Health & Wellness

Summer Senior Discounts – St. Louis Has Plenty!
Money can be tight, especially when you’re on a limited income like many seniors are. But that doesn’t mean…
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Health & Wellness
Are Senior Living Communities Safer and Healthier for Seniors Living Alone?
When a senior adult loses a spouse, the house they shared can become a place where the surviving spouse…
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Caregiver Tips
Study Finds Ageism Interventions Do Change Attitudes
The World Health Organization says that ageism is the most socially acceptable prejudice in the world and deems it…
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Health & Wellness
High-Dose Vaccine Provides Greater Flu-Prevention Protection for Senior Adults
According to National Vital Statistics Reports, influenza, and the pneumonia that is often associated with it, was the 8th…
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Caregiver Tips
Why Frailty Isn’t Inevitable and How to Prevent It
We have all seen older adults who appear so fragile that a strong gust of wind might knock them…
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Health & Wellness
Staying Mobile in the Hospital Helps You Get Better and Go Home
In her work as the chief nursing officer for Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD, Barbara Jacobs recently…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Delirium Isn’t ‘Just Part of Getting Older’
As many as half of hospital patients age 65 and older develop delirium. Once thought of as something ordinary…
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Health & Wellness
How to Effectively Communicate with Your Doctor
We’ve all been there. After waiting endlessly for a doctor’s appointment, your physician breezes in and out of the…
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Health & Wellness
Resources for Your Next Doctor Appointment
Health care is a huge priority for Bethesda Health Group and Next Avenue — always, but especially right now.…
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Health & Wellness
Medication Therapy Management: A Little-Known Way to Manage Your Meds
Carla* (name changed) is a 92-year-old woman with congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and a pacemaker.…
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Assisted Living
Assisted Living and Safety Considerations for Seniors with Parkinson’s Disease
According to Lea Ann Coates, Residency Counselor at Bethesda Hawthorne Place, many of the requirements for residents are the…
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Health & Wellness
Could We See More Patients Receive “Social Prescriptions?”
The practice of prescribing social activities, or “social prescriptions,” as an alternative or complement to medication for a variety…
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Health & Wellness
Can Wisdom Protect Against Loneliness?
A fascinating new study of loneliness found that adults are at risk across the entire lifespan, but especially during…
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