11/22/16 LONELINESS, "Lonely Planet." U magazine from UCLA Health. Excellent article calling loneliness a "pending epidemic." Click: Loneliness
10/31/16 CLINICAL TRIALS AND OLDEER PEOPLE: Why Participate? NIH, National Institute on Aging. Click: Aging
9/30/16 ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVING: How to Ask for Help. Mayo Clinic. Click: Help
9/17/16 Foot and Leg Swelling--Air Travel: Important information, for elders--and us--from Mayo Clinic. Click: Swelling
8/18/16 Research: MINI-STROKES: PROMPT ATTENTION MAY REDUCE RISK OF SUBSEQUENT STROKE. Harvard Health Publications, July 2016. Click: Ministroke Research
7/26/16 DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER'S-New Research from the U of South Florida, presented at the Alzheimer's Assoc. International Conference, seems to suggest certain brain training exercise can put-off dementia. Click to read in Time, New Yorker and/or Wall Street Journal
4/1/16 LONGER, HAPPIER LIVES ARE POSSIBLE, New Study from Stanford U Center on Longevity, Feb. 2016. Click: Longer, Happier Lives
3/23/16 SECRETS TO A HAPPIER LIFE FROM A HARVARD STUDY of 700 men since 1938. Click: Secrets. Also watch the 12 minute TED talk if time permits.
March 2016. Check out this MEDICATION DISPENSER. Click: Hero --a cool-looking, smart vitamin-medication dispenser, coming out this summer. Your mobile device can track its use.
2/24/16 AGING PARENTS' CARE & SIBLING SQUABBLES. KIplingers August 2015 on-target understanding, information and advice. Click: Squabbles
9/12/15 TIPS FOR CHOOSING AN ADULT DAY CENTER FOR YOUR PARENT Next Avenue newsletter 4/23/15. CLICK: A Shoppers' Guide
8/31/15 TIPS FOR A SAFE STAY IN THE HOSPITAL. Johns Hopkins Health publication. Click: Safe Hospital Stays
8/31/15 TOO MUCH SITTING LINKED TO AN EARLY DEATH. Harvard Health 1/29/14. Click: Sitting Too Much. Also click: 8/29/15 post
7/7/15 DELIRIUM--OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS DEMENTIA: A SURPRISING SIDE-EFFECT OF HOSPITIALIZATION. Kaiser Health News, 6/2/15. Click: Misdiagnosis
4/12/15 CAREGIVING: DEALING WITH THE STRAIN IN YOUR MARRIAGE, a generic article applicable to everyone, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Caregiving Newsletter.
Click: Caregiving Newsletter
3/9/15 FALLS CAN LEAD TO TOO MUCH CAUTION, THEN MUSCLE WEAKNESS, NY Times, Personal Health. Click The Far-Reaching Effects of a Fall and TAKE A BALANCE TEST
2/24/15 11 COMMON MEDICARE MISTAKES. Kiplinger Feb. 24, 2015,. Click: Common Medicare Mistakes
8/28/14 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN HIRING HOME HEALTH AIDES OR USING HEALTH CARE AGENCIES--Mayo Clinic
Click: Questions to ask
12/16/13 PALLIATIVE CARE is not Hospice. Understand the difference.
Click: One Family's Experience from NPR's All Things Considered radio program. Listen or read text