Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Seniors, Other Parkinson Patients Gain from Deep
Brain Stimulation but Take Serious Risk
Few previous randomized trials comparing treatments,
most excluded senior citizens
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 Study
participant Richard Seeger tells his experience in video |
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Jan. 7, 2009 - Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) – 25
percent of them age 70 or older - who received deep brain stimulation
treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life
after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but
they also had a higher risk of a serious adverse event, according to a
study in today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA).
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more...
Aging News & Information
Sleep Apnea Connection to Stroke and Death Explained
by New Study
One in 10 senior citizens suffer with sleep apnea
that is more common as people age
Jan. 6, 2009 –Obstructive sleep apnea decreases
blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and
eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and
prevent damage to itself, according to a new study. It may help explain
whey people with sleep apnea – many of them senior citizens – are more
likely to suffer strokes and to die in their sleep.
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Medicaid News
States Making Drastic Cuts in Medicaid Coverage;
Could Leave Indigent Elderly with No Options
State actions may force faster action on national
health care system
Jan. 5, 2009 – The health care crisis in America
may reach a boiling point faster than expected as state governments –
struggling to stay out of the red in this imploding economy – are
rapidly cutting the coverage they provide in Medicaid. California’s Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to stop paying for dental, psychological,
optometry and other services that would leave many indigent elderly with
no options for care.
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Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Mental Deficits Appear Early in Diabetes Patients;
Last Into Old Age
Confirms previous reports that diabetes impairs
mental process
Jan 5, 2009 - Adults with diabetes experience a
slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in
the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given
the sharp rise in new cases of diabetes, this finding means that more
adults may soon be living with mild but lasting deficits in their
thought processes.
Read more...
Senior Citizen Alerts
Free Generic Antibiotic Prescription Program
Announced by Food Chain
Giant Food pharmacies will continue the program
through March 21
Jan. 2, 2009 – More good news for senior citizens
burdened with cost of prescription drugs – a supermarket chain, Giant
Food, has announced a program of free generics for prescribed
antibiotics. It covers 36 generic antibiotics in nine basic categories.
The program began today, January 2, and runs through March 21 at all
Giant pharmacies.
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Features for Senior Citizens
Few Senior Citizens are Video Gamers but They are
Most Active of all Adult Gamers
Seniors prefer playing on computer rather than game
console
Jan. 2, 2009 – More than half of American adults
age 18 and older (53%) play video games and, surprisingly, 23% of those
65 and older play these games, according to a recent survey by the Pew
Research Center. It also found 97% of teens play video games.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Heart Attacks Appear to Decline Rapidly After
Smoke-Free Policy Enacted in Colorado City
Eight other studies show making indoor workplaces and
public places smoke-free results in sizable, rapid reductions in
hospital admissions for heart attack
Dec.
31, 2008 - Heart attack hospitalizations in the city of Pueblo, Colorado
fell sharply by more than 40 percent after the implementation of a
municipal law making workplaces and public places smoke-free, and this
decrease was sustained over a three-year period, according to a report
in this week′s
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Senior Citizen Alerts
Nutrition, Vitamins & Supplements for Seniors
Grape Seed Extract Causes Leukemia Cells to Commit Suicide in Laboratory
Test
Possible implications for prevention or treatment of
hematological malignancies, other cancers
Dec.
31, 2008 - An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells
to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of
Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells
had died after being exposed to the extract.
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Senior Citizen Opinions & Analysis
A Retiree’s Lament: Stop The World I Want To Get Off!
Editor’s Note: Ever wonder why people often refer to
senior citizens as “cranky old men.” Read this column by our occasional
contributor, who is a retired senior.
By
Bill Kalmar, Retiree
Dec.
31, 2008 - Well, it’s that time of the year again. The usual
number of prognosticators, soothsayers and mind readers are emerging
from their cocoons to tantalize us with those irritating lists, which
attempt to capture what was best in the past year and what we can expect
in 2009. While reading these lists I sometimes feel that I am living in
a parallel universe! Read
more...
