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Options For Senior America Corp. is pleased to announce its selection as a 2016 Best in Home Care Award Winner on SeniorAdvisor.com, the largest ratings and reviews site for senior care and services in North America. Winners of the SeniorAdvisor.com…
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Creative Care Connections, LLC is Addressing the Overwhelming Task of Navigating Resources for the Complex Needs of an Aging Loved One
09/18/2015 Read moreThis streamlined approach to eldercare is giving access to solutions, options, education, advocacy and resources in coordinating the complex needs of an aging loved one. Creative Care Connections, LLC is a new care management division of the well-established Thrive At…
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The Lutheran Village at MILLER’S GRANT expected to open in early 2016 The Lutheran Village at MILLER’S GRANT, a planned not-for-profit continuing care retirement community under construction in Ellicott City, announced today that 90 percent of the residences are reserved. The…
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People on the Move – DR. AND MRS. HARMEET SINGH OPEN A NEW DOOR IN HOME HEALTH CARE
06/04/2015 Read moreLeesburg, Virginia June 3, 2015. Acti-Kare Responsive In-Home Care Agency comes to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. Acti-Kare will fill a niche in the home health care industry by providing services that are otherwise overlooked by other agencies. Acti-Kare will not…
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People on the Move – DR. AND MRS. HARMEET SINGH OPEN A NEW DOOR IN HOME HEALTH CARE
06/04/2015 Read moreLeesburg, Virginia June 3, 2015. Acti-Kare Responsive In-Home Care Agency comes to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. Acti-Kare will fill a niche in the home health care industry by providing services that are otherwise overlooked by other agencies. Acti-Kare will not…
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Top Tips for Your Loved Ones Let’s make 2015 the year where our resolutions finally stick. Here are some valuable tips from Matrix Medical Network, providing free health assessments by Nurse Practitioners for eligible seniors, on how to have a…
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Top Tips for Your Loved Ones Let’s make 2015 the year where our resolutions finally stick. Here are some valuable tips from Matrix Medical Network, providing free health assessments by Nurse Practitioners for eligible seniors, on how to have a…
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Seniors Hit Hard By the Flu
01/16/2015 Read moreTips to Help You and Your Loved Ones Avoid the Flu This Season Even though it’s felt like winter for a while, the flu has yet to reach its seasonal peak. The seasonal flu, which can start taking effect in…
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Seniors Hit Hard By the Flu
01/16/2015 Read moreTips to Help You and Your Loved Ones Avoid the Flu This Season Even though it’s felt like winter for a while, the flu has yet to reach its seasonal peak. The seasonal flu, which can start taking effect in…
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by Susan Piette Are you getting older? Are your parents? Do you and/or they have a plan? Consider Joe and Helen. They met just after he was discharged from the Army. They married, raised two boys and a girl, worked…
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Certain Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds May Help Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Early research suggests a type of RA drug known as TNF inhibitors may lower dementia risk in people who have RA and heart disease. Source: NEW FEED
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Medicare Will Only Cover New Alzheimer’s Drug in Trials
Federal officials have made their final decision: Medicare will only pay for patients to get the new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) if the patients are participating in clinical trials. Source: NEW FEED
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Vision Rehab Helps People With Low Vision Navigate the World
How vision rehabilitation services help people with low vision navigate the world. Source: NEW FEED
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Other Ways to Manage Pain After Surgery
New research out of the Mayo Clinic backs the idea that orthopedic surgical pain management might drop the use of opioids. Source: NEW FEED
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Scientists See Hope in New Therapy COVID Brain Fog Patients
A type of rehabilitation program that allows the brain to rewire itself has been successful in improving the lives of people with brain fog. Source: NEW FEED
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Electrocuted by 11,000 Volts, Now an Amputee … and an MD
Bruce “BJ” Miller was 19 when he lost both legs and one arm. After a grueling rehab, he went back to college and eventually medical school. Source: NEW FEED
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More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life
People who consume more than 1/2 a tablespoon of olive oil a day are less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s or lung disease. Source: NEW FEED
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Cataract Surgery Might Lower Your Odds for Dementia
From more than 3,000 older adults with the eye disease, researchers found those who had surgery were about 30% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the coming years. Source: NEW FEED
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Could Viagra Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
researchers found that those taking Viagra were 69% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, when compared to non-users. And lab experiments showed that the medication seemed to target part of the underlying disease process in Alzheimer’s. Source: NEW FEED
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Trial Begins of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease
The vaccine stimulates the immune system, prompting white blood cells to migrate to the brain and clear beta amyloid plaques. Source: NEW FEED