

LOWERING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
• The good news is that all of the recommendations for leading a healthy lifestyle work to ward off Alzheimer's.
  • A healthy lifestyle enhances brain health regardless of age, according to growing body of research.
  • With effort, seniors can enhance their memory and problem-solving abilities.
  • Research demonstrates that mental and social activities stimulate new connections between brain cells, which counteracts the loss of brain cells with age.
  • A healthy brain is correlated with a healthy cardiovascular system.

ACTION RULES FOR MAINTAINING BRAIN HEALTH

• Brain health is promoted by a healthy lifestyle.
  • Challenge the mind through puzzles, games, and reading.
  • Uphold and increase your social engagement (Mayo Health Clinic Study)
  • Frequent exercise is important, even if you believe your level of skill is limited. Choose a plan that works for you.
  • balanced, nourishing meals
  • Reduced tension

ADVANTAGES OF DOWNSIZING

• Eliminating the responsibilities of property ownership for yourself
  • The time and energy costs of home maintenance
  • Financial difficulties
    • rising maintenance, tax, and insurance costs
• releasing your kids from current and future obligations
  • According to a USA Today story, children who help their elderly parents frequently feel stressed out in their relationships with their spouses, siblings, and parents.
• reaping financial rewards from releasing home equity
• pleasantly discovering a new residence and setting free of worry that better accommodates your current and future demands

CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND DECREASE THE RISK OF PREMATURE AGING:Using the equity in your home

• Undoubtedly, your home is likely to continue to increase in value, but taxes, regular maintenance bills, and expensive repairs are also driving up the cost of living there.
• Think about it: Does the "worth" of your home now still match that of, say, fifteen, ten, or even five years ago?
• Your home's equity represents a missed chance to generate revenue.
• At 3% interest, $250,000 in home equity can bring in $7,500 each year.
• If you wait five years to sell a home with a $250,000 equity, you will have lost $37,500 (3% annual return). Even if your equity increases to $300,000 in five years, it will still take you more than 20 years to recover that money if you wait five years to sell your property.

WHY NOT WAIT FIVE YEARS AND DO IT NOW?

• Home equity of $250,000 with a return of 3% today yields $7,500 annually (without reinvesting)
  • 5 years - $37,500
  • 10 years - $75,000
  • 15 years - $112,500

 

• When a $300,000 home is sold in five years, a 3% return is generated. $9,000 annually (without reinvesting)
  • 5 years - $45,000
  • 10 years - $90,000
  • 15 years - $135,000

THE BEST WAY TO ASSESS SENIOR LIVING OPTIONS AND MAKE A WISE CHOICE

• Alternatives to spark your imagination
  • "I have so much money, I don't need to plan or think about wise financial decisions for the future," is the "J.P. Getty" option.
  • "I have no intention of growing up (or older)," is the "Peter Pan" option.
  • The "Walton Family" Alternative: "My children will look after me."
  • 'Betty Davis' "I choose to age independently and stylishly," is an option.
• Vital Points to Bear in Mind
  • the capacity to continue maintaining the property and home maintenance
  • Health conditions now and in the future for individuals and/or couples
  • want to age independently and in good health
  • In the way things are now, there is a risk of falling
  • Socialization level
  • Medications management skills
  • dependence on adult children, relatives, and friends to maintain the home or assist with daily tasks

A MOVE TO A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY MAY BE "THE SMART THING TO DO" FOR NINE KEY REASONS

1. Living in an active retirement community will significantly lessen worrying about maintaining a home and other property.
2. Catch priceless time that would be better spent with friends, family, exercising, traveling and your favorite activities.
3. As you get older, living in a secure setting with round-the-clock security and an emergency response system improves your sense of personal safety.
4. Have the chance to begin a brand-new, healthy life.
5. Get benefits from downsizing and organizing your home and affairs while reducing stress.
6. Use the financial and economic advantages that come with relocating to a retirement community, such as potential reductions in taxes, insurance costs, utility costs, and the use of home equity.
7. Find new acquaintances who are comparable to you in age and who may have hobbies in common.
8. Live in a brand-new, manageable-sized apartment and enjoy superior energy efficiency and space planning.
9. Take care of yourself. Get access to a wide variety of amenities and services.

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