The communication between your sensory systems and your brain is rapid and complex. Protect your sensory organs by minimizing exposure to loud noises, ensuring good dental hygiene, and using sunscreen all year long. Notice any sudden or marked changes in your vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch or proprioception? See a doctor.

60 Connect: The Mandel Jewish Community Center (Mandel JCC) is resuming in-person programs for community members ages 60 and over to connect with one another.

People who don't use public libraries think of them as dusty relics — quaint, quiet and stodgily irrelevant. The rest of us know otherwise. Public libraries, perhaps more than any other type of institution, have remade themselves in recent years to meet the needs of their diverse and tech-savvy patrons.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a time to encourage conversation about the brain, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association recently asked those living with early-stage Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia what they want others to know about living with the disease. Here are six things they shared...

Social Security benefits and services are vital to people with early-onset Alzheimer’s who are unable to work and have no other source of income. Social Security includes early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in its list of Compassionate Allowances program, allowing for faster processing of disability claims for individuals with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders.

Dehydration is a serious and common occurrence with many older adults, especially for those living alone or even in senior care communities. Learn the signs of dehydration and how to encourage your loved ones (or motivate yourself) to stay hydrated.