The US healthcare system has been in need of a serious renovation for some time. When you consider the effect of the building silver tsunami population and its potential need of healthcare, the system could definitely use some attention. Enter the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is an agency within the US … Read more
We have heard in the past that where we live can influence our health and the health of our senior loved ones. It is possible to track where you lived throughout your life and how it might have impacted your overall health. Since 1990 a report has been produced by United Health Foundation called America’s … Read more
Family caregivers usually are fulfilled by their choice in life to provide much needed care for a loved one who needs that care. Often we begin caring for our children and then seem to naturally progress to our parents, grandparents or in-laws who may have entered a phase where some level of care from others … Read more
Multiple chronic conditions are increasingly becoming a top health challenge for our senior loved ones. As the population ages and we live longer, we are more likely to be diagnosed with a chronic disease, if not multiple diseases. Because the treatment for all chronic diseases in the US (perhaps not as quickly globally) has improved … Read more
Emergency rooms across the country have reported an alarming rise in the number of traumatic brain injuries treated in recent years, according to a new report. We are hearing more and more about concussions changing the lives of those participating in team sports but the numbers reported in this prevalence study showed that the largest … Read more
Let’s face it, we are all aging. Many of us are caring for aging family members as well, loved ones who appear to age in front of our eyes. We know their worth to us — priceless. Americans have not always looked upon aging as they do today. Older people were not the ideal. Wrinkles … Read more
Remember when TV was only black and white? When you had to get up to change the channel? How about when the computer was a huge piece of equipment that had to sit on a desk and took forever to connect to the world wide web – and forever to do anything when you connected? … Read more
Storms, wildfires, earthquakes, hazardous chemical spills and more can force us to take action quickly. Tough for everyone, sure, but a potential life-threatening hardship for many of our senior loved ones. It’s not uncommon for seniors to have chronic and debilitating diseases that could make it difficult for them during an emergency. Many older adults … Read more
Why should we think about our bones? After all, what makes them so important? Well, they do hold us up, after all! It seems learning about problems with bone health is gaining in popularity, especially in our aging loved ones. So much so that May has been designated Osteoporosis Month in order to spread the … Read more
