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Senior Lifestyles: Owning a pet improves your mood and your health

Like most Americans, I grew up in a home that always had a pet. What we learned when ... Read more

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Senior Lifestyles: The upside/downside of modern medicine and technology

The following article deals with an extremely difficult and sensitive subject. Like most of you, I too have ... Read more

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When is it time to talk about nursing home placement?

In my last article, I discussed the role of using a geriatric care manager, especially when dealing with ... Read more

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Senior Lifestyles: What is a geriatric care manager?

There are times when a family caregiver, usually the spouse or adult child, reaches the end of his ... Read more

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Senior Lifestyles: Can you hear me now?

While we may deny it, most of us know that as we age, particularly in our mid-60s and ... Read more

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Senior Lifestyles: Preventing caregiver burnout

There are few tasks more emotionally, physically or mentally difficult than being a caregiver for a loved one.  ... Read more

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Senior Lifestyles: Medicare’s new hospital rules – observation or admission

Many Medicare patients face situations that bring them to the emergency rooms of hospitals. Often they are treated ... Read more

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A caregiver’s basic guide

No one plans to be a caregiver for a spouse or family member, but one day a loved ... Read more

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Tired? Take a nap

Sleep, just like a healthy lifestyle, reasonable diet and regular exercise is part of the “whole health” equation. ... Read more

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Dealing with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

It’s often difficult for a physician to deliver the bad news to a patient and family that a ... Read more