Seniors

Respect For The Aged Day: Why Elder Care Is Vital To The Black Community

September 18th is Respect For The Aged Day otherwise known as Keirō no Hi or 敬老の日 in Japanese. Observed on the third Monday of...

Managing Medications

Medications play a key role in helping many individuals, especially older adults, maintain their quality of life. However, for some, managing medications to achieve...

Black Aging Matters, Too

Old. Chronically ill. Black. People who fit this description are more likely to die from COVID-19 than any other group in the country. They are perishing...

Is It Safe to Visit Grandparents Yet?

Since March, many older adults have quarantined, limiting contact with family to text messages, Zoom or Facetime. Now, months later, many long to see...

Over 60? 3 Steps to Avoid COVID-19

As communities and businesses reopen, people are trying to resume some daily activities in as safe a way as possible. Reopening, however, doesn’t mean...

8 Warning Signs of Health Problems in Your Aging Parents

As your parents get older, how can you be sure they're taking care of themselves and staying healthy? When you visit your aging parents, start...

Stay Agile at Any Age

You may have noticed a few of the signs already. Maybe when you get up in the morning, you're stiffer than you used to...

How People With Dementia Can Enjoy the Holidays

Family caregivers and people with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are at risk for increased stress during the holidays—but holiday visits can be a joyous...

A Well-Aged Mind: Maintaining Cognitive Health

Getting older can bring many changes, both physically and mentally. Even when you’re healthy, your brain and body start slowing down. Maintaining your cognitive...

How Does Exercise Affect the Aging Brain?

Most people know that regular exercise can keep a body looking and feeling young. What about the brain? “There has been a wealth of evidence from...

3 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Exercise

Seniors, are you considering adding exercise to your daily routine? Or do you want to increase your exercise level significantly? There’s a safe way...

Simple Steps to Prevent Falls

Easy tips to help keep the seniors in your life upright A few years ago, my mother fell in her driveway. Fortunately, she suffered only...

Study Finds Aging Inmates Pushing Up Prison Health-Care Costs

As inmate population grows larger and older, prices spike State spending on prisoner health care increased in 42 states between 2001 and 2008, with a...

Black Folks May Lose Sense of Smell With Age

Loss of smell could be an early sign of Alzheimer's It happens to most of us: Our sense of smell decreases as we grow older....

The Geography of Healthy Aging

Where you live determines how long and how well you'll live In news that probably won't surprise you, folks in the South, regardless of race,...

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