Senior Care Blog

If I were to ask for a show of hands, I don’t think anyone would say they actually wish to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease or any related dementias.  And yet there are a number of lifestyle and health...

Even among those older adults who dodged COVID, “gymnesia” may be a lingering effect.  Please let me explain… What business has more facilities than McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and Taco Bell combined, and saw almost universal closings during the pandemic? ...

If you’re a musician, you want to be busy, because gigs represent a better living.  If you’re an actor you want more roles in more productions, because more visibility means better contracts.  If you’re a working professional, you want...

That’s not covered. The estimate is that about 28 million older Americans have opted out of traditional Medicare and for what are called Medicare Advantage plans.  They are not just Medigap which came about soon after Medicare was enacted...

You may have had the conversation with your physician about your cholesterol levels during your annual physical; there are three of these they follow.  Your LDL, the one that can gum up arteries, is the more worrisome, but it...

Let’s take a short quiz.  Question:      Who prefers coffee…and who prefers tea?  Which is healthier for you? Answer:        Both together are better for your cardiovascular health than either alone. We see a continuous stream of nutritional information about...

There are a lot of tests and exams we all know that are important to catching a condition early on or in some cases even before it appears.  We know at what age and how frequently to have a...

I was very pleased this past weekend that my son and his wife invited my husband and me along to look at an apartment they’re considering as their family grows – oh, and did I mention that we learned...