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Virtual Senior Center Keeps Homebound Seniors Connected
Blogger Jane Gross reported in the New York Times recently about a pilot “virtual senior center” that New York City’s Department of Aging is setting up to aid homebound elderly people. The project,...
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Concerns over too many medicines
It seems that there’s a medicine today to alleviate or cure nearly everything that ails us, but a recent article explains how interactions among multiple drugs can cause unwanted and even dangerous...
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Treatment via telemedicine may reduce depression in homebound seniors
Remote technology may be able to significantly improve the lives of homebound seniors. Depression among seniors who need home healthcare is much higher than it is among other elderly people living at...
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Robot Teddy Bears Help Seniors
To deal with an aging population, Japan has been working towards having robots help take care of the growing numbers of seniors. Early efforts haven’t been very successful because older people are...
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November is National Family Caregivers Month
Every year since 1997, the President of the United States has declared November to be National Family Caregivers Month, recognizing the more 65 million people in this country who take responsibility...
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Caring for Caregivers
National Family Caregivers Month seems to be effectively raising awareness of the plight of those who have to care for elderly and ill relatives. We’re coming across many more articles on the topic...
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Real-world advice for women about heart disease
Last week, the American Heart Association issued the 2011 update to its guidelines for preventing heart disease in women. Often thought to be a male disease, heart disease is the number one cause of...
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Domino’s delivers…medical alert services
We were struck by this story on NBC’s Today Show about a pizza delivery woman who came to the rescue of one of her elderly customers. Jean Wilson had ordered a pepperoni pizza every day from a Domino’s...
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Drink coffee. Lots of coffee.
The media is abuzz about coffee today. We’re not talking about the buzz they get from their cup of morning joe. We’re talking about the buzz from new research that further points to coffee being the...
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Retirement Expectations Gap
Everybody dreams about retirement from the time you are 35 until right up to when it finally happens. Visions of travelling to Europe, free concerts in the park and lectures on ancient Roman...
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