How do we all, as onlookers, family, caretakers and friends, manage the symptoms and improve the quality of life for those enduring this terrible malady? We are presented with so many puzzles presented to us who are bearing witness. We want to solve these puzzles and improve life for all those touched by this disease. … Read More »
Posts Categorized: Seniors
Do I Have to Shovel My Walk?
The morning after a light snow, a St. Paul, Minnesota man looked out his front window and noticed the walkway in front of his home and his neighbor’s was covered in white. Without a moment’s hesitation, the resident put on his coat and shoveled not only his own walk , but his neighbor’s. That fact… Read More »
Twenty-Five Percent of America’s Nursing Homes Harbor MRSA
We turn to nursing homes when our loved ones need more constant or aggressive healthcare. It’s horrifying to think, then, that the nursing home might be the place they contract a potentially life-threatening infection. And yet a startling new study finds that more than a quarter of U.S. nursing homes harbor MRSA. View image |… Read More »
Older People Really Do Have Wiser Minds!
From the time we’re toddlers, we’re taught to respect our elders. We seek their advice and listen as they regale us with stories from olden times. There’s something about their insight and perspective that we just can’t find anywhere else. View image | gettyimages.com As it turns out, that old illusion of “elderly wisdom” is… Read More »
Doctors and Hospitals Sometimes Ignore Advance Directives
Advance directives have been a popular part of estate planning since at least 1990, when Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act. Since then, Americans have only grown stronger in their sentiment that they should decide for themselves what kind of treatment they’ll receive in the face of terminal illness. View image | gettyimages.com Advance directives… Read More »
Does Harper Lee Really Want Her Second Novel Published?
At nearly ninety years old, Harper Lee is considered one of the greatest living authors in the world, even though she’s only written one book — until now. View image | gettyimages.com To Kill a Mockingbird, which Lee released in 1960, won widespread acclaim and a Pulitzer price. The book is regarded as not only great… Read More »
Only the Lonely Retire Unhappily
Companionship can make all the difference. Studies show that people who live their lives in close contact with others — whether a spouse or a group of friends — are generally happier, more productive, and more fulfilled. That’s true both before and after retirement. View image | gettyimages.com But keeping close ties becomes more challenging… Read More »
Death by Old Age: Doctors Say “Huh?”
How many times have you heard someone say that they’d prefer to simply die of old age? Of all the ways to die, “old age” sounds the most peaceful, and there is a quiet kind of dignity about it. But medically, that diagnosis doesn’t have any real meaning. In a new Business Insider report, doctors… Read More »
Nursing Homes Must Now Work Harder to Get a Good Grade
If Medicare were a classroom, nursing homes would earn an “easy A.” Or that’s how it used to be, at least. But now a brand-new rule is changing all that, and America’s mistreated seniors stand to benefit. View image | gettyimages.com Under the old Medicare rating system, nursing homes were assigned scores of up to… Read More »