{"id":8906,"date":"2021-09-01T20:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2021-09-01T20:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:09:43","slug":"september-is-healthy-aging-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/september-is-healthy-aging-month\/","title":{"rendered":"September is Healthy Aging Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-538685625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8908\" width=\"256\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-538685625.jpg 724w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-538685625-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-538685625-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Healthy Aging Month is an annual\nobservation created to bring awareness to the fact that there is an increase in\nthe number of people who are 45 and older living in&nbsp;the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are over 76 million people,\nonce considered to be part of the Baby-Boom generation, in the U.S. today who\nare over the age of 50. In addition to that, people who belong to the\nGeneration-X started to turn 50 in the year 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This segment of the population needs\nto be mindful of the importance of their social, mental, physical and financial\nwell-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tips for staying healthy after the\nage of 50 include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Keeping active<\/li><li>If you smoke \u2013 quitting now<\/li><li>Remaining socially engaged<\/li><li>Staying positive<\/li><li>Finding things to do that make you smile<\/li><li>Getting&nbsp; regular medical check-ups<\/li><li>Eating healthy<\/li><li>Exercising&nbsp; regularly<\/li><li>Seeking help for mental health issues<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to schedule an\nappointment with a physician at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to discuss your\nmedical concerns, please call 718-206-7001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy Aging Month is an annual observation created to bring awareness to the fact that there is an increase in the number of people who are 45 and older living in&nbsp;the United States. There are over 76 million people, once &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/september-is-healthy-aging-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8911,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions\/8911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}