Videos
Video Podcast with Sam Baum, Director of Community Relations at the Terraces at Park Merino
This video with Sam about the importance of culture in senior living. It’s also a great watch for family members looking for senior living for a loved one. It might help inform your search for a community. Check it out if you’d like and share and spread. People in need, have to see this message
Education
Driving Assessment - Cordisco & Saile, LLC
Take a senior driving assessment to learn how you react in various scenarios, learn some tips to help keep you safe on the road, and discover alternatives if you can no longer safely drive.
Holistic Caring: Cannabis Education Simplified
Plants have the ability to gently balance our biology and correct imbalances in our 12 biological systems. Education on the facts and features of cannabis medicine is needed to increase acceptance, understanding, and successful use.
Holistic Caring: The Green Nurse Educational Resources
Cannabis related articles and videos ranging from topics on Cannabis 101 to dosing.
Websites
Aging Well
Aging Well Partners are your partners in creating a plan for aging well, no matter your age. They will help you find trusted local partners and their businesses who are committed to supporting your aging well journey.
Live Well, Age Well San Diego
Age-friendly and dementia-friendly efforts are called Age Well San Diego (Age Well). Age Well efforts align with the broader goals of Live Well San Diego, the regional vision for healthy, safe and thriving communities.
Musicmorphic
From Stress Management To Intellectual Wellness, Musimorphic Has The Innovative Tools You Need ToThrive
Miscellaneous
Holistic Caring Bloom Hemp (Sleep Bundle)
Bloom Hemp was created and founded with a mission to empower people across the globe to live happier, healthier lives through all things hemp.
Research
An Evaluation of Aromatherapy Massage in Palliative Care
Massage therapy has emerged as a powerful, evidence-based intervention for pain management and quality of life improvement in palliative and end-of-life care, with strong scientific support demonstrating significant benefits for patients and families facing terminal illness.
Massage Therapy Can effectively Relieve Cancer Pain: A Meta-Analysis
Thirteen randomized controlled trials were included in the meta-analysis, containing 1000 patients. Massage therapy could significantly relieve cancer pain in patients, especially those in the perioperative period and those with hematological malignancies.
The Use of Massage Therapy for Reducing Pain, Anxiety, and Depression in Oncological Palliative Care Patients: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Massage therapy is considered a cost-efficient, noninvasive intervention positively influencing and contributing to the reduction of pain, anxiety, and depression in seriously ill cancer patients.
Support
211 San Diego
As a San Diego local nonprofit organization, 211 is the region’s trusted source for information and connections to community, health, and disaster resources. Help is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in more than 200 languages. Their mission is to seamlessly connect people to resources, and partner with our community to transform how people access help.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988 is the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It provides trained staff to assist individuals at risk for suicide and offers specialized services for veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other groups facing mental health and substance use emergencies.
Books
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
Not only accepting but celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises.
Grossmont Healthcare Library
The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Health & Wellness Library provides a wide array of online health resources available to the general public, promoting overall health and awareness.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Paperback by Kay Redfield Jamison
In this book, Dr. Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey
Dr. Gladys McGarey, co-founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, started her medical practice when women could not have their own bank accounts. Over sixty years, she has transformed the understanding of disease, health care, and self-care worldwide. In this book, she shares six actionable secrets for living long, happy, and purpose-driven lives.
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve by Rheeda Walker PhD
In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias.