Senior Care

Strong Job Market Can Kill People: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Mortality Rates, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Elderly Care, Senior Care, Mortality, Nursing Homes, Joblessness, Slidepollajax, Health Care, Nursing Home, Business News

A falling unemployment rate is typically good news, but some economists point to a glaring downside. When the jobless rate falls, the death rate goes ...

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How to Create a Homelike Environment for Memory Care

Rita Altman, R.N. | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Caregiving, Assisted Living, Senior Citizens, Healthy Living News, Senior Living, Senior Care, Alzheimer's, Caregiver Tips, Caregivers, Healthy Living News

For family members who are helping a loved one with memory loss transition to an assisted living community or to any new living arrangement, it is important to recreate the elements that have always made those loved ones feel at home.

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Protecting Our Seniors Should Be Our First Priority

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Health Care, Dennis, Congressman Kucinich, Kucinich, Seniors, CLASS Act, Senior Care, Affordable Care Act, Long-Term Care, Congress Health Care, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program, Politics News

Seniors need our help. Congress should not even be taking a vote on whether to repeal the major provision in the health care law that tries to help Americans with long-term care.

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New Year's Resolutions for Alzheimer's Caregivers

Rita Altman, R.N. | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Caregiving, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Senior Citizens, Senior Care, Caregivers, New Year's Resolution, New Year's Resolutions, New Year Resolutions, New Year Resolution, Healthy-New-Year, Healthy Living News

New Year's is a great opportunity for caregivers to recognize the challenges they may face in 2012 and recommit themselves to becoming a better caregiver every day.

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Home for the Holidays

Leann Reynolds | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Holidays, Caregiving, Senior Care, Family Caregiving, Safety, Elder Care, Caregiver, In Home Care, Family Caregiver, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

Families can use the holidays as a time to reconnect and make time to talk about how to handle circumstances for elderly or ailing loved ones they only see once a year.

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When Your 94- and 85-Year-Old In-Laws Come to Stay

Barbara Dehn | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Elderly, Elder Care, Caregiving, Senior Citizens, Senior Care, Family Caregiver, Fifty News

I knew that in order to help my 94- and 85-year-old in-laws, Felix and Edna, who were both in wheelchairs get through the TSA security line in the Albany airport in under 3 hours, I'd have to get my stuff in the grey bins in a nanosecond and then I could concentrate on helping them.

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Survey Finds Significant Lack of Confidence In Healthcare System

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Aging, Senior Living, Revera, Senior Care, Canada Health Care, Health Care Services, Health Post50, Elder Care, Survey, Jeffrey Lozon, Health Care, Leger Marketing, Canada, Fifty News

The outlook of growing older in the current economic climate continues to look bleak, as the struggles of boomers' elderly parents only provide a gloo...

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Can You Break Your Promise And Put Your Parent In A Nursing Home?

wrinklethink.com | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Retirement Home, Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Senior Care, Nursing Homes, Niche Retirement Communities, Eldercare, Parenting Our Parents, Fifty News

Last week I interviewed Lisa, a Florida professional whose mother lives in the Memory Care neighborhood at a continuing care retirement community (CCR...

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My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy!

Kathy Barthel | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Elderly Parents, Elder Care, Elderly Care, Seniors, Senior Care, Comfort Life, Parenting Parents, Parenting post50, Fifty News

Your parents have always been the adults. They raised you. They dealt with illnesses, job losses and money issues. They did it all. Now you've become their caregiver.

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Bringing Style To Senior Citizens

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Baby Boomers, Starting-a-Business-at-Home, Susy Korb, Living Aids, Senior Care, Mobility, Canes, Walkers, Rie NøRregaard, Unique Business Ideas, Omhu, Susan Towers, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Seniors, Small Business News

Face it: With each tick-tock of the clock, you're getting older. Aging is something many fear, but it's inevitable. But the three women behind Omhu ar...