Exercise & Fitness for Senior Citizens
Gardening Growing Among Senior Citizens as Solution
to Need for Extensive Exercise
Thirty minutes of daily exercise comes with ease in
the garden
Dec.
30, 2008 – Gardening is an excellent way for senior citizens to meet the
exercise goals for older Americans set by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine – at
least when the weather is warm. Many seniors find it a good way to keep
their minds busy while benefiting from hours of vigorous activity.
Read more...
Medicare News
Window Shuts on December 31 for Making Changes in
Medicare Coverage
New window opens January 1 for changes in Medicare
Advantage plans
Dec. 29, 2008 – Attention last minute shoppers, the
window for making changes to your Medicare prescription drug and health
care coverage is about to slam shut. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services closes this opportunity at the end of the day on December 31.
Read more...
Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
One Hour Additional Sleep Lowers Calcification in
Coronary Arteries
New study looked at people under 50 but results will
interest senior citizens
Dec. 29, 2008 – Although a new study involved only
adults under 50 years of age, its finding that adding one more hour of
sleep per night significantly lowers the risk of coronary artery
calcification, which is thought to be a predictor of future heart
disease, according to a study in the December 24/31 issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Drug
Interaction Risk Increases as Medication Use by Senior Citizens Grows
Older adults are commonly using prescription and
over-the-counter medications together
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Seniors
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Dec. 29, 2008 – It has long been well established
that senior citizens are the leading pill poppers in the U.S. A new
study, however, finds the dangers for adverse drug reactions is
increasing as the use of prescription and over-the-counter medications,
along with dietary supplements, is increasing rapidly among the oldest
age groups.
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Senior Citizen Sports
Founder of Women’s Football Now Starting Wii Bowling
Money Site for Senior Citizens
Many senior centers around U.S. now sponsoring Wii
bowling tournaments
Dec.
22, 2008 – The push to get senior citizens to keep their minds and
bodies active has stirred a growing interest in electronic games. Now,
Catherine Masters wants to take it a step further by promoting a prize
money circuit for these older citizens who have taken up bowling with a
Wii video game. Read
more...
Medicare News
Quality Rating Stars are Posted on Nursing Home
Compare Website by CMS
Some nursing homes may not like their ratings but
site gets support of aging committee chair
Dec.
22, 2008 - For the first time in history, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released quality ratings for each
of the nation’s 15,800 nursing homes that participate in Medicare or
Medicaid. Although some nursing homes were unhappy with their ratings,
Sen. Herb Kohl, chair of the Senate’s committee on aging, gave it a
thumbs up and said he believes it will motivate the nursing homes to
provide the best possible care.
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IRS, Treasury Keep Rule Requiring
Retirees to Withdraw Their Savings
By Nancy Trejos,
Washington Post Staff Writer
The Treasury
Department and Internal Revenue Service decided not to change a
rule that requires seniors to withdraw money from their
individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans by the end of
the year.
Retirees older than
70 1/2 have to take a required minimum distribution by Dec. 31
of each year or pay 50 percent of that minimum in taxes.
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Read the Dec. 19 story at the Washington Post |
Senior Citizen Alerts
Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Two Cardiovascular Proteins Pose a Double Whammy in
Alzheimer's Disease
Fuel AD by reducing blood flow to brain, slowing
rate of amyloid beta removal
Dec. 22, 2008 - Scientists were surprised at their
discovery that puts two proteins known for their role in the
cardiovascular system front and center in the development of Alzheimer's
disease. The two proteins which work in tandem in the brain's blood
vessels present a double whammy in AD. Not only do the proteins lessen
blood flow in the brain, but they also reduce the rate at which the
brain is able to remove amyloid beta, the protein that builds up in
toxic quantities in the brains of patients with the disease.
