Gazette Mature Lifestyles
The Centre County Gazette is Centre County’s only weekly, independent newspaper covering the news, sports, entertainment and events throughout the area.
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For healthy aging, avoid these common obstacles to good nutrition
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Proper nutrition is critical to older adults’ overall vitality, providing energy, helping to control weight and even preventing and managing some diseases. Unfortunately, 10% of older people don’t eat enough, while one-third eat too much, according to HealthinAging.org. Such nutritional imbalances may be due to the range of common obstacles some people face as they…
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Power of intention
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CENTRE COUNTY — We celebrated my mom’s 91st birthday last week. This was her first birthday since my dad’s death in March. Her first birthday without him after 68 and a half years of marriage — it’s important for me to state that half year because it mattered to my dad. My mom has been…
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Embracing a healthy lifestyle powered by protein
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CENTRE COUNTY — Protein is an essential part of a healthy diet. It works to build and repair muscles, is needed to carry oxygen to different parts of your body to give you energy, supports your immune system and helps you feel full for longer. Here’s how to get enough of this important macronutrient so…
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Centre County’s senior centers provide multiple benefits for seniors
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CENTRE COUNTY — If you drop in to any one of the senior centers in the county, you will find a group of older men and women playing cards, making crafts or enjoying coffee and conversations. Many enjoy lunch at the center before heading home by car or, in many cases, by Centre County van.…
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Reasons your feet and ankles may be hurting
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Medical experts are reminding everyone that foot and ankle pain is not normal and should be addressed.“Your feet shouldn’t hurt,” said Matthew C. Dairman, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon and a Fellow Member of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. “Foot and ankle surgeons are specially trained to diagnose and treat all…
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What’s the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?
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By MAYA LICHTENSTEINGeisinger behavioral neurologist Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. These two terms are often used interchangeably. They both describe severe memory loss and cognitive decline. But they’re not the same. So, what’s the difference between them?These two illnesses are similar, but dementia isn’t a disease. Rather, it’s an umbrella term for a variety of symptoms…
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ACAP to host free event on nutrition for aging adults
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CENTRE COUNTY — Adult Children of Aging Parents Centre County, an organization dedicated to supporting adult children who are caregivers for their aging parents, will host a free educational event on Tuesday, Sept. 10, on healthy eating and nutrition for aging adults.The program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Centre Region Active Adult Center…
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Elevated Function: Helping people function as their highest self as long as possible
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CENTRE COUNTY — For co-owners of the new digital senior workout business Elevated Function, Brittani Kunkel and Danielle DuVall, age should not stand in the way of leading an active life. Elevated Function is an online exercise program that has a digital library of classes aimed at middle aged adults and seniors with various health…
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Retirees for watershed health: inside CCPaSEC
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CENTRE COUNTY — The Centre County Pennsylvania Senior Environmental Corps, an affiliate of ClearWater Conservancy, is a local organization made up of retired residents volunteering to support the health of the region’s waters and streams by gathering and analyzing data from the county’s watershed. CCPaSEC has more than 60 volunteers split into 13 teams of…
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Grief humility
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CENTRE COUNTY — A few months ago, I was sitting in one of our grief education and support gatherings, a gathering of people grieving the loss of loved ones. As we went around the room, each participant shared a little of the story that brought them to the meeting, and we talked about their grief…
