Senior News Line – It’s Easier to Find a Good Nursing Home
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By Matilda Charles
Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare website now has the long-awaited star ratings. Announced months ago, the site has added six more quality measurements ... Continue Reading →
Senior News Line – Are you getting all your benefits?
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by Matilda Charles
You might be eligible for benefits you don’t even know about. The National Council on Aging has a website that identifies benefits such as help ... Continue Reading →
Senior News Line – Eat healthy now to stay active
by Matilda Charles
Sticking to a healthy diet now may help with mobility as we age. So says a new study that looked at preventing or delaying a physical decline later. Continued physical ... Continue Reading →
Social Security strategies change
by Matilda Charles
Starting this month, May 2016, changes to Social Security will eliminate strategies seniors have used to maximize benefits. Unlike what some doom-mongers have said, ... Continue Reading →
Senior News Line – Helping seniors stay in their homes
SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles
Aging in place. Those are words dear to the hearts of many low-income seniors who fear having to move away from home when they need services. The ... Continue Reading →
Singing, music help with dementia
SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles
Researchers revealed a year ago that singing could greatly help Parkinson’s disease patients with breathing, speaking and memory. Now researchers ... Continue Reading →
Mediterranean diet makes brain younger
SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles
The Mediterranean diet has been in the news for years, but some of us aren’t sure if it offers any real benefits. Now we have a piece of the ... Continue Reading →
Senior News Line – Beat the winter blues
By Matilda Charles
Short days when the sun stays low in the sky, even at noon … cold temperatures that make us want to stay inside – winters can be dark in more ways than one, ... Continue Reading →
Seniors say “no” to sharing health information
By MATILDA CHARLES
How do seniors feel about sharing their health information? A poll dealing with health-data privacy conducted last fall by Truven Health Analytics, in conjunction ... Continue Reading →
