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What You Need to Know: Medications and Interactions As people age, their bodies change. These changes can affect the way medications are absorbed. If a person loses weight, they may require less medication than they did previously. When organ systems slow down, they affect how fast or slowly medications work. When older adults take multiple medications, there is a risk…
Caring For A Loved One Living With Chronic Pain When a family member is living with chronic pain, it affects family and friends. The person with chronic pain may be unable to participate in common daily activities and may begin to withdraw socially. Avoiding relationships can lead to isolation and depression. Learning how to help someone living with chronic pain…
How to Protect Seniors from Work-at-Home Schemes Did you know that con artists who prey on innocent seniors, sparking their interest with work-at-home or get rich quick schemes, exploit people to the tune of $400 billion annually? Appealing Scams. These tempting scams lure hundreds of innocent adults each week. Work-at-home scams vary from the promise of earning thousands per month…
Functional Flexibility for Seniors We know that exercise is important for health and longevity. But do you know that flexibility is critical to your health also, especially as people age? When you have a larger range of motion, you’re less likely to be injured while exercising or doing daily activities. Stretching will help your body to walk, lift, and bend…
Power of Attorney 101 If your loved one were to become incapacitated and unable to make important decisions independently, what would you do? Perhaps not the most uplifting of conversations, but considering these situations and how to handle them should be a priority, especially if you have aging parents, close friends, or elderly family members. Putting a simple legal framework…
Seniors: Avoiding Phone Scams Unfortunately, con artists frequently target our aging loved ones through phone scams and other fraudulent telemarketing activities. Con artists target seniors because they are gracious and trusting and likely to have excellent credit and a nice savings account. Moreover, when elders are victims of fraud, they may be ashamed and reluctant to report the crime. When…
Aging Parents in South Florida: Long Distance Caregivers “My mother can no longer live on her own. She’s in South Florida — but I’m in New York. Where do I go from here?” As you try to figure out how best to care for your aging parent living out of state, the emotional decisions and logistics may seem overwhelming… but…
Caring for a Loved One After a Stroke When a loved one suffers a stroke, friends and family often feel shock, sadness, and a sense of helplessness. Coming to terms with these emotions may be painful; becoming a caregiver to your loved one may be even more stressful and exhausting. If you are caring for a loved one who has…
Caring for a Loved One with COPD COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. According to the American Lung Association, COPD affects over 35 million people in the U.S. although only 11 million of them have been diagnosed. The disease can cause long term disability and is actually the third…
