|
|
 Acne (1,500)
Addictions (1,500)
Advice (1,500)
Allergies (1,092)
Alternative Medicine (1,500)
Anti Aging (1,500)
Breakup (1,500)
Cancer (1,499)
Dental Care (1,500)
Disabilities (1,500)
Divorce (1,500)
Elderly Care (1,498)
Goal Setting (1,500)
Hair Loss (1,500)
Health and Safety (1,497)
Hearing (1,500)
Law of Attraction (1,499)
Marriage (1,500)
Medicine (1,497)
Meditation (1,499)
Men's Health (1,500)
Mental Health (1,500)
Motivational (1,500)
Nutrition (1,495)
Personal Injury (1,499)
Plastic Surgeries (1,500)
Pregnancy (1,496)
Psychology (1,500)
Public Speaking (1,500)
Quit Smoking (1,500)
Religion (1,499)
Self Help (1,500)
Skin Care (1,500)
Sleep (1,500)
Stress Management (1,500)
Teenagers (1,492)
Time Management (1,500)
Weddings (1,500)
Wellness (1,500)
Women's Health (1,500)
Women's Issues (1,500)
|
For most people it represents a wonderful reward for years of work and service. Retirement represents a time for finally enjoying the hard-earned fruits, for which one has worked almost an entire lifetime. It is often dreamt of as the perfect time to try out new hobbies, to travel to foreign countries, to read great books, and to even move to a new home. Retirement is, in many ways, the culmination of years spent working towards the American dream.
Many people move to places with warm, sunny weather and spend days enjoying leisurely games with friends or outdoor sports with a spouse. Others move to beauiful mounatinous destinations, at which they may enjoy skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. Wherever people go and whatever they choose to do, however, retirement is the time at which they are given the freedom to enjoy themselves without concern or worry. It is a time during which the stresses of the average work week are no longer relevant. Moreover the children are grown, and, as a result, the stresses of parenthood have given way to the joys of being a grandparent. Retirement seems like a dream for most people.
And while retirement is undoubtedly a wonderful time in anyone's life and a reward for years of well-done work, it is also a time that is inherently affected by many of the physical affects of aging. Many people plan for all of the things that they have wanted to do since they were a 20-something, however they forget that with the joys of retirement come the issues associated with getting older. One cannot necessarily jog for 6 miles each morning or climb a mountain with the same sort of gusto.
One health issue that affects many people at retirement age is that of hearing loss. As people age, hearing loss is perhaps one of the most common health problems to begin to affect individual health. After having a proper screening at a physician's office, many people feel a bit disoriented when they realize that they are beginning to be affected by hearing loss.
While disabilities related to aging, such as hearing loss, are an inherent source of stress for people as they get older, luckily today technological developments have created numerous aids to ensure that they affect people's daily lives as little as possible. Recent developments in hearing aid technology have led to the production of numerous new kinds so that there are now enough to fit every lifestyle and preference. New FM hearing aids come equipped with a corresponding microphone, which can be given to any person to help ensure the ultimate level of clarity. Wireless hearing aids today also have capabilities which allow them to help to minimize background noise, so that those who purchase them are given unprecedented levels of clarity. With these devices, as well as numerous other technologies, it seems that hearing loss no longer needs to be an added source of stress for those looking to enjoy the benefits of retiring.
|
|
|
