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Six Senior Winter Skin Care Tips If you’re like many of us, you resolved to lose weight during 2015. But spending hours in a gym or depriving yourself of the foods you love probably seemed like an insurmountable obstacle. Here are some tips for 2016 to help you shed some pounds that won’t require too…

Resolve to Have a Better Attitude About Aging Those of us in the field of aging have seen a big change in the ways we think and talk about growing older. There’s been a movement toward empowerment, toward helping everyone remain as independent, active and engaged as possible, even as they face physical and intellectual…

Celebrating the Holidays When One Has Alzheimer’s The bright lights and big crowds make the holidays fun and exciting for many of us. But the season can present special challenges if you are a family caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s or other form of cognitive impairment. A little planning can make the season less stressful…

When Elderly Parents Resist Help As Americans get ready to visit family and friends over the upcoming holidays, a survey reveals experts’ top tips for overcoming a common and difficult family problem—elderly parents resisting the help they need. Experts surveyed by the Aging Life Care Association (ALCA) say that emphasizing to elderly parents that receiving…

Dementia Care: Grief and Loss When a Loved One with Dementia Loses Their Spouse Americans are increasingly challenged by the need to communicate difficult information to aging family members that deal with dementia care. According to the National Institutes of Health, as many as 5 million of the 43 million Americans age 65 and older…

Warn Seniors About Fake IRS Calls And Scams Your elderly parent receives a threatening phone call, voice mail, email, or official-looking letter that claims to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The agent says that your loved one owes back taxes, and must pay right away or go to jail. That can be a…

Flu Vaccination for Younger Adults Also Protects Vulnerable Seniors A new study shows that healthy adults who get a flu vaccination may help protect not only themselves but also older adults in their community. The study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that seniors were up to 21 percent less likely to be diagnosed with…

Target Your Healthy Weight This Fall Many of us go on a diet as summer approaches. Swimsuits alone are a good motivator to shed some fat. On the other hand, there are all those picnics, barbecues and vacation fare … many of us step on the scale come September only to find that we didn’t…

The Impact of Dementia Care on Individuals, Families, and Communities September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Each year, Alzheimer’s Disease International (www.alz.co.uk) issues a report to raise awareness of the disease and its impact on families. According to this year’s report, the cost of dementia care has increased by 35 percent in just five years. The…

Healthy Seniors Love Water Exercises We all know that exercise is necessary to keep the body and mind in peak working condition. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), healthy seniors need to be staying physically active, because it is helping prevent or delaying many diseases and disabilities. But as we grow older, exercise…