Celebrating Elder’s Anniversaries Can Be Painful
Sunday, December 30, 2007
My mother always told me not to get married at Christmas time. She and my dad eloped December 26, 1940. It sounds very romantic. Read more →
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My mother always told me not to get married at Christmas time. She and my dad eloped December 26, 1940. It sounds very romantic. Read more →
Beating Alzheimer's disease is proving to be a huge challenge, but new tests that show that the disease may start long before symptoms are noticed. If researchers are on the right path, a new test may help find the disease before damage is done, Read more →
This book should be read by every nursing home employee, from certified nursing assistants to administrators, and every government regulator and Medicaid employee. Read more →
This season is a time for memories, good and not so good. We had several loved ones die around the Christmas season. Read more →
But then, my hair curling brush, in the cautions section, said, "do not use while sleeping," so in our world of "cautions" I've learned to expect nearly anything. Read more →
However, bringing illness "out of the closet," so to speak, I think is healthy. Again, back in the day I was growing up, people would whisper something about so and so having "senile dementia," as if it were shameful. Read more →
It was obviously a murder-suicide. That much is clear. The man, in his eighties, sent his family an e-mail saying there would be "no more pain and suffering." Read more →
The following is a list of helpful tips for seniors and their family’s. Read more →
The ideal facility would be on both sites, but many good ones will not yet have attained that status. Read more →
The study showed that elders that don't get their eyesight checked regularly, and their glasses updated, showed more signs of depression. Read more →