Seniors

Tips for avoiding heat stroke and exhaustion. Hot weather is dangerous, and seniors are particularly prone to its threat. Heat stroke and heat exhaustion are a real problem. In fact, a recent University of Chicago Medical Center study found that 40...

The wrong level of red blood cells can make you feel drained and sick. Despite getting plenty of sleep and not having any major changes to your routine, you feel tired all day. You’re colder than normal, and it feels like you almost always have a...

Community Hospital Fitness Pointe, a medical fitness facility in Munster, offers a number of effective programs and classes led with guidance by certified, trained staff to help improve overall health and well-being. One of the newest classes is...

EnhanceFitness is a proven community based senior fitness and arthritis management program. Its purpose is to help older adults become more active, energized and empowered for independent living. EnhanceFitness has been nationally recognized by the...

Hundreds of area residents once again took advantage of free health screenings, information, refreshments, giveaways, an apple-peeling contest and live music by the Goldtones Aug. 10 during the Franciscan Alliance-sponsored Senior Citizens Day at the...

The public is invited to attend the July 9 meeting of the Franciscan Senior Promise group. The topic of stress management will be discussed by Nancy Boyd, a registered nurse and manager of the Franciscan St. Margaret Health Pain Clinic. The meeting...

The public is invited to attend the May 14 meeting of the Franciscan Senior Promise group. A presentation and demonstration of basic adult first aid measures will be offered. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at Franciscan St. Margaret...

The public is invited to attend the March 12 meeting of the Franciscan Senior Promise group. The program, exercises for seniors, will be presented and demonstrated by Jane Borgodos, exercise physiologist at Franciscan Omni Health & Fitness in...

The public is invited to attend the Sept. 11 meeting of the Franciscan Alliance Senior Promise group. The topic will be basic lifesaving skills, including CPR; how to assist someone who is choking and how to use an automatic external defibrillator....

Travel with Senior Circle New England & Cape Cod Autumn Foliage October 1 – 11, 2014 The "Autumn Foliage" adventure will feature an 11-day motorcoach trip with Mayflower Tours. Tour highlights include Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New...