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The Not So Secret War Against the Very Old and the Very Young

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ageism, Elder Abuse, Aging, Senior Citizens, Senior Living, Senior Care, Seniors, Politics News

I am not asking Americans to change -- just get back to who they were -- a people with a deep sense of responsibility towards those who could not care for themselves.

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The Difficult Responsibility Of Protecting An Elderly Loved One

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 11.17.2011

And although the dementia from which she suffers seems to visit more frequently, it hasn't reared its ugly head today. Instead, I find myself dealing with another important medical issue: GladyO's persistent question about end of life.

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Eye On The Elderly: Helping Seniors In The Hospital Setting

Craig Garner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Elderly, Senior Citizens, Aging, Senior Support, Senior Caregiving, Elderly Care, Elderly Caregiving, Senior Care, Elderly Support, Elderly Hospital, Caring for Seniors, Seniors Hospital, Healthy Living News

Watching an elderly loved one struggle with the effects of aging while in the hospital is no easy task. To truly provide the support these patients need in times of crisis, gaining insight into their perspective is of utmost importance.

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More Than Marijuana: Humboldt County DA Wins big for Seniors

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assisted Living, Senior Citizens, Senior Living, Senior Care, Jury Settlement, Nursing Homes, Humboldt County, District Attorney, Skilled Healthcare, Humboldt County District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, Healthcare, Class Action Suit, Prop 19, Impact News

Recently the attention on pot and Prop 19 have overshadowed a huge Humboldt County legal battle, a landmark case, the outcome of which has far reaching implications in the healthcare field and for senior citizens.

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Rona Barrett: The Fame Monster Goes Senior (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rolling Stones, The Fame Monster, Rona Barrett, The Rona Barrett Foundation, ?Rona Barrett: Nothing but the Truth, Raquel Welch, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Paul Newman, ABC News, Senior Care, Daytime TV, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News

For more than thirty years Rona Barrett reported entertainment. She was the "Perez Hilton/TMZ/ShowbizTonight" of her day. If it mattered she knew it...

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Ask Rod, Episode 10: Are We Facing A Double-Dip Recession?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Video, Baby Boomers, Smith'wiches, Advertising and Marketing, Senior Care, Ask Rod, Double-Dip Recession, Online Business, Running a Business, The Smith, Small Business Video, Recession, Small Business News

Executive Editor Rod Kurtz offers advice on expanding during a recession, marketing products to Baby Boomers, and dealing with mischievous interns....

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3 Tips to Manage Caring for Elderly Parents

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Burnout, Senior Care, Sandwich Generation, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Many of us in mid-life are finding ourselves sandwiched between generations and trying to cope. We're starting families later, raising grandchildren and caring for seniors living into their 90s.

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Reverend Ken Dupin Creates First Mobile Medical Care Home For The Elderly

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senior Care, Medical Care, N2care, Medcottage, Ken Dupin, Impact News

Local residents looking for medical care will be surprised to find out they might not have to go far to receive the care they need. Rev. Ken Dupin, fo...

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Work-Life Balance: Help Is on the Way

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Benefits, Caregiving, Employees, Child Care, Employers, Senior Care, Work-Life Balance, Work-Life Fit, Healthy Living News

The amount parents spend on child care takes up an average of 15 percent of their household income. For most families, child care is the second-highest monthly expense behind rent or mortgage.

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Beyond The Minivan: Women And Care Arrangements

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Worklife, Child Care, Dads, Working Mothers, Senior Care, Stay-at-Home Moms, Parenting, Moms, Stay at Home Mothers, Women's Rights, Relationships, The Balanced Life, Shriver Report, Healthy Living News

Working moms, once unheard of, have become a cultural norm. Yet we're still mostly trying to find a balance in our home lives when it comes to making care arrangements.

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House Health Care Bill Reportedly Would Sharply Reduce Benefits For Senior Citizens

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Medicare Spending, Senior Care, Health Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Reform, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid, Medicare, Medicaid, Nancy Pelosia Health Care Bill, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Richard S. Foster, Politics News

A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul ...

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