What Steps Can You Take to Reduce Fall Risk?
According to the National Institutes of Health, fall-related injuries send more than 1.6 million older Americans to the emergency room annually. In fact, every year, 1-in-3 seniors will experience a...
View ArticleAging Brain, More Trouble With Financial Decisions?
Years of research have produced conflicting findings on aging’s effects on brainpower. Now, a new study says that people aged 65 to 90 are significantly less likely than their younger counterparts to...
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Caregiving and The Real Cost of Care
By: Kay E. Engle Ms. Engle is a retiree whose offer to care for her aging mother began a difficult but unforgettable journey of caregiving, love and understanding. She wrote “A Day in the Life of a...
View ArticleSeniors and Aging – Bladder Control Problems (Incontinence)
With the right information and treatment, bladder control problems (incontinence) can almost always be cured or managed. It is estimated that more than one in five senior adults in Canada experiences...
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Quick Tips to Keep an Elder Living at Home
From the Care Company – http://thecareco.com/ Most seniors want to age in place. Who wouldn’t want to? Familiarity and memories all equal comfort and usually a happier, healthier senior. The problem is...
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Improve Your Memory
WebMD Feature from “Good Housekeeping” Magazine Sometimes I think my memory is actually too good. Like when I realize I still know the lyrics to nearly every song released in the ’80s. Or that I can...
View ArticleNew Apple Ingredient Discovery Keeps Muscles Strong!
by: Michael Clonts Natural Component of Apple Peels Found To Help Prevent Muscle Weakening In search of an effective method to prevent muscle wasting that comes with illness and aging, researchers have...
View ArticleAnxiety Linked to Higher Long-Term Risk of Stroke
The greater the anxiety level, the higher risk of having a stroke, according to new research published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. The study is the first in which researchers...
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Exporting Grandma to care homes abroad
By Anna Lacey and Imogen Foulkes BBC Health Check Sending elderly relatives to a care home can be a tough and emotional decision. But is booking a one-way flight to a destination 8,000 miles away a...
View ArticleWhat Types of Services Do Home Health and Home Care Providers Deliver?
Home Health Care providers deliver a wide variety of health care and supportive services, ranging from professional nursing and HCA care to physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapies....
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