Senior Health Advice

Useful information to help you stay fit, well and healthy in your Golden Years


Delay Alzheimer’s by 5 years – Learn a New Language

A brilliant article published on www.expathealth.org gives us more reason to dust off our Learning Spanish books and CD’s. Being bilingual it seems can have, among other benefits, the ability to delay Alzheimer’s by up to 5 years. The study, from Ghent University in Belgium, found a link between being bilingual and […]

Health Benefits of Being Bilingual

Deal With Health Problems Early

People with worries about their health, especially those over 60, should seek help quickly, according to NHS England.A new eight-week campaign – called The Earlier, The Better – is aimed at reducing “unnecessary” hospital stays. Last year a review warned of a rise in avoidable emergency hospital admissions and NHS […]

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Dementia care in Mallorca

Dementia cases ‘set to treble worldwide’ by 2050

The number of people living with dementia worldwide is set to treble by 2050, according to a new analysis reported by www.bbc.co.uk. Alzheimer’s Disease International says 44 million people live with the disease, but that figure will increase to 135 million by 2050. In the UK, dementia research receives one […]