Promoting Health and Wellness
The Promoting Health and Wellness Series addresses common concerns in the health related to the ageing process. Its resources provide information to support older adults, their families, friends and caregivers to make simple lifestyle changes that can help with the prevention, identification and management of chronic health issues.
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What's inside: Safe Levels of Alcohol Consumption; Signs of Problem Drinking; Strategies to Reduce Alcohol Use. -
What's inside: About the Importance of Calcium and Vitamin D, Sources of Calcium and Vitamin D, and How to Prevent Osteopenia and Osteoporosis. -
What's inside: General Questions on COVID-19 Vaccines, Questions Specific to Older Adults, Questions for Specific Population Groups, Debunking Myths About COVID-19 Vaccines and Other Questions. -
What's inside: Ways to Improve Memory Problems, Tips for Caregivers Helping those with Memory Problems, and About Resources to Improve Your Memory. -
What's inside: How to Improve What You Eat, Why Good Nutrition is Important as You Age, What Foods to Avoid for a Variety of Chronic Health Conditions. -
What's inside: What Urinary Incontinence is, How to Manage Urinary Incontinence, and What Pelvic Floor Exercises are and How to do them. -
What's inside: What you can do to Enable Healthy Ageing, How to Stay Healthy through Nutrition and Exercise, and About Resources that Support Healthy Ageing. -
Whats' inside: What Caregiver Stress is, The Signs of Caregiver Stress, and About Resources and Services Available to Help Manage Caregiver Stress. -
What's inside: What Chronic Pain Is, How to Recognize Chronic Pain, Strategies to Prevent and Manage Chronic Pain -
What's inside: What the Most Common Mental Health Conditions Are, How to Prevent Common Mental Health Conditions, How to Manage Common Mental Health Conditions -
What's inside: What Constipation is. The Symptoms of Constipation. How to Help Manage Constipation.
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What's inside: What Mild Cognitive Impairment Is and How to Manage It, What Dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease Is and How To Manage It, and Tips on How to Provide Care to Someone Who Is Living with Dementia -
What's inside: Why it is Important to Manage Multiple Health Conditions, The Challenges with Managing Multiple Health Conditions, Strategies to Improve Self-Management of Health Conditions.. -
What's inside: Why it is Important to Understand and Know How to Manage your Medications, The Different Types of Medications, and Medication Management Strategies. -
What's inside: What Causes Sleeping Problems in Older Adults, About Types of Sleeping Problems and Disorders, and How you can Help Manage Sleeping Problems. -
What's inside: What are Substance Use and Addictive Disorders ; Why Older Adults Are More At Risk ; How to Manage and Treat Substance Use and Addictive Disorders. -
What's inside: what is diabetes, what types of diabetes are there, how to prevent diabetes and how to manage your diabetes and prevent complications. -
What's inside: The Dangers of Falls, When You Are at Risk for a Fall, and How You Can Help Prevent Falls at Home. -
What's inside: What Anxiety Is, How to Manage Anxiety, How to Support Someone Who Has Anxiety -
What's Inside: What Delirium is, What Causes Delirium, and How to Treat Delirium. -
What's inside: What Depression Is; How to Manage Depression; How to Support Someone Who Has Depression -
What's inside: What Age-Related Hearing Loss is, What Causes Hearing Loss, and How You Can Help Manage Hearing Loss. -
What's inside: Why it is Important to Understand and Know How to Manage your Medications, The Different Types of Medications, and Medication Management Strategies.
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What's inside: Why is Physical Activity Important, What Exercises are Appropriate for You; and How to Start Exercising -
What's inside: Why Vaccines Are Important to Enable Healthy Ageing, COVID-19 Vaccines, Influenza Vaccines (Flu Shot), RSV Vaccines (New in 2023), Pneumococcal (Pneumonia) Vaccines, Shingles Vaccines, Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccines.