Here is a book review taken from the magazine of Patria King’s Quest for Life Centre.The Quest for Life Centre provides wonderful support to people facing life threatening diseases. By Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras This colourful and informative book, written by biochemist Richard Beliveau […]
Read MoreFitness Program
A well balanced fitness program should include three components of exercise: cardiovascular, strengthening and flexibility. It doesn’t matter how or when you fit exercise into your busy lifestyle, as long as you do activities that benefit you in these ways. Exercise Category Benefits Examples Cardiovascular/Aerobic […]
Read MoreFinding Your New Home
One of the major decisions that many people in their 50s & 60s have to make is “Where do I / we want to live?” Is it in your current home or in a smaller home in the same area? Do you want to live […]
Read MoreEmployment Facts
Without significant change in attitude and practice, Australia’s ageing population may prove a burden, not a blessing. Some key facts about mature age working: Many older workseekers will never find full-time work again, once they have been “down-sized”. For those who do not qualify for […]
Read MoreCSIRO – Total Wellbeing Diet
What initiated the creation of the diet? CSIRO received many public enquiries as well as enquiries from the medical and health professional community wanting to know about the validity of some of the popular diets. As there was little research in the area at the time, […]
Read MoreAvoid Rigid Plans
Written by Sarah Davis A key challenge of the transition is giving up the notion that our time should be, ought to be structured in some way. In fact, giving up ‘should’ and ‘ought’ in our language is a good starting point. We won’t of […]
Read MoreAustralian First Calculates Your Risk Of Breat Cancer
Australian women will now be able to calculate their own risk of developing breast cancer with a new tool being launched by the National Breast Cancer Centre. The Minister for Health and Ageing Tony Abbot will launch the Australian first at the National Breast Cancer […]
Read MoreBusy Lifestyles, Big Jobs, Time Poor & Gun Shy…. Sounding Familiar?
Welcome to dating in the millennium, today’s lifestyle has forced us to look beyond the horizon and take a proactive approach to finding that special someone. With high divorce rates, longer lifespan, busy schedules or the possibility of never walking down the isle a new […]
Read MoreInvestment Education
In spite of all the positive hype surrounding the investment industry, there is risk involved and people can lose money as well as making it. If you are buying property, you can be risking substantial amounts of your own money. You can invest smaller amounts […]
Read MoreReal Models
The new face of Dove skincare products isn’t a celebrity and you probably haven’t seen her on the red carpet lately; she’s a 63-year-old grandmother out to prove that real women want to see more realistic shapes in beauty advertisements. Carolyn Oates is one sexagenarian […]
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