URBANA, Ill. — Picture a world where everyone enjoys equal access to optimal health, regardless of where they were born or their identity. Sadly, reality diverges from this ideal. Health disparities disproportionately impact many Illinois residents due to factors such as race, nationality, and geographical location. Addressing this issue requires collective effort. Discrimination linked to these...
You can teach something, but the doing is different. I’ve done workshops on choosing housing options as we age. I’ve even helped create a website about it! But I viewed the process through a different lens when recently helping my parents choose a continuing care retirement community.A continuing...
I do not enjoy cooking. I CAN cook – I just don’t like to. So, my husband and I have been fortunate to be able to eat out at restaurants quite often – when he also chose not to cook. When we had our son, I tried to cook more at home, but we slipped back into that same routine of going out to eat...
Financial Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults
Learn how to prepare for financial emergencies, plan, recover, and rebuild.
Disasters and other emergencies can disrupt your finances and your sense of normal. In this session, you will learn ways to organize and manage your finances, develop valuable resource lists, and ways to reduce anxiety and...
Keys to Financial Security
Gain tools to improve financial well-being
Do you feel your financial plan needs a refresh? Financial planning can be short-term, long-term, or ideally both. Discover smart steps to focus on your financial security and work toward improving your financial well-being.
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Simple Substitutions: Aging Well with the Mediterranean Diet
Explore simple substitutions you can make to reap the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.Some studies consistently show that those who follow the Mediterranean diet age better, have less cardiovascular disease, and live longer. Explore simple substitutions you can make in your everyday diet to take...
Technology Use in Older Adults: Aging with Multiple Sclerosis
Learn how to use tools and technologies to manage multiple sclerosis.More people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a common and disabling neurological disease, are reaching old age than ever before. Fortunately, technological advancements have created new ways to manage MS and complete daily living...
Balancing the Mind and Body: Yoga and Healthy Aging
Discover how yoga can promote healthy aging for older adults.The practice of yoga encompasses a variety of techniques to balance the mind and body, with many health-promoting benefits. Discover how yoga can promote healthy aging for older adults by improving physical functioning, brain health,...
Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Diseases: The Interplay of Human Knowledge and Behavior
Discover how to safeguard against tick bites and disease transmission.This presentation provides an overview of how human behavior can impact our risk of tick bites and tick-borne diseases. Attendees will hear about ticks and tick-borne diseases, learn lessons from two human behavior studies...
The Fuel to Fight Cancer
Explore how the right food helps to fight cancer.
Nutrition is a tool to support cancer prevention, treatment, and care. This lesson will discuss research on how food can reduce cancer risk and ways to incorporate nutrition to help manage the side effects of treatment.
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Eating for Eye Health
Explore more about your eyes and how to keep them healthy.
Age-related eye diseases are the leading cause of blindness and vision problems in the United States, but luckily, you can do things to reduce your risk. Learn about the most common types of eye disorders, the role of nutrition in eye...
We shed light on this topic because only 1 in 10 adults gets enough of these superfoods each day! Kristin shares ideas on how to increase your F&V intake.