What if the caregiver doesn’t show up?
Over the coming years, that’s going to become more and more likely. Every day, another 10,000 or so Baby Boomers turn 65, and 70% of them...
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5 ways to make a home more “dementia-friendly” (Repainting the walls may be one of them)
Virtually every aspect of a home can affect [a person with dementia’s] quality of life,” says Charles Fuschillo Jr., president and CEO of...
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Can you spot a sign of elder neglect in this picture?
The man in the photo is wearing dirty clothes. Dirty clothes can be a sign of elder neglect – but not necessarily a conclusive one. His...
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When and why is it okay to fire your doctor?
Staying with a doctor you don’t feel good about can be bad for your health. You need to be able to trust your doctor, to see your doctor...
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How does telehealth compare to office visits? (The answer may surprise you.)
Let’s start with the obvious: For diagnosing a new illness, for treating an injury, for conducting lab tests, for removing staples or...
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Too much of a good thing?
Vitamin D is good for your health. It helps your body absorb calcium, strengthens your immune system’s ability to fight infection, and...
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8 things to ask when your doctor prescribes a new med
The older you are, the more doctors – your primary care physician and specialists – you’re likely to be seeing, and the more medications...
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How Medicare pays doctors and hospitals to give seniors better care
Value Based Reimbursement rewards coordinated medical care that leads to better patient health.
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Does an aspirin a day really keep heart attacks away?
On the basis of 40-year-old research, millions of people in their 40s and older take a low-dose (81-100 mg) aspirin tablet every day as a...
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Retirees don’t spend their money according to stereotypes
Stereotypes – including those held by economists and retirement analysts – are just plain wrong, it turns out. Seniors are not spending...
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How safe is surgery for older patients?
When it comes to surgery for older adults, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that “In modern surgery, it’s a rare event to...
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What happens when Gen X and Y caregivers are less healthy than their parents?
No one ever said that unpaid family caregivers have it easy. Some 34.2 million spend almost 26 hours a week helping with dressing and...
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You may already own the latest telemedicine diagnostic device.
It’s a smartphone with either FaceTime or Google Duo. By eliminating travel time to and from doctors’ offices, along with time-wasting...
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Even gut bacteria know that no two seniors are the same
Bacteria are one-cell organisms – and they’re not brain cells. Yet, they’re smart enough to become “increasingly unique (i.e.,...
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As a health predictor, how does BMI measure up?
Not very well, according to Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, the Belgian mathematician who devised the Body Mass Index in 1832. Quetelet...
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Drinking lots of water can be good for your health. Or bad.
There’s an old rule of thumb about drinking eight glasses of water a day. Is that enough? Too little? Or too much? The U.S. National...
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Now hospitals are starting to make house calls
This past August, I wrote about how COVID workarounds like remote working, telemedicine, and online grocery shopping and other services...
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Depression can be heartbreaking. Literally.
COVID-19 notwithstanding, the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. And one of the leading causes of heart...
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Why Choose a Full-Service Home Care Agency?
It's 2:00 pm, and your phone is ringing. It’s your private caregiver calling to say they can’t be there today for the regularly scheduled...
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The value of monthly Registered Nurse assessments
In an effort to ensure good care, Virginia law requires senior care agencies like Senior Insights to have a Registered Nurse perform...
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