For many Americans tired of driving to the grocery store for their weekly produce, foodscaping is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative. Instead of a yard full of grass, foodscaping is a landscaping technique that covers all usable space with an arrangement of plants that can be eaten. If you own [...]
Over the years at the ranch, we were constantly learning new material and adding new songs to our repertoire. This is significant - because it is commonly believed that people living with dementia are able to recall only the old tunes from their earlier years - and do not learn [...]
If you ever search online for tips on how to increase your energy, it may have looked something like this! In order to boost one’s energy: Get more sleep each night... Reduce stress levels by having more down-time... Eat more fresh food... Take a good [...]
Guest Contributor and author, Carol J. Farran, PhD, RN, MSN, FAAN, has served as Professor, Researcher, and Principal Investigator at Rush University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Based upon her contribution to Alzheimer’s Disease research, she is included as our first Influencer in ABeautifulVoice.org. As a personal friend, she had influenced my [...]
In this update received from Roshi Joan Halifax, she discusses the changes which have been made at Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the 2020 global pandemic. In March, the Center began offering their resources by donation only so that more people could participate. The [...]
Two in three hospitalized seniors get prescriptions for drugs that older adults should avoid, increasing the risk of injury and adverse drug reactions, researchers report. Improving hospital prescribing practices can reduce the frequency of inappropriate medications and resulting harm, according to a new study. Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs [...]
What if you could pick up your phone and speed-dial call… A top nutritional scientist… A world-leading physician, or two (or three or four)... Naturopaths… Herbalists… And an array of experts in traditional healing practices… And then what if you could request they all "join forces" and put together [...]