A six-year study, from the National University of Singapore, found that seniors who ate more than 2 standard portions (300 grams) of cooked mushrooms a week, were half as likely to have mild cognitive impairment. […]
Our Sponsor, TASK Community Care is offering a special 20% discount* off the cost of their monitored alarm systems to readers of Telecare.ie during March 2019. This fantastic offer includes their sought after digital […]
Since Telecare.ie added our first post in June 2016, we’ve received many great questions and comments from you, our readers, through the online feedback form and also as comments to posts. It’s not always […]
The 50 Plus Expo (formerly The Over 50’s Show) is Ireland’s only dedicated national consumer event for older people. Launched in 1999, the event is now run all over Ireland and will be visiting Belfast […]
Personal health screening can serve as a fantastic motivator for improving your health and fitness. By providing you with key measurements (…such as height, weight, heart rate, blood pressure, lung check, blood glucose & lipid profiles) you can […]
Can exercise potentially delay symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) even for those already diagnosed? Recent evidence from Exercise Physiologist, Gregory Panza, and his team in the Department of Cardiology at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut suggests it […]
High-intensity exercise three times a week decreases worsening of motor symptoms in individuals with early-stage Parkinson’s disease. That’s according to a new trial led by Northwestern Medicine and University of Colorado School of Medicine scientists. Parkinson’s […]
Taking prescribed sleeping pills to treat insomnia may increase the risk of falling for older adults, according to new research. You might think that if older adults are prescribed sleep medication, their risk of falling would reduce because […]
A new Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, UK animated video demonstrates how six simple exercises can keep people mobile and independent as they age. From the age of thirty, people can lose up to 8% of […]
Indoor radon inhalation kills more people in Ireland each year than carbon monoxide poisoning, fires and road accidents combined. It accounts for approximately 13% of all lung cancer deaths in Ireland (250 deaths yearly). This means one person […]
Arthritis Care Northern Ireland are running FREE self management courses during February & March 2017. These include courses for people with long term conditions, including Epilepsy, MS, Parkinson’s and Arthritis. They are designed to help people take control of […]
Are you thinking of investing in a brain-training game? Perhaps you regularly misplace keys or forget people’s names and think it could help. Maybe you simply want to see an improvement in your overall cognitive functioning, for instance, in carrying out your […]
Here are this week’s most interesting stories from around the globe, on health, well-being and positive ageing. …All carefully selected for readers of Telecare.ie 😉 Enjoy! Aging Is Associated With Better Mental Health – Like good […]
Following on from my last post on the “Review of the Scheme of Community Supports for Older People (CSOP) 2010” it’s worth drawing attention to a statement on page thirty of that report: “This evaluation of […]