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Senior Citizen Longevity & Statistics
More Than Half U.S. Senior Citizens have a
Disability; Over 70 Percent of Those over 80
54.4 Million Americans live with a disability says
new report by Census Bureau
Dec. 18, 2008 - About one in five U.S. residents - 19 percent -
reported some level of disability in 2005, according to a U.S. Census
Bureau report released today. But, more than one out of three of all the
disabled in the U.S. are senior citizens, age 65 or older.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens Can Expect New Diabetes Drugs to Not
Increase Heart Attack Risk
FDA announces new recommendations on evaluating
cardiovascular risk in drugs to treat type 2 diabetes
Dec. 17, 2008 – For senior citizens – the age group
most threatened by diabetes and cardiovascular problems – the
announcement today by the Food and Drug Administration was good news.
The FDA says manufacturers developing new drugs and biologics to treat
type 2 diabetes need to provide evidence that the therapy will not
increase the risk of such cardiovascular events as a heart attack.
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Medicare News
GOA Questions Unexpected Charges to Senior Citizens
by Medicare Advantage Plans
Problems with fee-for-service plans denying charges,
high charge for disenrollment
Dec. 17, 2008 – The timing may not be good – or
maybe it is – but the Government Accountability Office has raised
questions about unexpected costs senior citizens have faced with
Medicare Advantage Programs because of coverage denials and
disenrollment changes. The timing of the report is important because
this is the open enrollment period for Medicare, when seniors can change
the plans they use for service.
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more...
Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke Death Rates Take
Significant 30 Percent Drop from 1999
Cholesterol down for older people, progress lags in
fighting obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity
Dec. 17, 2008 – Death rates for coronary disease
and stroke have dropped about 30 percent since 1999, although obesity,
diabetes and physical inactivity are still growing risk factors,
according to Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2009 Update by the
American Heart Association. A major risk that has been in the spotlight
in recent years - total cholesterol levels – has declined for women 60
and older and men over 39.
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Aging News & Information
Senior
Citizens Remember Fewer Negative Pictures, Use Brains Differently
Older
people dwell in a world with a lot of negatives, perhaps they have
learned to reduce the impact of negative information and remember in a
different way
Dec. 16, 2008 – It probably won’t surprise many
senior citizens, but neuroscientists claim to have discovered that older
people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to
storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions.
Read more...
Senior Citizen Politics
Democrats, Obama Likely to Seek Changes to Medicare
Advantage, Prescription Drug Benefit
Democratic
lawmakers 'aiming to change elements' of Medicare
prescription drug benefit, such as the so-called "doughnut
hole" coverage gap
Dec.
15, 2008 - Democratic lawmakers and President-elect Barack Obama in 2009
likely will seek to reduce reimbursements to private health insurers
under Medicare Advantage and make changes to the Medicare prescription
drug benefit, the
Wall Street Journal reports.
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more...
Nutrition, Vitamins & Supplements for Seniors
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Info for
Seniors Added to NIHSeniorHealth.com
Website is joint effort of the National Institute on
Aging and National Library of Medicine
Dec. 15, 2008 – The use of complementary and
alternative medicine declines as Americans move up into the ranks of
senior citizens – probably due to lack of coverage by Medicare for most
of these – but still a substantial number of seniors use CAM. To help
seniors make better therapy choices, the topic has been added to
NIHSeniorHealth.com.
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Medicare News
More Enhanced Online Tools by Insurance Broker to
Help Seniors Select Medicare Plans
Health Plan One says it has also added more
information on types of Medicare health insurance available
Dec. 15, 2008 – Joining the growing list of
insurance marketers to provide enhanced online tools to help senior
citizens find the Medicare plans that best suit their needs is Health
Plan One. The company says it also expanded its education section to
provide more detailed information on the types of Medicare health
insurance plans available.
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more...
Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Mental Confusion in Elderly May Be Due to High Blood
Pressure Rather than Aging Brain
Stressful situations may make it
more difficult for some seniors to think clearly
Dec. 15, 2008 – When struggling with a memory lapse
or mental confusion, most senior citizens are quick to blame it on their
“aging brain.” A new study, however, says seniors should not jump to
conclusions. The mental challenge may be due to high blood pressure.
