Ageing: Health/Physical Fitness

Mobility Exercises –  Baylor University offers a fine resource on mobility that includes a self-assessment test, resources and exercises to build strength, balance, flexibility and endurance.

Brain Health:  You injure your brain when you don’t sleep enough, eat too much and don’t exercise. Margaret Young, CEO of Boundaryless Aging and Pass It On Network’s liaison in Vancouver, tracked the latest information available on Ageing and Brain Health Health at a two-day conference in Canada and shares her insights.

Healthcare Toolkit: “What Matters” to Older Adults? –  A toolkit for health systems to design better care with older adults. An initiative of The John A. Hartf ord Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership w ith the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).

Understanding the Male Menopause and Mental Health – This guide covers important topics to increase understanding of the hormonal changes affecting up to one-third of men age 40 and up, described as “male menopause.” It details the effects of male menopause on men’s mental wellbeing – from memory loss and lowered libido to secondary effects like fatigue, insomnia, and irrationality – and their impact on daily life. The material separates facts from fiction, however, and shows why it can be misleading (and harmful) to group the different changes and conditions affecting men as they age under this label.