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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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Caregiver Tips
What if Parents Have Differing Care Needs
Your parents have spent a lifetime celebrating, overcoming, loving, forgiving, and persevering together. You can’t think of one without…
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Health & Wellness
Our Brains Need Exercise, Too
The basics of heart health have been drilled into our brains: Eat less saturated fat. Keep moving. Know your…
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Employee Stories
Why Senior Care is a Great Career Path for Nurses
Karen Zurick worked in the kitchen of a long-term care community while she was in high school. The experience…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Dementia Diagnosis: When Do You Go Public?
Post-Its had become an essential tool for Dale Rivard. As a veteran assistant state’s attorney in Grand Forks, ND,…
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Rehab & Therapy
Steps to a Successful Senior Transition from Short-Stay Rehab to Home
How can you make sure your loved one makes a smooth and painless transition from a stay in a…
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Assisted Living
The Basics of Senior Living and Care Communities
If you’re exploring the possibility of a senior living community or long-term care for yourself or a loved one,…
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Caregiver Tips
Caring for Senior Veterans: How to Manage PTSD
In the American Civil War, soldiers exhibited a set of symptoms that included shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, and…
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Health & Wellness
4 Ways Seniors Manage Diabetes
If you are a senior adult with diabetes, your life is not over. Yes, it is a challenge, but…
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Senior Home Safety
Senior Home Safety: Avoiding Common Senior Accidents
If you are like most seniors, you want to live in your home (also known as “aging in place”)…
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Hospice Care
How Realistic Is Dying at Home?
On Jan. 29, 2014, David C. Skipworth died in Garland, Texas at age 67 after a long illness, holding…
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Independent Living
Retirement Living Guide: How to Make Friends at a Retirement Community
You have recently moved into a retirement community, and it is filled with people you haven’t met. Do you…
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Caregiver Tips
The Negative Effects of Elderspeak
Faye Kirtley doesn’t appreciate it when store clerks talk down to her and act as if “I don’t know…
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