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AARP
Health Plans Draw Skepticism
By Anthony Clark, Business
editor, Gainesville (FL) Sun
Betty Queen of Gainesville
found it ironic that a column with tips from the
AARP warning seniors about investment scams that
offer free lunches appeared opposite an ad for free
meetings about Medicare insurance that uses the AARP
name.
Queen, who asked that her age
not be used, just got out of an AARP-endorsed
Medicare prescription plan because she said she
discovered her heart medication was costing her far
more through the plan — $2,200 a year — than the
drug itself.
"It's going to cost me less
than $1,000 next year to buy my medication over the
counter paying American cash," she said.
Her experience has left her
disillusioned with the AARP.
Click here to read story published Dec. 12, 2008
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Medicare News
Senior Citizens Who Never Signed Up for Medicare
Part B have New Chance January 1
Part B, one of four Medicare parts, covers some
medical expenses not covered by Part A - doctors’ fees,
outpatient hospital visits, and other medical services and supplies
By Oscar Garcia,
Social Security Administration
Dec. 15, 2008 - If you are eligible for Medicare
Part B medical insurance, but you didn’t sign up for it when you first
became eligible for Medicare, you will have another opportunity to
apply. Open season for Medicare Part B runs from January 1 until
March 31, 2009.
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Senior Citizen Politics
Medicare Rights Center Wants Obama to Act Fast on
Medicare Private Plans
MRC issues plan to protect Medicare consumers based
on ten key points
Dec.
15, 2008 - Quick action is needed by the incoming Obama Administration
to enact basic consumer protections under Medicare private health and
drug plans, according to a 50-page memorandum to the Obama transition
team issued by the Medicare Rights Center.
Nutrition, Vitamins & Supplements for Seniors
Lack of Medicare Coverage May Account for Decline in
Alternative Medicine Use by Seniors
Fish Oil
Tops |
New survey finds 38 percent of adults use
complimentary and alternative medicine: pain primary reason
Dec. 12, 2008 – A new survey finds complimentary
and alternative medicine in the US is primarily used to fight pain, yet,
usage tends to decline as adults become senior citizens, who are the
most likely to suffer with pain. The decline is probably because
Medicare does not cover “alternative therapies,” other than chiropractic
care.
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Senior Citizen Politics
Daschle Nominated to Lead HHS, Asks Americans for
Health Care Input Online
Key position for health care reform and important to key programs for
senior citizens – Medicare and Medicaid
Dec. 11, 2008 - Tom Daschle is "known for speaking
softly but acting boldly," President-elect Barack Obama said today in
announcing the former Senate Majority Leader as his choice for Secretary
of the Department of Health and Human Services and Director of the new
White House Office on Health Reform. Daschle, who will head the agency
that includes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
immediately asked Americans to give him input about health care Online.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Cancer Deaths, Cases Showing Big Rate Declines in US
Despite Surge Worldwide
Annual report by leaders in cancer war shows historic
declines but trends vary in areas of US
Dec. 11, 2008 – The bad news this week that cancer
is increasing so rapidly around the world that it will pass heart
disease as the number one killer, drew a lot more attention that a
report published this month that was good news about the battle against
cancer in the U.S. It shows the rates for both cancer deaths and cancer
occurrences have decreased for the first time since the annual report
began in ten years ago.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Actos, Avandia Increase Risk of Fractures in Women
Treated for Diabetes
If used by elderly women with type 2 diabetes for
one year, one additional fracture would occur among every 21 women
Dec. 10, 2008 – The use of thiazolidinediones, a
popular class of oral diabetic drugs, for more than one year by women
with type 2 diabetes significantly reduces bone density, resulting in
the risk of fractures being doubled. The two currently available drugs
in this class are rosiglitazone, marketed as AvandiaTM by
GlaxoSmithKline, and pioglitazone, marketed as ActosTM by Takeda
Pharmaceuticals.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Crisis Looms in Care for Cancer Survivors as Baby
Boomers Fuel Ranks of Senior Citizens
Researchers point out issues to be faced by
oncologists, geriatricians, care providers that provide post-treatment
care to elderly cancer survivors
Dec. 10, 2008 – On the heels of yesterday’s
projection that cancer will replace heart disease as the world’s number
one killer by 2010, comes a report that the U.S. faces a crisis in being
able to handle the rapid growth in cancer survivors that is expected
among senior citizens. More than 6 or every 10 cancers are found in an
American age 65 or older.
