Senior Care Blog

Raise your hand if you are a caregiver and have never misplaced your car keys. Raise your hand if you are a caregiver and have never been concerned that the forgetfulness of an older loved one might be a...

You may have heard about some of the changes in how hospitals are reimbursed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For instance, hospitals actually are financially penalized if too many of their recently discharged Medicare patients return to the...

“We are what we eat” is an old adage that takes on new meaning with some research recently published by a nutritionist at Rush University Medical Center. According to findings reported by Martha Claire Morris, a Ph.D. nutritional epidemiologist...

I came across some recent research that is – to say the least – counterintuitive. People drink diet carbonated drinks because they are being careful about their sugar intake and their health, right? Well, recent research reported in the...

What human organ weighs about half a pound and pumps about 2.4 liters per minute and is indispensable to the body’s circulatory system? It is not the organ I have pictured here; it’s your kidneys. And the older we...

It is the “crime of the century” and you have heard of it, but you may be having a rough time remembering it right now. That is, in part, because it has gone largely under-reported, and the bad guys...

The processed food consumption that has been linked to our global epidemic of obesity is also tied to the rising rates of Alzheimer’s Disease world-wide. I don’t mean to sound the alarm about sugar, but I came across an...

It used to be that people feared public speaking more than dying, but with the increasing prevalence of a number dementia, it seems that people more fear losing their faculties than fear losing their lives. But while prevalent, dementia...