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How You Can Be Your Own Advocate To Get Timely Osteoporosis Assessment And Diagnosis

At age 58, Denise Gibbons lost her balance and fell. At the hospital, doctors ordered an X-ray, MRI and ultrasound and determined she had...

Boomers Are Poised to Change the Long-Term Care and Senior Living Industry

Senior living and long-term care is going to change significantly, and the industry is not ready to handle the number of baby boomers entering...

Technology Has Proven to Be An Especially Crucial Support For Older Adults and Their Caregivers Through the Pandemic

How does a self-proclaimed "technological tortoise" become someone who uses her computer or smartphone to do everything now? The pandemic was a big factor...

New Smart Mobility Device for People With Dementia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJxwowtCOc&t=28s In the U.K. an industrial design student has designed a smart mobility device for people ith dementia that will allow them to live independently...

Caregiving During the Pandemic Has Taken a Toll on the Sandwich Generation

Caregivers in the Sandwich Generation (that is people who have kids under the age of 18 who are also taking care of adult loved...

5 Tips for Traveling Safely With Someone Who Has Dementia

Is it possible to travel safely, while maintaining your own sanity, with someone who has dementia? While people with dementia commonly rarely travel, given...

Older Adults Are Coupling Up But Living Apart

While adults are continuing to couple up after the age of 50, remarrying is less common than before. We are living longer, and the...

Depression Is Not an Expected Symptom of Aging

There's a pervasive belief that being older goes hand in hand with being depressed. After all, you're facing the last years of your life,...

Caregiving Has Become Even Tougher During the Pandemic

Caregiving has always been a stressful and demanding responsibility, and the pandemic has made it even rougher, as revealed in new research. Published in The...

Senior Living Communities Need a Revamp

When it comes to living communities for seniors, how can they evolve to be enticing to boomers (and generations to follow)? Considering that statistics...

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