Memory Loss: Normal Aging or Cause for Concern?
By Shanna Hogan Losing your car keys. Forgetting someone’s name. Mixing up words. Who among us has not experienced one or more of these mental miscues? Most often, they are just signs of mild forgetfulness that can be chalked up to normal aging. But, how can you tell the difference between normal age-related […]
Steps to a Healthier Heart
Sleep plays an important role in maintaining a healthy heart By Shanna Hogan Give Paul Johnson hiking boots, a well-marked trail and the splendor of nature, and he’s a happy man. “I love the outdoors,” he says. But the retired printing-press operator was not so happy last fall when respiratory and cardiac health issues landed […]
Make a DASH Toward Better Health
The DASH diet can help lower blood pressure By Alison Stanton Doctors often prescribe a low-sodium diet to combat high blood pressure, but experts say there is an even better approach. It’s called the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH plan. “The DASH plan is much more than just a low-sodium diet,” says Registered […]
How to Increase Your Vitality
By Alison Stanton When Tracy Garrett thinks of the word vitality, she pictures people who are active and full of vim and vigor. The registered dietitian nutritionist and diabetes program coordinator from the Sun Health Center for Health & Wellbeing also defines vitality as the state of “being strong and of having energy.” But what […]
The Health Benefits of Meditation
How to maximize your meditation By Erin Thorburn What if there were a way to reduce depression and stress, increase mindfulness and concentration and even boost immune health and memory function – all without taking a single pill? Studies show there is. According to experts, meditation offers a host of mind, body and emotional benefits. In […]
Sun Health’s Diabetes Prevention Program earns full recognition from CDC
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Oct. 30, 2018 – Sun Health’s diabetes prevention course has earned “full recognition” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making it the first in-person National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) in Arizona to receive this designation. “Our diabetes educators have helped hundreds of people reduce their risk of developing type 2 […]
AZ Dementia & Alzheimer’s Help: Memory Care Navigator–Judi & Alan Hughes’ Story
Judi and Alan Hughes’ journey through the twists and turns of a dementia diagnosis is all to common. While research into cause and treatment of Alzheimer’s and related memory issues is ongoing, Arizona families need help and resources. Sun Health’s Memory Care Navigator program offers support, services, and resources to help. For more information about […]
Building a Community Through Education
Community Education covers wide variety of health and wellness topics geared to older adults By Alison Stanton A typical Sun Health Community Education program features a local health expert sharing the latest information on a health-related topic and answering questions in front of a live audience. It might seem like a quaint method of learning compared with […]
Hope for the Journey
Memory Care Navigators help clients and families cope with dementia By Susie Steckner and Ken Reinstein When Alan Hughes was diagnosed with vascular dementia four years ago, he and his wife Judi felt unprepared for the road ahead. “We didn’t know to what extent our lives were going to change. We were depressed and confused,” […]
Types of Dementia
There are multiple types of dementia – each related to cognitive decline and critical mental functions. Most impact older adults over 65, but not all. Although age is a risk factor for developing many forms of dementia, aging itself does not directly cause dementia, says Dr. David Irwin. “It’s possible to live to be over […]
