The shape of an individualÛªs spinal column may predict his or her risk for nursing home admission or need of home assistance in old age, according to a new article published online in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. A team of researchers based in...
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Medicare’s "BLUE BUTTON" Can Help You Track Care
Medicare’s Blue Button provides you an easy way to download your personal health information to a file. You can download the file of your personal data and save the file on your own personal computer. After you have saved it, you can import that same file into other computer-based personal...
Nursing Home Costs Top $84,000 a Year (VIDEO)
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Nursing Home Costs Top $84,000 a Year
The Genworth 2013 Cost of Care Survey shows that the cost of receiving care in a setting such as an assisted living facility or nursing home is dramatically increasing, while the cost to receive care at home through homemaker services or a home health aide is rising at a much...
NCOA Announces New Online Portal for Older Adults Seeking Employment (VIDEO)
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Sobering Report for Health of 40+
A MetLife Report on the Health Status of the 40+ Population paints a sobering picture. It focuses on three areas. Obesity Obesity carries with it an increased risk for many chronic conditions, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even loss of sight, among others.åÊ Unhealthy behaviors and...
NCOA Announces New Online Portal for Older Adults Seeking Employment
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) launched JobSource, a new online portal to help older adults assess their work skills, identify job training opportunities, and find employment.In March, 1.8 million adults aged 55+ were actively seeking employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly half of older workers looking...
Dictionary of ElderCare Terminology Available (VIDEO)
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Dictionary of ElderCare Terminology Available
Walter Feldesman published the first edition of his Dictionary of Eldercare Terminology. åÊIt remains the first and only dictionary defining eldercare words and terms.At 95, Feldesman has just released the third edition of the dictionary and is making it available online through the National Council on Agings website. ÛÏWalter is...
5 Foods to Promote Brain Functionality (VIDEO)
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