Try these Pennsylvania fun fall favorites. Make this fall season fun. Do something you have never done before. Meet a new friend, exercise outdoor, eat healthily and see life from a different point of view by engaging in these fun fall activities.
Apple Picking
Honey Crisp, Cortland and Keepsake, Jonamac, McIntosh, Gala, Empire, Red Delicious and Granny Smith. By now you must know I’m naming apples. Yes! With fall come apples.  Just in time for apple pies, apple jam, apple custard, you just name it. But before you kill the apples with all that sugar, think of the healt…

You better believe it—technology and information are changing rapidly and in a lot of ways for the betterment of our health. We have evidence-based studies, safer medical equipment and prevention and intervention programs to help us live the best possible lives. October is back, and it’s breast cancer awareness month around the world. What has changed? What new information have we learned about breast cancer to help us maintain and optimize our health?  Here is a survey of ten things you need to know about breast cancer in 2019.
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There is solitude.  Then there is loneliness.  And when feelings of loneliness come along with isolation, it can be harmful in many ways to a person’s short- and long-term health and wellbeing.  This is true for someone of any age.  Above all, it is concerning among the growing population of older adults.  This is because of the difficult challenge of taking the actions necessary to remedy it.

AARP did a national study on this topic.  They surveyed over 3,000 adults who were 45 years of age and older.  Some facts which their research revealed include:

• Lonel…

Today — September 23 — is the First Day of Fall and is Falls Prevention Awareness Day.  It is a day that calls for greater awareness of this important issue, which is a concern to anyone but especially to older adults.  And it is a day that calls for more than awareness.  In fact, it calls for people to take actions to help avoid the danger of falling.

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) created this short video highlighting 6 Steps to Prevent a Fall:

This video mentioned things like pursuing an exercise program, getting your ears …

On Sunday, July 31, 1994, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article about the recent launch of a new company in Blue Bell. It was entitled “Friends Life Care assists people who don’t want to live in a retirement village” and “Friends Life Care: Helping people enjoy retirement at their homes”.

Some things have remained the same since this article was written so long ago. Friends Life Care continues in its commitment to Quaker-based values and is dedicated to serving older adults who wish to remain in their own home as they age. And “each member is assigned a �…