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What You Need to Know Medications and Interactions

What You Need to Know: Medications and Interactions

What You Need to Know: Medications and Interactions As people age, their bodies change. These changes can affect the way medications are absorbed. If a person loses weight, they may require less medication than they did previously. When organ systems slow down, they affect how fast or slowly medications work. When older adults take multiple medications, there is a risk…

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How to Protect Seniors from Work-at-Home Schemes

How to Protect Seniors from Work-at-Home Schemes Did you know that con artists who prey on innocent seniors, sparking their interest with work-at-home or get rich quick schemes, exploit people to the tune of $400 billion annually? Appealing Scams. These tempting scams lure hundreds of innocent adults each week. Work-at-home scams vary from the promise of earning thousands per month…

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Power of Attorney 101

Power of Attorney 101

Power of Attorney 101 If your loved one were to become incapacitated and unable to make important decisions independently, what would you do? Perhaps not the most uplifting of conversations, but considering these situations and how to handle them should be a priority, especially if you have aging parents, close friends, or elderly family members. Putting a simple legal framework…

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Seniors: Avoiding Phone Scams

Seniors: Avoiding Phone Scams Unfortunately, con artists frequently target our aging loved ones through phone scams and other fraudulent telemarketing activities. Con artists target seniors because they are gracious and trusting and likely to have excellent credit and a nice savings account. Moreover, when elders are victims of fraud, they may be ashamed and reluctant to report the crime. When…

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Tips for Increasing Joy and Reducing Holiday Stress with Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients

Tips for Increasing Joy and Reducing Holiday Stress with Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients While many of us anxiously await the holiday season, our family members in the early stages of Alzheimer’s or Dementia may not enjoy the holidays as they once did. Alzheimer’s patients may feel sorrow and disappointment as they enter this season and ponder old times. In addition,…

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