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Nutrition, Vitamins & Supplements for Seniors
Vitamins C, E and Selenium Fail to Prevent Prostate
Cancer in Massive Studies
Do not work against other cancers either say
studies released early by JAMA
Dec.
9, 2008 – Two major cancer prevention studies have found that two of the
most popular vitamins – E, and C - nor the supplement selenium do not
lower the risk for prostate cancer, or other cancers. Both studies will
be published January 7 in the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA)
but are bring released early because of the important public health
implications.
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Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Alzheimer’s Foundation Calls for Congressional
Policy on Dementia Screening
New report ‘shatters unsubstantiated criticism’ and
emphasizes safety and cost-effectiveness of screening
Dec. 9, 2008 - As the nation faces a public health
crisis related to Alzheimer's disease, a new report released today by
the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) disputes an ongoing
controversy over the value and utilization of memory screenings. The
report, according to AFA, “shatters unsubstantiated criticism and
instead emphasizes the safety and cost-effectiveness of these tools and
calls on Congress to develop a national dementia screening policy.”
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Cancer to Replace Heart Disease as Leading Killer in
World by 2010, Says International Study
US cancer organizations unite to push action plan
for Obama Administration
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Number
U.S. deaths 2005 for leading causes of death
● Heart disease: 652,091
● Cancer:
559,312
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report...
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Dec. 9, 2008 – Cancer may soon replace heart
disease as the leading cause of death in the world according to a
report today from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
This news that cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death
in the year 2010 has moved the nation's leading cancer organizations to
join an event called Conquering Cancer: A Global Effort, to focus
attention on the growing global cancer burden and discuss efforts needed
to address the problem.
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more...
Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Two Studies Say Senior Citizens Can Take Acute
Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
Chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplants okay
for treating elderly with common leukemia
Dec. 9, 2008 – Although acute myeloid leukemia
usually strikes when people are about age 65, these senior citizens have
often been offered only supportive care because they are believed to be
too weak to withstand treatment. Two studies presented yesterday say
these elderly AML victims are not too old for chemotherapy or blood stem
cell transplants.
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Baby boomers in hot
pursuit of vanished youth
Steps
being taken by them range from healthy to bizarre
 LAS
VEGAS - It's one of those photos that make you do a
double-take.
Dr. Jeffry Life stands in
jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a
distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and
what hair there is is white.
But his 69-year-old body
looks like it belongs to a muscular 30-year-old.
The photo regularly runs
in ads for the Cenegenics Medical Institute, a Las
Vegas-based clinic that specializes in "age management,"
a growing field in a society obsessed with staying
young.
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More of Associated Press article published 12-7-08 in
Arizona Daily Star |
Aging News & Information
Old People with Problems Seeing Close Objects
Predicted to Hit 1.4 Billion by 2020
Age-related presbyopia – farsightedness – keeps 410
million from tasks requiring near vision
Dec.
8, 2008 - It is estimated that more than 1 billion individuals worldwide
in 2005 had presbyopia, or age-related difficulty in seeing objects
nearby, with an estimated 410 million with the condition unable to
perform tasks requiring near vision.
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Aging News & Information
Most Senior Citizens Feel Younger, Think They Look
Younger Than They Are
New study on aging says poor health quickly modifies
these positive opinions
Dec.
8, 2008 - Senior citizens tend to feel about 13 years younger than their
chronological age but think they look only 7 years younger. Women,
however, perceived their appearance as being closer to their actual age,
according to a new study on aging.
