When Cooperative’s Ken Schwartz, MSW, isn’t meeting with a family to start services, he is out and about in St. Louis sharing aging parent resources like these healthy aging tips:
- Find and follow your formula for healthy aging-and expect it to change as you do.
- Old age does NOT mean poor health and disability
- Memory loss is NOT an inevitable part of aging
- You CAN teach an “old dog” new tricks
- Focus on the things you’re grateful for
- Acknowledge and express your feelings
- Accept the things you can’t change
- Look for the silver lining
- Take daily action to deal with life’s challenges
- Depression is NOT a normal part of aging
- Find activities that you enjoy: pick up a long-neglected hobby, play with your grandkids, learn something new, get involved in your community, take a class/join a club, go somewhere you’ve never visited, spend time in nature, enjoy the arts
- LAUGH!!!
Look for more highlights coming soon…or read the whole article, “How To Feel Young and Live Life To The Fullest” from HelpGuide.org.