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What You Should Know About Advance Directives
Advance directives support your right to die and death with dignity. With an advance directive, you can express how much or how little you want done for you when you are no longer able to make these decisions. Living wills and other advance directives are written, legal instructions regarding a person’s preferences for medical care […]
The State of Caregivers in 2015
Higher hour caregivers — defined as those who provide at least 21 hours and up to 60 hours of care per week without pay — are likely to suffer emotional stress as well as physical and financial strain, according to the report Caregiving in the U.S. 2015. Jointly issued by the National Alliance for Caregiving […]
Do You Think Baby Boomers Are Healthy?
Updated August 2025 Much has been written recently about the “graying” of the world’s population. The number of people in the world who are older than 65 now exceeds the number who are younger than five. According to Pew Research Center, the percentage of people in the world who are under 25 will roughly equal […]
5 Ways to a Healthy and Fit Brain
Updated September 2025 Do you ever forget the name of a song or your favorite restaurant? Have you ever been driving down the street and momentarily forgot where you were going? We all forget things and, in most cases, for very innocent reasons. We are multi-tasking, distracted, or having a stressful day. While all of […]
Granny Hits the Highway: Seniors Not Taking a Backseat When It Comes to Internet Use
Updated August 2025 According to the Pew Research Center, 98% of Americans age 50–64 are online. Even more surprising, 90% of Americans 65 and older report that they use the internet, up from 63% ten years ago. How Seniors Use the Internet A 2025 report by AARP identifies the ways in which Americans who are […]
How Does Social Security Work?
Social Security, also known as the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a federal program that includes several insurance and welfare programs. The original Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 and the current version of the Act has been amended numerous times. Social Security is funded through […]
Practical Tips for the Long-Distance Caregiver
A 2020 companion report issued by The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP on Caregiving in the U.S. found that 11% of the 50+ plus caregivers lived a least one hour away from their care recipient. And those numbers are only likely to increase as society continues to be more and more mobile. Providing help […]
Moving to a Retirement Community: A Tricky Adjustment
The Scenario Barbara is 78, in good health and a recent widow. For the last six years, her focus has been caring for her husband, who was seriously crippled by a combination of severe arthritis and stenosis, and then was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. After his death, her children worried that she could no […]
Patient Advocates Help Patients Navigate Health Care Systems
Patient advocacy is an area of specialization in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates providing services, and to organizations whose functions extend to individual patients. Some patient advocates […]
6 Tips for Aging Successfully On Your Own
The 21st century has resulted in an unprecedented movement of older Americans toward aging alone. Some older adults embrace this trend to further their desire to age in place. For others, it is a matter of being able to afford to remain at home alone. In addition, having a broad variety of health care services […]