Cholesterol: Know Your Numbers

nearly one-third of Eau Claire residents have high blood cholesterol

Heart disease accounts for 1 in 4 deaths across the country, and high cholesterol is one of the largest risk factors for heart disease. While the body can ...

Markquart Donation Boosts Effort To Create Senior-Friendly Park Amenities

$50,000 donation to help aging locals stay active

The effort to turn part of Eau Claire’s McDonough Park into an Active Aging Fitness area got a big boost recently with a $50,000 donation from Markquart Motors ...

Work Underway on L.E. Phillips Senior Center Expansion

addition will add much-needed space for exercise, learning

Eau Claire’s population is getting older, but thanks to an upcoming addition to the L.E. Phillips Senior Center, it will soon be getting more fit and better-educated, too.

Local Yoga Instructor Offers Tips for Everybody and Every Body

The Yoga Room offers yoga instruction for seniors, mobility for all ages

Lucinda Kemmet, instructor at The Yoga Room (2839 Mall Drive, Eau Claire), said she enjoys sharing her values on yoga with a wide variety of audiences – and now senior citizens.

Senior Center’s E-Trikes Help Riders Tackle Valley’s Trails

The electric-equipped TerraTrikes can be reserved and checked out free of charge.

According to the senior center, the TerraTrikes offer a battery-powered “pedal assist” which helps boost a biker’s own pedal power.

Online Medicare Plan Finder Gets Upgrade

For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder at www.medicare.gov/plan-compare ...

Time to Review Your Medicare Plan

Medicare open enrollment period begins Oct. 15

Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period is coming soon: It begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. Be sure to add this to your fall checklist if you have a Medicare Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Plan ...

Cholesterol: Know Your Numbers

nearly one-third of Eau Claire residents has high blood cholesterol

Heart disease accounts for 1 in 4 deaths across the country, and high cholesterol is one of the largest risk factors for heart disease. While the body can make all the cholesterol that it needs ...

Living Well With Dementia

making every season of life count when you are experiencing memory loss

Autumn in Wisconsin seems to come without warning at a time when the fruitful days of midsummer are beginning to wane but when it still seems as though food, endless plenty, and the warmth ...

Feed Your Brain With the MIND Diet

local dietician advocates for memory-preservation diet

As we age, many factors can affect how our bodies function. These factors may seem out of our control, but there are actually things one can do to boost physical and mental functioning. Pam VanKampen of Chippewa Falls has been a registered dietician for 32 years ...