Articles About Exercises for Seniors

1. How to Help Someone With Parkinson's Disease Thrive

   Article - When a family member has Parkinson's disease, exercise and other therapies can help her stay active and independent as long as possible.

2. Exercise Classes: Improve Strength and Balance -- and Prevent Falls

   Article - Improving balance and strength through exercise is a great way to help elderly loved ones prevent falls, as improving balance is critical to fall prevention.

3. How to Help a Diabetic Follow Exercise Recommendations

   Article - A guide to how to encourage someone with diabetes to exercise

4. Brain-Stretching Activities for Someone With Alzheimer's

   Article - Practical ways to keep someone afflicted with Alzheimer's mentally engaged -- for the sake of her cognitive and emotional health.

5. Diet and Exercise for Someone With Chronic Lung Disease

   Article - A person's quality of life can often be improved by focusing on those aspects of health that can be changed. Good health has a lot to do with what you do each and every day. Eating right and being physically active are areas in which you can be in control...

6. Exercise as Part of Life with Chronic Lung Disease

   Article - Physical activity and good nutrition are perfect partners in good health. This winning combination finds a balance between what one eats and one's daily activities. Together they help in managing weight and providing energy. Exercise and staying active are a very important part of fighting chronic lung disease...

7. The Importance of Exercise to Physical and Emotional Well Being

   Article - Physical activity and good nutrition are perfect partners in good health. This winning combination finds a balance between what one eats and one's daily activities. Together they help in managing weight and providing energy. Physical activity not only burns calories, but it can also help the person in...

8. Exercise and the Daily Routine

   Article - A good exercise regimen can help a person maintain mobility.

9. Why and How to Encourage Exercise for Someone With Dementia

   Article - Physical exercise therapy for Alzheimer's disease or dementia brings physical and mental benefits. How to help an Alzheimer's patient get exercise.

10. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How to Help Someone in Your Care Make Lifestyle Changes

    Article - How to help an older adult with type 2 diabetes make healthy lifestyle changes.

11. How to Help Someone Make Dietary Changes

    Article - Advice on how to help a patient with chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease make dietary changes for the better.