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Kalamazoo Senior Care Helps You Enjoy the Holidays and Avoid the Emergency Room

While we might imagine a Norman Rockwell-worthy Thanksgiving gathering, with the entire family savoring high quality time with one another and Grandma’s customary feast, the reality for a number of fa ...Continue Reading
Nov 6, 2018
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An Elephant Never Forgets… And Could Teach Us More On Alzheimer’s and Dementia

The old saying is true: elephants actually do have phenomenal memories, even in their later years. For example, they can remember and go back to highly specific locations many years after visiting the ...Continue Reading
Oct 17, 2018
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How Senior Parents Can Age at Home Safely and Maintain Independence

It’s a conflict that emerges for many families: senior parents adamantly like to age in place in their own homes, while their family members are worried about their basic safety. And there’s a point t ...Continue Reading
Oct 10, 2018
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St. Joseph, MI Senior Care: Tips for Speaking to Someone Facing a Health Crisis

Have you ever walked into the office or a get-together with friends or family and had a person say to you with great concern, “You really look tired today!” Even though you may have been feeling fairl ...Continue Reading
Sep 14, 2018
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Understanding the Hidden Risks of Sleeping Pills for Seniors

What could possibly be better than waking up well rested after an excellent night’s sleep, completely energized and able to face the day? For a lot of older adults – as much as a third of them – obtai ...Continue Reading
Aug 21, 2018
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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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St. Joseph Office:
4032 M-139, Suite 132
St. Joseph, MI 49085

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45045 W Red Arrow Hwy
Paw Paw, MI 49079

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