102 year old gives up cigerettes! Clara Cowell first smoked in 1931 and has had three cigarettes a day since. Birthday girl Clara Cowell has shown it’s never too late to change your lifestyle – after giving up smoking two weeks ago aged 102. And Mrs Cowell, who lives independently in Ainscough Brook House in Ribbleton, Preston, is celebrating her milestone birthday today with five […]
ALISON HEALY reports today in the Irish Times that “The abuse of older people is being ignored by society but horrific stories of elder abuse are regularly coming to light, according to Fr Tony Byrne, director of the suicide and bullying charity Awareness Education Services. “Everyone is talking about bullying in the schools and it is a big issue but we are hearing horrific stories […]
David Cameron has today (Tuesday 12 February) taken part in one of the first Dementia Friends sessions since the UK Alzheimer’s Society initiative went live this morning. Joined by Alzheimer’s Society celebrity Ambassadors Sally Lindsay and Lynda Bellingham the Prime Minister took part in a Dementia Friends session making him a Dementia Friend. The event was also attended by members of the public including […]
Our Nurse Managers have been busy delivering complimentary Winter Wellness presentations to interested groups throughout Dublin. These slides are now available on Slideshare. As a Nurse owned and managed provider of Home Care and Home Help services, Be Independent Home Care are passionate about keeping people independent and healthy. Their team of trained carers provide support and assistance to clients in their homes throughout Dublin […]
Supplements of calcium and vitamin D may reduce the rate of hip fracture by almost 40%, says a new analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). Certainly food for thought for 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men in Ireland over 50 who experience a bone fracture due to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a subject that is included in the Be Independent […]
A new US long-term prospective study has suggested individuals with the highest levels of cardiorespiratory fitness during middle age were significantly less likely to develop dementia in their senior years. Among nearly 20,000 participants in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study, those in the highest quintile of cardiorespiratory fitness at roughly age 50 were 36% less likely than those in the lowest quintile (adjusted hazard ratio […]
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