Seniors are often saluted for the wisdom they impart through their seasoned bon mots and, more recently, have been tapped by several authors for their secrets to living well. The unforeseen …
Continue ReadingPaying for Dental Care: Putting Teeth in the Law
People lucky enough to have employers providing them with dental coverage most often lose it when they retire; 70{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} of seniors 65 and older lack or have very limited dental …
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Only a few years ago, the Village Movement was hailed as a growing way to “help ease the challenge of caring for a rapidly aging population” by providing support and services …
Continue ReadingMedication Safety for People With Dementia
It’s important for all people, especially seniors, to find safe and effective ways to manage their medications. But people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia most often need …
Continue ReadingHelp and Hope for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
While the benefits afforded by the Medicare and Medicaid programs are held dear by many seniors, the complications connected to them are not. And recent research reveals that consumers, particularly …
Continue ReadingMythbusting Marijuana for Seniors
“Seniors have special issues,” says Beverly A. Potter, a California psychologist who goes by the moniker DocPotter. And then she launches into a litany of them: aches and pains caused …
Continue ReadingKnitted Twiddlemuffs: Help for Alzheimer’s Anxiety
My maternal grandmother — perhaps the kindest, calmest, most creative soul who ever walked the earth — taught me to knit when I was very young. It’s a gift that’s …
Continue ReadingHelp for Aging Easily: Transitioning With Resilience
Though “transitioning” and “resilience” are oft-mentioned buzzwords these days, few people put them in the same sentence as “aging.” But that’s the whole raison d’etre for the Resilient Aging Lab, which …
Continue ReadingSeniors’ Medication Management Problems — and Tips for Handling Them
Without doubt, many medications improve seniors’ quality of living, some even save their lives. But if not managed properly, the drugs they ingest can also sicken or kill them. In …
Continue ReadingReworking Working: Seniors Forging New Careers
Many terms come to mind when an older worker loses a job — none of them pleasant: “put out to pasture,” “given the squeeze,” “aged out,” “consigned to the scrap …
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