Spend time in a Prestige Senior Living Community, and you’ll see residents taking art classes, doing some gardening, and playing beanbag baseball. In addition to the myriad activities that are fun and engaging, there are other classes where the topic is less about fun, but vital to their wellbeing: fall reduction classes. Falling represents one…

Equipping your home with certain devices and taking preventative steps to reduce fall risk in the home is a great way for older adults to protect themselves against many of the dangers associated with falls as they age in place. Whether you or a loved one is living at home, in an assisted living community…

Every second of every day, a senior citizen in the United States falls. Some are lucky enough to be fine. Many are injured or hospitalized. And unfortunately, deaths are common. TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified fallingas the number one health risk to seniors. Consider the numbers that come with that: -36,000,000…

Building a physical activity routine, especially if you’re starting from scratch, can be a bit intimidating. If you need a bit of motivation to kickstart your new healthy habit of exercise, think about this: exercise has been shown to reduce the incidence of falls by13 to 40 percent. Despite all the other great benefits associated…

When a senior suffers a fall, there can be glaring consequences: fractured bones or head injuries that can lead to hospitalizations and surgeries. A rehabilitation process that can be grueling and painful. In a worst-case scenario, a fall can lead to death. While the physical effects from a fall are clear, there are also less…

For older adults, prescription drugs are not only a necessary part of managing illnesses, but are a common part of everyday life, too. But if your loved ones take multiple medications, it can be hard to predict how one drug might interact with another – and these interactions can have unintended and potentially harmful side…

Falls are the number one cause of injuries in olderadults, resulting in more than 2.5 million emergency room visits and over 700,000 hospitalizations annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While falls may be common among older adults,there are many steps you can take to reduce your risk. One of the…

Adrian Cagigas is Prestige Senior Living’s senior fitness expert. He helps design and implement programs to help our residents stay active, while also providing expertise on how to prevent and reduce falls. Adrian is a licensed athletic trainer, and in addition to his work with Prestige, owns and operatesUptown Sports Medicine, LLCin Vancouver, Washington. His…

Whether you’re a candidate for a Food Networkshowor someone who needs help making spaghetti, it’s important to practice good nutritional habits. Nutrition plays an important role in our health, particularly as weage. Did you know that after the age of30 we begin to lose 3-5%of our muscle mass each decade? Human muscle undergoes constant changes…

Chances are you have a doctor you like. Maybe you’ve had the same doctor for a decade, or perhapseven longer. That doctor has likely helped guide you through a number of health concerns and they have your complete trust. However, as you age, your health needs change. From conditions like heart disease to vision loss…

When we think about healthy aging, we often think first of physical well-being. Exercising, walking, stretching, they all play an important part in keeping us in good health. But it’s not just the physical aspect of our health we need to be cognizant of – taking care of mental health is just as important as…

The two program names sound the same, they are both run by the government, and they are related to health care…but what’s the difference? The fact is they are very different programs designed for different populations and needs. Medicare is a health insurance program run by the federal government for people who are 65 or…