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Essential Tips for Older Drivers with Physical, Vision and Hearing Challenges
Older adults who enjoy driving and consider it a vital part of their continuing independence and sense of well-being nonetheless encounter physical changes that affect their driving experience as they age. There are lots of important issues involved in discussions about older adults continuing to drive. Here, we are going to focus on the physical […]
The Healing Power of Dirt and Memories
Our life passions come from somewhere deep inside us, but often they are sparked by someone we love deeply, someone who took the time to share their own passions. For me the love of gardening came from my grannies and my own mother. My sweet memory of walking through my granny’s tiger lily patch is […]
Helping Loved Ones Remember Who They Are
As our older loved ones experience the changes of later life, it is easy for them to become discouraged about their ability to stay independent and productive. Most of us will experience health issues that make doing what we enjoy harder and the fear of losing our independence can be a blow to our sense […]
Time to Forgive and Heal
Spotlight on Health Care: The Inside Scoop on the Business of Managed Care
Managed care is not, in itself, health insurance. Instead, it is a delivery and payment system for health care services. One of the main purposes of it is to control health care costs. There are many models of managed care, including some designed specifically for Seniors who are on Medicare. This article will discuss a […]
Spotlight on Health Care: What is Managed Care?
This is a continuation of our series on health insurance plans. Here, we will discuss one of the most common types, managed care. Managed care can be intricate, so it will be explained in several articles. What is Managed Care? Managed care can be very confusing to Seniors and others. Many are used to relying […]
5 Ways to Provide In-Home Help for Seniors
The “aging network” provides many resources for the elderly and their families at little or no cost. The challenge is understanding what those services are, what they are called and how to access them. There are two broad categories of resources available to seniors. One subset of those services is available through agencies and organizations […]
Checklist – Choosing a Nursing Home
Updated July 2025 About 4.5% of Americans who are 65 or older live in long-term care facilities. About 2.3% of older Americans live in nursing homes. Census data confirms that seniors are more likely to move into nursing homes as they grow older. Only about 1% of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 […]
Seniors – Be Sure that Your Health Insurance is Real
The grim reality is that throughout life, illnesses and accidents occur. They often occur more often as we get older. While it is always best to take good physical care of oneself, some illnesses and accidents can’t be avoided. Treatment for the illnesses and injuries costs money, and often lots of it. That is what […]
Seniors and Fee-for-Service Health Care Plans
In retirement, money (and the allocation of it) is often a bigger issue than it was at other times of your life. Coupled with other financial strains that can happen with retirement, medical issues related to aging can throw limited budgets off course. It can, therefore, help to have an idea (a “best guess”) of […]