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Elder Care News
Program to Help Seniors Make Their Homes Safer
Announced by Administration on Aging
The agency’s Eldercare Locator will partner with
Rebuilding Together in three-point plan to prevent falls by senior
citizens
Dec. 8, 2008 – A program to prevent devastating
falls by senior citizens by helping them make their homes safer, getting
their families involved and helping steer them to local assistance was
announced today by the Eldercare Locator, a service of the U.S.
Administration on Aging, and Rebuilding Together, a non-profit that
helps low-income Americans maintain their homes.
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more...
Alzheimer's, Dementia & Mental Health
Dementia Delayed by Mixing Taiji, Gigong, Cognitive
Therapy and Support Groups
Researchers are discovering multi-disciplinary
approaches have the most promise in treating people with dementia
Dec.
5, 2008 - Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their
physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic
programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong,
researchers report. Some of the benefits of this approach are comparable
to those achieved with anti-dementia medications.
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more...links to other associated stories
Senior Citizen Shopping, Discounts
Florida Company Offers Senior Discount on Product to
Fix Slick Bathroom Floors
Falls in showers and tubs deadly to senior citizens
and Slip Care offers solution
Dec. 4, 2008 – Falling is a high-risk disaster for
senior citizens, who are more than 13 times as likely to die from a fall
as are those even slightly younger in the 55 to 64 age group. There is a
new product on the market that is targeting a solution from many of these
deadly falls – the ones that happen in the bathroom. And, Slip Care,
Inc. is even offering a senior discount on their Website.
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Senior Citizen Politics
AARP Gets Hundreds of Millions from Insurance
Companies to Endorse Policies
Bloomberg.com report finds part of this goes to pay
on $200 million marble and brass-studded headquarters
Dec. 4, 2008 - AARP, already being investigated by
the Senate Finance Committee, and exposed by the New York Times for its
massive selling of its endorsement to commercial companies, was hit
again today. The latest is an article on Bloomberg.com, that lays bare
the story of how the organization collects hundreds of millions of
dollars annually from insurance companies who pay for AARP’s endorsement
of their policies.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Researchers Continue Search for Drug to Treat
Seniors for Emerging Form of Heart Failure
Blood pressure drug AvaproTM fails against common
problem for older people, particularly women - diastolic heart failure
Dec. 4, 2008 – A medication used for high blood
pressure – AvaproTM - does not improve a common form of heart failure,
diastolic heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study. The findings
are disappointing, according to the researchers, who continue to search
for a successful treatment for the condition, which predominantly
affects older people, particularly women.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
’80 Ain’t Old’ Makes Number Two in Top Ten Health
Stories of 2008 by Harvard Health Letter
Others of high importance to senior citizens –
advances with adult stem cells, generic drugs now the norm, how low for
blood sugar in seniors
Dec. 4, 2008 - The top 10 health stories of 2008
may not be as funny as David Letterman's nightly countdown, but they can
actually make a difference for long-term health. And, there is no age
group that appreciates advances in health maintenance more than senior
citizens – for the obvious reasons.
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Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens
Small Study Indicates Stroke Rehabilitation Possible
Six Months After Stroke
Robotic technology with aid of functional MRI
improves stroke rehabilitation
Dec. 3, 2008 – Although the study was very small
the results could point to something big – the rehabilitation of stroke
victims even months after the stroke. Scientists using a novel,
hand-operated robotic device and functional MRI (fMRI) have found that
chronic stroke patients can be rehabilitated, according to a study
presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA).
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Medicaid News
Governor’s Want $40 Billion for State Medicaid
Programs, Obama Promises Help
CMS Also Issues Final Medicaid Rule to Gives States
More Flexibility in Benefit Offerings
Dec. 3, 2008 - President-elect Barack Obama and
Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday met with 49 governors and
governors-elect during a meeting of the
National Governors Association in Philadelphia to discuss an
economic stimulus package that could include additional federal Medicaid
funds for states, the
North Jersey Herald News reports.
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