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25.01.2022 In 2017 New York Times best selling author John Leland spent a year looking at the research and shadowing a group of older people to see what he could learn. His discoveries challenge much of what we think about ageing: his most important discovery was that happiness is a choice we make, and older people are better at making that choice. A word we sometimes use to express this way of looking at happiness is ‘joy’. We just need to decide where our joy comes from. It can be found anywhere, often in small things, and once found it comes of its own accord. Our part is simply in making the decision to be happy. -from 'Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old.'

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20.01.2022 Another one of our beautiful May Shaw Scottsdale residents, Netti has seen more changes than most. She can remember being a four year old during WWII in Holland under German occupation and finishing her first jig saw puzzle. It was a Rembrandt painting- and she remembers it was hard because it was mainly brown! Eighty years later, jig saws are still part of a daily routine that also includes cross stitch, long stitch, knitting for the grandchildren, reading cross-word puzzles, and in the evenings a little tv to follow the West Coast eagles and the cricket. Every jig saw is a journey, and the trick she says is to only look at the picture on the box once. Why? Simple-it keeps it interesting!

17.01.2022 Unlike happiness, gratitude is more than a passing emotion. It is an attitude we choose, and it is what underpins happiness. Studies have shown that grateful individuals are happier, more satisfied with life and experience fewer negative emotions, such as depression and anxiety. Practising gratitude can help us build better relationships and to be more resilient in times of transition. It can improve our sleep patterns and even has a positive effect on our physical health as ...we grow older. And all the evidence suggests older people have had more practice. Daniel Levitin is a neuroscientist, psychologist, professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal, and faculty fellow at UC Berkeley, who recently released a book challenging the widespread belief that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappiness. He makes the point that we need to change the conversation. Contrary to widespread belief, the scientific data shows that people tend to get happier after age 50 and that happiness peaks for people when they're in their 80s. We tend to think, "Oh God, when I'm 80, I'm going to be miserable". While it is true we all know some 80-year-olds who are miserable, we also know some 20 or 30-year-olds are miserable. And the take-away message? It's that gratitude is something us younger folks all too often forget: and that is to count our blessings, every day. Daniel Levitin Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives.

10.01.2022 We believe that life is precious, no matter what stage you are at. And whether you may be looking at independent living, perhaps needing more support to stay in your home, or thinking about some respite or residential care we are here to help you celebrate it every day.

09.01.2022 A recent Swedish study found that exercise is the number one contributor to longevity, adding extra years to your lifeeven if you don’t start exercising until your senior years. But it’s not just about adding years to your life, it’s about adding life to your years. Exercise helps you maintain your strength and agility, increases vitality, improves sleep, gives your mental health a boost, and can even help diminish chronic pain. Exercise can also have a profound effect on the brain, helping prevent memory loss, cognitive decline, and dementia.

03.01.2022 Giovanni, one of our Swansea personalities, has begun playing music again after a severe stroke some time ago. According to his friend and co-jammer Ken, "One day he couldn't play anything, the next day he woke up and could play everything!" Yesterday afternoon at his piano Giovanni treated us to an amazing impromptu concert with selections from Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong all from memory, and then topped it all off with 'Jingle Bells'...of course. Merry Christmas. Thank you Giovanni.