(BPT) – America’s baby boomers are a vibrant group of people who embrace the idea of aging well. A healthy heart is key to ensuring you can live life to the fullest no matter what your age. Even if yo
What is Medicare?
Medicare is a health insurance program for people who are age 65 and older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities, or people of any age with end-stage renal disease. Medicare is divided into a
Sensory Changes in Aging Adults
Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, RN, BCGNP
Background
The majority of older adults will experience some changes in their sensory capacity (vision, hearing, smell, taste and peripheral sensation) as a normal
A Family Caregivers Support Group Guide
Support groups are a fact of modern life-whether for people dealing with divorce or life-threatening disease-and more and more for family caregivers. According to an article in the textbook Psychiatri
Coconut Oil As an Alzheimer's Treatment – Dr. Mary Newport
Dr. Mary Newport discovered the benefits of using coconut oil to treat her husband’s Alzheimer’s Disease. She discusses how quickly the coconut oil showed improvements in her husband’s condition and w
New Survey Discusses Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Family Caregivers
–Besides their loved one’s health and physical decline, losing the ability to communicate frightens all caregivers the most, according to new survey announced by the National Family Caregivers Associ
Elderly Consumer Guide to Asbestos Exposure
Many Americans understand asbestos is dangerous, but few are aware that previous asbestos exposure occurrences have impacted a significant portion of today’s senior citizens with asbestos-related dise
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s
Approximately 10 million individuals are caring for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or another dementia. Although memory loss is the most common symptom, others include confusion, lack of orien
What Causes Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson disease (PD) is a complex disorder of the central nervous system. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the United States, after Alzheimer’s.
The defining symptoms of PD