Health and Wellness

Skydiving is probably one of the most extreme things any person can do. Jumping out of a moving airplane at thousands of feet in the air is not for the nervous, and one 81 year-old California grandmother Laverne Everette, went skydiving, and the video of her jump has gone viral on the internet, garnering more than 300,000 views.

Her skydive occurred nearly 13 months ago, but her video has only recently spread.

It happens to so many Baby Boomers. Maybe you’ve even thought of it yourself. You’re looking forward to retirement, but maybe a little worried about how to pass the time after the career is finished.

By the age of 75, about one in four seniors have experienced vision loss, and for many, losing one’s sight can be depressing and frustrating.

But according to a new article from AARP, there are a number of ways Baby Boomers and seniors can stop vision loss:

The benefits of a healthy lifestyle, especially for seniors, are well-known. They include longer life spans, higher levels of happiness, and less pain and discomfort.

But now experts say there’s another benefit of health for seniors: wealth.

For many Baby Boomers and seniors, medications are a daily part of their lives, helping ease their pain, prevent disease, or simply to strengthen their bones.

But there are often hidden risks behind many medications; risks which may cause physical side effects, but also risks which could cause people taking the medications to have emotional side-effects.