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With all the talk about dementia and Alzheimer’s and the number of people who may have it or get it, I thought that it would be appropriate to talk a little about the “positives” of aging! Yes, there are positives for sure! According to WebMD,...
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A study was recently conducted on 2,802 adults with an average age of 74 and it was discovered that it reduced participant’s risk of dementia by 29 percent! Dr. Ball, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Dan Roenker, of Western Kentucky University...
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A company called Active Protective is currently working on a belt with an airbag in it to break the fall for older people at risk! What an incredible idea!! Active Protective, a Philadelphia startup founded by a trauma surgeon and a technology entrepreneur, seeks to...
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Over the last few years I have spoken to many of the baby boomers I grew up with and I found it very alarming to find that a large percentage of them think that Medicare will cover the cost of Long Term Care should they need it. Let me be the first (for many) to tell...
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“When it comes to real estate, 78 million Baby Boomers age 52 to 72 are really throwing a wrench into the retirement housing market. They are rejecting the senior ghettos represented by cookie-cutter retirement communities and condominiums of days past, for new...
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What is a Whole Food?Whole foods are foods that are as close to their whole or natural state as possible. If you can imagine the food growing then it is a whole food. Examples of whole foods include whole grains, dried beans, fresh vegetables and fruits,...
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When Seniors can no longer live safely and securely in their homes due to illness or aging, they can experience an extreme amount of stress when trying to make the initial decision and even more while going through the actual moving process. The move to a retirement...
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Home Elevators: A Rising Trend https://www.houzz.com/jsGalleryWidget/gallery/2021074//new_window=yes/title_on=yes/width=300
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It really doesn’t matter what income bracket you are in, at some point in your life as you age you may face the fact that you need some type of long-term care. Long-termcare.gov tells us that almost 70% of people turning age 65 will need long-term care at...
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I got thinking the other day about how great it would be to get my sister set up with Skype on her television so that she could talk with and see her family all over the country. She does have a smart phone and she can FaceTime with them, but the screen is so small. ...
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Universal design is a philosophy of design that recognizes, and attempts to accommodate the broadest possible spectrum of human ability in the design of all products and environments. It requires sensitivity to, and knowledge about people of all ages and...
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1 to 100 we are all aging! For the first time in history the number of people 65 years of age and older exceeds the number of people 15 years and younger. Advances in medicine and science are helping people to live 10 to 20 to 30 years longer than prior generations,...
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