Staying Strong to Maintain Your Independence and Your Health by Ron Stone
Yesterday on Oprah Winfrey she interviewed a writer who has been studying people who live the longest in the world. He has written a book called the "Blue Zones" about people who live to be 100 years old or more. They generally eat healthy diets made up of local foods and get plenty of low impact exercise.

There is a trend happening in human health in the US. People are ending up needing long-term care just because they are not physically strong enough to care for themselves.

It is even happening to people who are relatively young, substantially younger than retirement age.

And believe me this is no fun. Living in a nursing home or having relatives care for your intimate needs is embarrassing at best.

But it can be nightmarish if your caretakers are not "kind and gentle".

It's one of those things we all want to avoid if possible.

And it is possible to a ... Read more »