Avoid These Mistakes When Selecting Home Care Services for Your Loved One When your loved one comes to the point of needing a caregiver, choosing the right home care agency is essential to your loved one’s well-being. While it’s important to know the right questions to ask when searching for a home care agency, it’s … Continue reading “Avoid These Mistakes When Selecting Home Care Services for Your Loved One”
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Need Help With Your Medicare Costs?
Need Help With Your Medicare Costs? The rising costs of healthcare are making it difficult for people to pay their monthly health insurance premiums, including seniors who have Medicare. Just as private insurance companies raised their premiums in 2020, the federally funded Medicare insurance program did the same. Medicare beneficiaries saw a 6.7 percent increase … Continue reading “Need Help With Your Medicare Costs?”
Hand Sanitizers and Disinfectants. What Works? What Doesn’t?
Hand Sanitizers and Disinfectants. What Works? What Doesn’t? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to purchase hand sanitizers with low levels of ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol, which are active ingredients in hand sanitizer products. This is the second FDA warning in as many months over hand sanitizers that the federal … Continue reading “Hand Sanitizers and Disinfectants. What Works? What Doesn’t?”
Masks! What Works, What Doesn’t and Covid-19 Stopping Masks
Masks! What Works, What Doesn’t and Covid-19 Stopping Masks The fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues and face masks are front and center for reducing the spread of the deadly virus. Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls cloth face coverings one of the most … Continue reading “Masks! What Works, What Doesn’t and Covid-19 Stopping Masks”
How Experts Are Assessing Risk During the Pandemic! The Do’s & Don’ts
How Experts Are Assessing Risk During the Pandemic! The Do’s & Don’ts The first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported in January, and the deadly illness still has a grip on the United States eight months later. While people are trying to move forward, COVID-19 has changed life as they once knew it. … Continue reading “How Experts Are Assessing Risk During the Pandemic! The Do’s & Don’ts”
CDC Adds New Covid-19 Symptoms
CDC Adds New Covid-19 Symptoms As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added new symptoms to its growing list for the potentially deadly illness. In many instances, people infected with the coronavirus display common symptoms that indicate they have the disease. … Continue reading “CDC Adds New Covid-19 Symptoms”
Emerging Technologies to Help Aging Americans Maintain Their Independence
Emerging Technologies to Help Aging Americans Maintain Their Independence There’s a movement going on among older adults in America. A growing number of people 65 years old and older are declaring their independence by aging comfortably in their own homes. And, emerging technologies are helping them achieve their goal. While it may take seniors, their … Continue reading “Emerging Technologies to Help Aging Americans Maintain Their Independence”
Live Longer and Healthier: 8 Simple tips
Live Longer and Healthier: 8 Simple tips While genetic factors play a role in how long a person lives, adopting healthy lifestyle habits can also contribute to a person’s life span. Study after study has shown that choosing healthy habits can lower the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other illnesses and … Continue reading “Live Longer and Healthier: 8 Simple tips”
Coronavirus Could Persuade More Seniors to Age in Place
Coronavirus Could Persuade More Seniors to Age in Place Long before the coronavirus pandemic, more than 90% of older Americans had expressed a desire to remain in their homes as they age. Now that COVID-19 has torn a horrific path through many of the nation’s nursing homes, assisted living residences, and other long-term care facilities, … Continue reading “Coronavirus Could Persuade More Seniors to Age in Place”
Live-In Caregivers as an Alternative to Assisted Living
Live-In Caregivers as an Alternative to Assisted Living Seniors who need help with daily living activities and find it difficult to do household chores may consider moving to an assisted living facility (ALF). These residential communities offer a variety of private housing choices, from a room to an apartment or even a cottage. Seniors who … Continue reading “Live-In Caregivers as an Alternative to Assisted Living”