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Very few U.S. retirees have dental insurance today. Without coverage from traditional Medicare, and with private dental insurance typically costing too much to be feasible, most seniors are stuck ...

Regular Dental Checkups are Important at Every Age

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One of the most difficult, distressing and frightening situations for home caregivers or staff in care facilities is aggressive or combative behavior from someone who has Alzheimer's disease. ...

Patricia Grace commented on Patricia Grace's post Aggression and Alzheimer's

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One of the most difficult, distressing and frightening situations for home caregivers or staff in care facilities is aggressive or combative behavior from someone who has Alzheimer's disease. ...

Aggression and Alzheimer's

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The elderly are at particular risk for heat illness. People suffer heat-related illness when their bodies are unable to properly cool themselves. The body normally cools itself by sweating. When ...

Summer Heat can Prove Deadly for Elders

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As a caregiver, one of your main duties may be preparing healthy, nutritious meals for your loved one. Diet and proper nutrition are very important in day-to-day caregiving. However, if you are ...

Patricia Grace commented on MC Kelby's post A Caregiver’s Kitchen

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Please enjoy reading the March eNewsletter from Aging with Grace - http://conta.cc/hvgO7C Your feedback is welcomed, as your thoughts on topics of interest. Patricia

Speaking with Grace...

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Many women are juggling work and caring for an elderly family member. How are you keeping a healthy balance between career, work and family obligations?

Patricia Grace commented on Patricia Grace's post Are you a working caregiver?

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Looking after someone in failing health is fraught with tough conversations. But as challenging as unfamiliar and emotionally charged topics can be -- especially those that tend to flip our usual ...

Discussing Incontinence--Before You Say a Word, Know Your Role and Your Goal

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As seniors become more tech savvy, a company called Vitality has begun offering pill bottle caps that connect to the internet via cellular phone technology. The pill caps offer a variety of ...

Glow in the Dark Pill Bottle Caps--What Will They Think of Next?

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Many women are juggling work and caring for an elderly family member. How are you keeping a healthy balance between career, work and family obligations?

Are you a working caregiver?

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Americans are living longer than ever before and most people who live into their 70s and beyond will develop cataracts at some point. According to the experts at the American Academy of ...

Reduce the Risk of Cataracts

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Glaucoma, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are the most common vision-related diseases that affect millions of seniors every year and contribute to low ...

Low Vision and the Elderly

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In the halls of the nation’s businesses, the hushed whispers, which were once reserved for gossip and Monday morning quarterbacking, now echo the despair stressed out women are feeling in their ...

The New "Female Problem"

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Music is a wonderful activity for a person to share with a family member that is suffering with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Music can be soothing, and like Alzheimer's, takes ...

Patricia Grace commented on Patricia Grace's post Music Soothes the Soul and Takes Us Back

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Music is a wonderful activity for a person to share with a family member that is suffering with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Music can be soothing, and like Alzheimer's, takes ...

Music Soothes the Soul and Takes Us Back

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It seems that alcohol abuse among older adults is something few wish to talk about, and it's a problem for which even fewer seek treatment. Too often, family members are ashamed about the problem ...

The Hidden Problem of Alcoholism and the Elderly

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The Alzheimer’s Association has nicknamed the baby boomer generation “Generation Alzheimer’s” in a new report, since one in eight boomers is expected to develop the disease, for which there is no ...

Baby Boomers--Generation Alzheimer's

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When caring for someone afflicted by Alzheimer’s disease in a home setting, caregivers must take a critical look at the living environment. Adapting the home to prevent accidents and ensure ...

Providing a Safe Home Environment for Alzheimer’s Patients

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Through gadgets, apps, and networks, let the monitoring begin! In 2010, a trickle of vendors released new monitoring systems and delivery options. The flood gates are beginning to burst open as ...

Apps, Networks and Eldercare--the Growing Industry of Granny Monitors

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The definition of retirement continues to change and evolve as Americans continue to live longer. A new nationwide poll of older adults, ages 65 to 80, showed that over 80 percent of them feel ...

Older Americans Look at Retirement Through a Different Prism

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In today's America, everyone is searching for ways to stay young, healthy and in shape. Research and studies tend to focus on scientifically proven areas of care, though a growing sect has been ...

A Growing Number of Older Americans Utilize Alternatives to Medicine