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• Volunteering at Orlando Health is a Win-Win

  243,690. That’s how many hours volunteers worked at Orlando Health last year, and that’s a lot—an average of 667 hours per day. A

• 8 Surprising Ways To Help Prevent Cognitive Decline

  Your brain, like the muscles in your body, needs exercise to stay in shape. Without it, you increase your risk for a decline in your cognitive skills, including memory, reasoning and attention.

• How to Write Your Own Prescription for Self-Care

  Facing constant demands from family, work and school, women often find themselves overextended and unable to set aside time for their own well-being. With so many competing time demands, they may find themselves burned out, depressed and vulnerable to health threats. 

• Meet Daisy-Mai – An Orlando Health Pet Therapy Dog

  Daisy-Mai, my eight-pound Pomeranian, was born to be a pet therapy dog. Our journey began the day she climbed into my sister-in-law, Nicole’s, lap and cuddled up into a fluffy ball, begging to be pet and loved. As Nicole stroked Daisy’s soft, silky fur and soaked in her gentle sweetness, she had the sudden thought that Daisy should become a therapy dog. I immediately agreed, which led to Daisy becoming a part of the Orlando Health Pet Therapy Program.

• Melinda and Paxton’s Journey to Becoming a Pet Therapy Team

  My journey to becoming a Pet Therapy Team started after I began volunteering at Orlando Health. I decided to donate my time to the organization because it was close to home, and I had family members who had been patients at Orlando Regional Medical Center. I knew that one day I would want to work at Orlando Health so I thought volunteering would give me a better idea of what the organization is like.

• 6 Tips for Enthusiastic and Healthy Aging

  It’s an indisputable fact: We’re all getting older, but getting older doesn’t mean being relegated to a rocking chair. We’re living longer and with more emphasis on health, we’re living well longer. The concept of aging is changing as older adults reject traditional views of what they can and cannot do. They start new jobs, new hobbies and new adventures regardless of the year they were born. 

• 5 Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress

  Between Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, a lot happens the last two months of the year.

• Supporting Friends and Family Who are In the Hospital for the Holidays

  The holidays are a special time of year for many families, but when a loved one or close friend is sick, celebrating the holidays can be particularly challenging.

• Lack of Diet & Exercise Are More Dangerous for Your Health Than You Think

  Did you know that physical inactivity and poor diet combined are responsible for more premature deaths every year than smoking?

• Becoming a Pet Therapy Team

  If you’ve spent any time around Orlando Health you’ve probably bumped into a therapy dog.  The Paws for Hope Pet Therapy Program at Orlando Health has close to 60 therapy dogs walking the hospital halls visiting patients, family members and staff. If you’ve been the lucky recipient of a therapy dog visit, you know it’s a sweet retreat from the stresses of being at that hospital.