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Don’t Overlook This Common Senior Issue: Mental Illness

In one’s older years, it is common to be dealing with sleeping problems, fatigue or loss of appetite. And sometimes, they’re written off as just that. Yet for nearly 8 million older adults over ...Continue Reading
Aug 10, 2018
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Portage Home Care Tips: How to Plan for the Future as a Solo Senior

Solo seniors, or solo agers. These new terms are being passed around to describe baby boomers who do not have children. This strong and independent group faces a number of unique concerns in aging, na ...Continue Reading
Jul 19, 2018
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Can Alternative Medicine Help Those with Alzheimer’s Disease?

As the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That could very well pertain to the latest influx of corporations touting alternative supplements, dietary programs, and herbal co ...Continue Reading
Jul 13, 2018
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Does Surgery Equal Cognitive Decline in Seniors?

Undergoing surgery for older adults typically involves some inherent risks, but there is a little-known effect impacting a large number of seniors after surgery that we all must be aware of: POCD (pos ...Continue Reading
Jul 6, 2018
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Seniors Need More from Their Chronic Pain Treatments

Because the extensive population of baby boomers continue to age, and as our life expectancy continues to be extended, our thoughts with regard to managing chronic pain have changed accordingly. Today ...Continue Reading
Jun 20, 2018
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These New Alzheimer’s Drug Trials Give Hope To Millions

St. Joseph home health care experts, Home Sweet Home In-Home Care reports that with as many as 5.7 million seniors currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease – a full 10% of the over-65 population – ...Continue Reading
Jun 15, 2018
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Top Things You Should Know as a Family Caregiver

If you’re providing care for a senior loved one, it’s probable that you stumbled into the responsibility with virtually no formal training: you saw the requirement, and gallantly stepped forward to fu ...Continue Reading
Jun 7, 2018
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Have You Heard About This Latest Senior Fraud Threat?

Phone cons aimed at seniors are nothing new, with an astonishing $36 billion lost every year to financial abuse. And the latest senior fraud circulating is difficult for many seniors to detect until i ...Continue Reading
May 24, 2018
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Reverse Your Heart’s Aging Process with Heart Healthy Exercise!

For children, physical activity is a given – sports programs, recess on the playground, and impromptu games of tag with friends naturally give the heart a workout and keep it healthy. But as we age, a ...Continue Reading
May 17, 2018
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Is Living with an Elderly Parent the Best Decision?

One of the most commendable and admirable choices adult children can make is to open up their house to an aging parent. Our parents raised and took care of us when we needed help and support, so it se ...Continue Reading
May 10, 2018
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Regular Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease: Help Overcome the Challenges with Movement

The results of keeping physically active throughout aging are remarkable; however, for people that have Parkinson’s, it could truly be a game-changer in the progression of the disease. Several recent ...Continue Reading
Apr 26, 2018
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Detecting Malnutrition in Seniors: It’s a Common Problem That Often Is Missed

Remember weekend dinners at the grandparents’, whenever the whole family came together around the table to share a hearty meal, chitchat, and laughter? Unfortunately, with a lot of families now living ...Continue Reading
Apr 18, 2018
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The Radical New Thinking About Alzheimer’s and Amyloid Plaques

Those of us who follow the latest research in Alzheimer’s disease are all too familiar with the troublesome amyloid plaques thought to be linked to Alzheimer’s. But could it possibly be that those pla ...Continue Reading
Apr 10, 2018
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Research Shows If You Eat Healthy, You May Improve Your Brain Health

The fascinating outcomes of a recent AARP study are in: people who eat healthy are twice as likely to consider their mental acuity to be very good or excellent compared to those who rarely eat well. I ...Continue Reading
Mar 21, 2018
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How to Have a Good Visit with Your Loved One Experiencing Alzheimer’s Disease

It may be a bit intimidating to understand what to mention and just how to act when spending some time with a family member with Alzheimer’s. And, sadly, because of a number of inherent issues with th ...Continue Reading
Mar 14, 2018
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Here’s How Today Can Be a Great Day for Seniors and their Caregivers

“What a crazy day,” we sometimes bemoan, shrugging our shoulders gloomily. Let’s be honest, occasionally things happen that are completely out of our control, and some days those thi ...Continue Reading
Mar 10, 2018
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The Latest Technologies for Vision Impairment

Impacting an incredible number of Americans, vision impairment is as varied as the individuals who experience it – from simply needing to don a pair of reading glasses to skim through the morning pape ...Continue Reading
Feb 19, 2018
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The Best Way to Address Senior Finance Concerns

It’s a sensitive topic to discuss with aging parents, but one that needs to be resolved at some point: senior finance concerns. Many adult children are reluctant to muddle with parents’ financial matt ...Continue Reading
Feb 12, 2018
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The Comments You Should Avoid Saying to Your Senior Parents

Honesty is always the best policy, right? Even so there are occasions when some truths are better left unsaid, or at the very least worded more positively, especially when communicating with senior pa ...Continue Reading
Feb 5, 2018
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Dividing Caregiving Costs Without a Family Divide

Do you remember how challenging it could be as a child to learn the lesson of sharing with your sisters and brothers? While the incredible importance of considering others’ feelings, and also being fa ...Continue Reading
Jan 24, 2018
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