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Important information on Fall Prevention Each year in the United States, one in three people over the age of 65 has a fall. In the age group over 80, the number increases to one in two. For an older adult, the consequences of falling can range from minor injury to devastating trauma, even leading to death in some cases.  ...

Hi Paul when I went and looked at the Aid and Attendance benefits it states that the widow is eligible if she was married to him when he died and she is the surviving widow, there is nothing that I could find that states that she is ineligible because she remarried.

The Benefits of Movement for Seniors Adjust font size Email Page Would you take a medicine that offers the following benefits? • Lowers blood pressure • Controls blood sugar • Helps control weight • Good for the heart • Lowers cholesterol • Relieves pain • Improves sex • Reduces falls • Improves ...

The Benefits of Movement for Seniors Would you take a medicine that offers the following benefits? • Lowers blood pressure • Controls blood sugar • Helps control weight • Good for the heart • Lowers cholesterol • Relieves pain • Improves sex • Reduces falls • Improves memory • Enhances your immune system • Improves bone strength • Helps improve ...

Take Care of Yourself: Watch Out for Your Back   It’s a fact of life.  It takes a strong back to be a caregiver.  You can easily find yourself lifting hundreds of pounds in a single day, including, from time to time, your loved one.  Since your ability to continue helping your loved one depends on your ability to keep your ...

The Medical Consumer: The Medical Consumer: Watch Out for Medicare Part D Scams   With the price of prescription drugs on the rise, the federal government enacted Medicare Part D, a prescription drug plan for those who qualified for Medicare. The program was introduced in January 2006, and just two years later over 25 million seniors were ...

Some Seniors May Soon Get Their Social Security Benefits in Prepaid Debit Card     Treasury to Introduce Direct Express Cards for Those without Bank Accounts In January, Social Security Administration announced Senior citizens who do not have bank accounts may soon be getting their Social Security payment with a prepaid debit ...

When Dad Should Stop Driving     Have Transportation Alternatives Planned Before Talking With Elderly Parent Marion Somers may be an expert on caring for elderly people, but that didn't mean it was a cinch persuading her father to quit driving. "It was one of the most serious and complicated issues that I've had ...

One of the worst decisions we ever have to make for someone else -- hang up their car keys. From age related memory issues, Alzheimers or dementia. How can you be gentle? I came across this article the other day, by a man who had to tell his dad it was time to give up the car. Our car keys, indeed our entire key ring, becomes very ...

Being in the senior care industry I thought that I had all my ducks in a row when I was helping my wife apply for Aid and Attendance for her dad.  She had all his military records and we got all his finances recorded and thought we would march into the VA Office and get this all done in a hour or so.   As we were leaving a couple of ...