homecare

Are you wondering what to do about your home if a family member needs care due to aging or disability? Most elders and persons with disabilities do not have good long term care (LTC) insurance policies to provide adequate funds to pay for the care they need at home, in an assisted living facility, or…

All About Social Security – A Safety Net for Retired Americans, their Survivors, and the Disabled Our council is dedicated to helping families recognize the need for long term care planning and to help implement that planning. All elderly people, regardless of current health, should plan for the myriad of financial events and challenges they might…

Yours, mine… but ours? Caregiving in the Late-Blended Family “I felt so insulted and so hurt. It was like their father had met some gal at a bar and married her the next day, and she wanted all his money. I felt they didn’t give me any credit, or any respect, appreciation or anything. It still…

Processed foods, especially those that have added nitrates and nitrites, added sulphites and preservatives. Some examples are processed meats like sausages and pepperoni.

Have your doctor check your cholesterol levels as well as your triglyceride levels at every annual exam. The American Heart Association considers 100mg/dL to be an optimal level for those who have no risk of heart disease. He can explain the numbers to you; they will be measuring LDL and HDL, or what people call bad and good cholesterol.

Smell a green apple. Sounds funny but it’s true. The smell of a green apple actually reduces headache pain by contracting muscles in the head and neck.

“It was really the most frustrating, horrible thing,” said Ferro, who lives in Wilton and was laid off earlier this year. She’d already been planning to pay for a surgery this year, and the unexpected $4,000 bill pushed her expenses over $10,000. She and her husband are now on a payment plan to cover their medical bills.

The normal changes of aging can make driving more challenging. Hearing loss, vision problems, decreased reaction time, memory loss and lessened manual dexterity are all limitations that tend to increase as a person ages.

A study from Institute for the Future and MetLife’s Mature Market Institute predicts that baby boomers will reshape the face of aging, taking advantage of new technologies to tackle the challenges of a changing world.

For many seniors, medications play a big role in managing health problems. Remember, however, that all medications, whether prescribed by a doctor or bought over the counter, have potentially toxic side effects that can cause significant problems.