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Home Safety Tips As You Visit Elders This Season

As you visit loved ones this holiday season and as you make your resolution and to-do list for 2013, consider this guest blog from Rescue Alert of California. The growing popularity of medical alert systems goes hand-in-hand with the increasing numbers of seniors who receive in-home care. However, living in...

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The Big Role of Grandparents

A New Met Life Life Study, conducted in partnership with Generations United entitled Grandparents Investing in Grandchildren: The MetLife Study on How Grandparents Share Their Time, Values, and Money, provides a hint of the contributions grandparents make to the lives of their grandchildren in passing down important values as well...

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Caregivers Manging Multiple Chronic Conditions; NCOA Can Help

The AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) recently released a new report that finds 46 percent of family caregivers perform medical and nursing tasks for care recipients with multiple chronic physical and cognitive conditions. The report, “Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care,” explores...

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Sobering Solutions for an Aging Population

The National Research Council along with three other groups released a sobering report about aging earlier this fall. In the coming decades, the ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. The resulting demographic shift will present the nation with economic challenges, both to absorb...

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Four Fast Ways to Feel More Youthful As you Age

The following is a guest post from Leslie Johnson.You may not be able to turn back the hands of time, but just because you’re skin isn’t as supple as it used to be doesn’t mean that you can’t feel youthful at heart. In fact, research shows that the younger you...

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