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7 Ways to Improve Quality of Life for Seniors
Between 1900 and 2000, the average U.S. life expectancy increased by nearly 30 years. That statistic addresses quantity, but…
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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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Hospice Care
Hospice Care – a Gift for Patients and Their Families
Hospice Care strives to improve or maintain the highest quality of the patient’s life through emotional, spiritual, and medical…
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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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Senior Living
Top 4 Tips for Choosing a Nursing Home
It is inevitable that someday you or someone you know may be faced with the decision of having to…
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Assisted Living
Who You Can Expect to Meet at Our Assisted Living Communities
A community is not just a group of people living and working in the same place. It is about…
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Finance & Planning
The Surprising Truth: How People Spend During Retirement
Given the high cost of health care and long-term care, you might think that retirees would be spending all…
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Independent Living
Expectation vs. Reality: Living in a Retirement Community
Moving from a home that you have lived in for decades, full of memories and familiar in its every…
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Caregiver Tips
Senior Home Safety: Keeping Your Pet While You Age in Place
Though they cannot speak a word, pets can communicate volumes to their owners. They express unconditional loyalty, love, curiosity,…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
When is it Time to Consider Memory Care for Your Parent?
According to Grace LeRoux, Bethesda Staff Development Coordinator and a former Memory Care Nurse Manager, the answer to the…
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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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Senior Living
Love Helping Kids? You Can Create a Meaningful Retirement
If you’re passionate about helping children, there are many opportunities to do it in retirement. Spending time around young…
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