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Caring for a Loved One Diagnosed with a Serious Illness What happens when an individual walks out of the doctor’s office with an unthinkable diagnosis? What happens when a patient hears those words? The shock and disbelief will undoubtedly lead to a cascade of emotions and behaviors that may range from anger to sadness to isolation. Close friends and family…
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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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Caring For A Loved One Living With Chronic Pain When a family member is living with chronic pain, it affects family and friends. The person with chronic pain may be unable to participate in common daily activities and may begin to withdraw socially. Avoiding relationships can lead to isolation and depression. Learning how to help someone living with chronic pain…
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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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Functional Flexibility for Seniors We know that exercise is important for health and longevity. But do you know that flexibility is critical to your health also, especially as people age? When you have a larger range of motion, you’re less likely to be injured while exercising or doing daily activities. Stretching will help your body to walk, lift, and bend…
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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…