THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD NIGHT’S REST
Quality Sleep Promotes Healthy Aging
Sleep is an essential part of our lives, but it becomes even more important as we get older, as it’s a necessity for healthy aging and staying energized. Ideally, everyone should sleep between 7.5–9 hours a night, but as we get older, this becomes much harder to achieve. Health complaints, minor disturbances, and a decrease in melatonin levels make it difficult for seniors to get a full night of sleep, which can cause irritability and fatigue.
In order to combat these disturbances, here are a few things you can do to ensure you get enough sleep during the night.
BUILD AN ACTIVE DAILY ROUTINE. Outdoor exercise and general movement every day is good for your body, but being outside and absorbing sunlight can balance and optimize your melatonin levels, which can help you fall asleep easier. On top of exercise, try weaving protein-rich snacks and meals into your routine. Foods like light meat and nuts can improve sleep quality, and dairy foods contain tryptophan, which is a sleep-promoting chemical. ELIMINATE UNHEALTHY SUBSTANCES. Limit your intake of caffeine and sugar throughout the day — especially right before bed — for better rest. It’s also best not to drink anything about an hour before bed, so you don’t wake up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and disrupt your sleep.
REGULATE YOUR SLEEP SCHEDULE. Keeping the same schedule for sleeping can reap immediate benefits. You will notice increased alertness during waking hours as well as enhanced memory and attention span. You may also start to feel tired around the same time every day, ensuring that you will actually go to sleep right on schedule. It can take time and patience to adjust to new habits to improve sleep, especially for the elderly. It won’t happen overnight, but the benefits that come with a better night’s sleep will have you feeling younger and healthier than ever before. If anything, you will feel more engaged and happier throughout your daily life.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MARSHALL KLOB
Under the Tin Roof
Since retirement, one of our clients has taken a newfound hobby and literally “turned” it into much more! Marshall Klob retired about 5–6 years ago and has been busy ever since enjoying his recently discovered hobby while giving back.
Some unique techniques that Marshall has picked up along the way include filling voids and inclusions in the wood. When the wood rots or softens a bit in certain areas, he is able to dig out the softened wood and replace it with either a metalized epoxy or sodium bicarbonate to create some beautiful designs. This past holiday season, Marshall sold beautiful ornaments at the office, and the proceeds went to benefit JaxPAL. Post-holidays, his work, including candlesticks and small bowls, is featured at KMH Home in Neptune Beach, Florida, a lifestyle store and design firm located in the Courtyard Shoppes of Beaches Town Center. Just ask to see the beautiful wood pieces turned by Marshall Klob in the collection ”Under the Tin Roof.” Stop by, check out his work, and purchase a handmade one-of-a-kind item to enjoy for many years or to give as a special gift! We want to know more about you! We are looking forward to featuring our clients’ stories monthly, discussing the many things that enrich their lives and retirement. Please call us at 904-232-8760 to share your story with us so we can share it with others too!
“In high school, I learned how to turn wood on a wood lathe, which they don’t seem to do in schools anymore today,” Marshall tells us. “That was my first introduction to woodturning. It wasn’t until after retirement that I picked it back up, and I’m glad that I did. I really enjoy it.” Once Marshall started experimenting with woodturning again, he developed new skills, and all that he had learned many years ago came back to him slowly but surely. “I mostly enjoy turning little wooden ornaments out of old branches that have been lodged in a tree for a while. After sitting for some
time, they become seasoned and contain spalting as the wood begins to decay,” Marshall says. “I look at the characteristics of each branch and I start turning. I let the wood talk to me.”
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