Integrative Therapies Touch Patients’ Lives
For many, the word “therapy” depicts lying on a couch while being asked, “How does that make you feel?” However, Integrative therapy considers the whole person: medically, psychosocially and spiritually.
Making Food Fun Again
Balancing the foods necessary for good health with the foods that bring pleasure (but not as many of the essential nutrients) is a lifelong challenge – one that increases in importance as you age.
Forever Friends
Catherine Plummer knows not everyone you call “family” is a blood relative – there are some friends who feel like more. This is the kind of relationship she has with her best friend, Dottie Heffner.
Building Muscle After Age 70
New research on the benefits of building muscle at 70 and beyond proves pumping iron isn’t just for the young, but also the young at heart. It works to increase their quality of life.
Help For the “Sandwich” Generation
To those who never heard the term “sandwich generation,” it may seem like a food craze buzzword. In reality, the “sandwich generation” has nothing to do with food (or a craze).
Talking About Healthcare Wishes
When a loved one comes face-to-face with a unfavorable medical prognosis, many families struggle with what to do next. Advance care planning can be difficult to discuss, but it's critical.
Music to Your Health
In recent years, music therapy has been utilized more and more, especially as a tool to reach those affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia. However, music therapy helps other individuals too.
Life Made Better with Technology
Masonic Villages has partnered with K4Connect, a technology company focused on serving and empowering older adults and individuals living with disabilities, to bring the latest technology to residents’ fingertips.
Finding Adventure
Currently residents of Montoursville, Pa., Mike and Jamie are looking forward to moving into their new cottage at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown in March 2018.
Fresh Way to Recover
Recovering from joint replacement surgery or a medical condition, such as congestive heart failure or a respiratory ailment, takes the right amount of care, rehabilitation and patience.