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Is excitement building in your community as you prepare for this year’s Active Aging Week? I hope you’re planning lots of activities to help your residents join this worldwide celebration of positive aging.

If this event is new to you, don’t worry! The activities begin on September 23, so there’s still plenty of time to participate.

Today, I would like to highlight what I believe is one of the best opportunities available during Active Aging Week.

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There’s an exciting week coming up in September, and I hope every one of you will invite your residents to participate. The event is called Active Aging Week, and this year it’s scheduled for September 23-29. That means you’ll want to start planning your activities right away!

What is the week all about?

Active Aging Week is an annual celebration of the positive aspects of aging. Sponsored by the International Council On Active Aging, this year’s theme is “Inspiring Wellness”.

While we might assume that active aging only involves physical activity, the week focuses on all aspects of positive aging. This includes emotional, spiritual, social, and intellectual wellness.

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I’m always on the lookout for news articles that I believe will be of interest to my blog readers. Recently, something that’s showing up over and over again is news about the MIND diet.

When we hear the word “diet” we think of weight loss. But this diet is meant to help keep our brains healthy as we age.

First, you need to know that I’m not one to jump onto the latest fad diet. But after researching the MIND diet, I truly believe it’s something worth considering. I started following the MIND diet about 3 weeks ago. Today I’ll share more information about this eating plan, as well as my experience with it.

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Have you heard about the General Data Protection Regulation that goes into effect on May 25? These laws regulate how online businesses (including blogs) may collect, store, and use data we collect from anyone living in the European Union.

So, since it only applies to the European Union, are you wondering why I’m telling everyone about it? That’s an excellent question!

While most of my readers live in the United States, I also have a significant number of readers from Canada, Australia, and the UK. A smaller portion of my readers live in various other countries around the world, including Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. Since several of these countries are part of the European Union, the new GDPR rules apply to my blog. [Read more…] about What On Earth Is The GDPR?

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Many of you know that I’m taking an online course called “Understanding Dementia” through the University of Tasmania. This week’s module talks about various models of care that help us enhance our residents’ quality of life.

I’m familiar with all the programs they describe except for one. Have you ever heard of Namaste Care?

These are the words of Joyce Simard, the founder of this unique approach to dementia care:

“The Namaste Care™ program is an extension of my efforts to educate family and professional care partners so that they can help people LIVE – not just exist – with irreversible dementia like Alzheimer’s disease. I do not think that keeping a person clean, fed, and groomed is living; this is merely existing. People need to be engaged in meaningful activities, they need to feel wanted, loved, need to feel as if they still can contribute.”

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