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Saturday, 07 April 2018 20:03
New Medicare Cards Coming In The Mail
New Medicare Cards Will Prevent Fraud - Identity Theft And Safeguard Taxpayer Dollars Beginning in April The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, will mail new Medicare cards to all people with Medicare. It is a move to improve safety by removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare cards. The new cards will be mailed from April 2018 through…
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Monday, 02 April 2018 14:27
Cost Of Alzheimer’s Care To Increase By $20 Billion This Year
The enormous cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is expected increase $20 billion this year compared with last year, totaling more than $277 billion in 2018, according to a report released by the Alzheimer's Association. The report, “2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures” showed…
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Friday, 16 March 2018 11:47
Seniors Will Outnumber The Young In U.S. By 2035
For the first time in history those 65 and over are expected to exceed the number of children in U.S. By the year 2035, Americans age 65 and older are forecast to outnumber kids for the first time. The U.S. Census Bureau has projected that the population of older adults will surpass children by almost two million in 2035, after…
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:33
New Memory Care Recommendations Released by the Alzheimer’s Association
Dementia Care Practice Recommendations The new Dementia Care Recommendations are meant for “professional care providers who work with individuals living with dementia and their families in residential and community based care settings” and are available online for download. The published document contains 10 articles that that cover the Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. Within the articles are 56…
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Saturday, 12 August 2017 09:36
MIT Research Team Announce Potentially Groundbreaking Alzheimer's Discovery
Is a Cure for Alzheimer's Disease Just Around the Corner? Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory may have found a way to reverse memory loss in mice, and possibly a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. The team focused on one enzyme that causes memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients. Even though there’s…
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 10:16
Diet Soda Linked To Dementia, Alzheimer’s And Stroke
According to a new study published Thursday, April 20th in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, people who drank at least one artificially-sweetened beverage a day had almost three times the risk of developing stroke or dementia and Alzheimer’s disease . Does this mean that drinking diet soda can cause dementia or stroke or even increase the risks? Not necessarily.…
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Thursday, 01 September 2016 10:46
It’s True – Seniors Enjoy Facebook and Skype As Much As You
Senior citizens can embrace technology as much as you and be better off for it. For years I had a good friend named Leo. He has since passed, however we did a lot together over the course of ten years or so, from the time of his semi-retirement until his death. He was a machinist by trade and at home…
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Monday, 22 August 2016 23:12
Alzheimer’s Drug LMTX Shows Poor Results in Final Stage of Trials
Despite Disappointment - Alzheimer’s Drug Development and Testing Continues If you or a family member has been affected by Alzheimer’s disease, then you probably pay close attention to news about the latest drug research and other efforts to combat or even reverse the dreadful affliction. There have been many experimental drugs tested and some have even reached the market. Drugs…
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Saturday, 20 August 2016 13:26
Taking Calcium Supplements May be Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia
What does this new Calcium Study Mean for Seniors? Calcium supplements are used by many seniors, especially women, to help keep the risk of developing osteoporosis at a minimum. However a new study may indicate that such supplements could raise an older woman’s risk of dementia. This new study does not prove cause-and-effect, yet the findings of the study seemed…
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Tuesday, 09 August 2016 10:57
This Auto Insurer Wants to Raise Rates on Older Drivers
Does experience mean we are better at what we do? Not according to one auto insurance company. It seems what Progressive Insurance wants to do to seniors in the state of Maine is sending the message “If you get a year older it only means you are a bigger risk.” However their plan to raise auto insurance rates for seniors…
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Saturday, 06 August 2016 09:48
Detroit Students Deliver Cases of Water to Flint’s Senior Citizens
Young people can make a difference in the lives of senior citizens. While the nation is all to aware of the ongoing Flint, Michigan water crisis, one group of Detroit high school students has done something to help those affected. And they chose a Senior Citizen community as the focus of their kindness. Members of a team called “The Dream…
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Saturday, 06 August 2016 00:12
Drug Manufacturer to Pay $125 Million for Anti-Competitive Conduct
Eligible class action members will share in the huge settlement. This press release was sent out from the office of the Attorney General of the State of Michigan. It highlights the effect of the lawsuit on many Michigan residents. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced a $125 million national settlement with Cephalon, a U.S. Biopharmaceutical company that will bring…
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Saturday, 30 July 2016 19:50
Sniff Test for Alzheimer's Raises Hopes and Questions
New Alzheimers Test Checks for the Ability to Identify Odors Are we one step closer to the early detection of memory decline and dementia? Two new important studies have been released this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016 that may provide the answer. The two new studies ”evaluated changes in odor identification as an early predictor of…
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016 10:59
Brain Training Can Play a Role in Lowering the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
New study gives us the strongest evidence yet for the power of brain training to reduce the risk of dementia and even Alzheimer’s disease. Much has been said about the potential of brain training, such as computer based games to exercise the mind, to reduce the risk of dementia related illness in seniors. Brain training can be related to things…
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Monday, 25 July 2016 22:16
Huge Florida Assisted Living Medicare Fraud Uncovered
Three People Accused in Massive Medicare Fraud in Florida The U.S. Justice Department is calling it the largest criminal health care fraud case ever brought against individual suspects. The $1 Billion health care fraud took advantage of Medicare in Florida, agents said. Three people are accused of a massive fraud involving a number of Miami-based health care providers. Many assisted…
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016 11:31
List Your Senior Care Home or Assisted Living Home Free
For Adult Foster Care, Assisted Living and all Senior Care Home owners and operators. Senior Home Search, the popular website for finding assisted living and senior care homes, now allows owners of these ideal senior living options to list Free! Full Featured Senior Home Listings are now completely free. And the website allows visitors to contact homes directly and safely…
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