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For many families, it starts at the holidays. An odor in a home that was always immaculate. A crack in routine. Unspoken sibling questions via eyebrows across a room as it becomes evident that age has finally taken its toll. Of course, coming to grips with this means a host of new dilemmas. If living independently is out of the question, what next? Who gets to make these big decisions? What if no decisions are made? What about the property? All the stuff? And what if change

"I wanted to live at home, but I just kept falling.” “I think I get three more prescriptions every time I go to the hospital.” “If only I could have seen that cord…” If you listen to older adults who are having to leave their homes, you understand that avoiding falling is paramount. A single fall can land one in a revolving door of hospital, rehab, more prescriptions and the accompanying fogginess they bring, leading to more falls, hospital and rehab. While fall preve

This month, just as the holiday travel season comes around, we’ve enlisted our friend Trinity from The Jones Travel Co to help you consider how some vacation R&R can provide some much needed relief, both for family caregivers, and for our loved ones with impaired or mild memory loss. Traveling After Memory Loss: A Travel Agent’s Perspective One of the questions I’ve been asked lately is whether it’s possible—or even realistic—to travel with a loved one after they’ve experien

What can you do that costs almost nothing and takes very little time and requires very little energy, yet can eliminate constipation, hemorrhoids, canker sores, IBS, irritability, heatstroke, UTIs, not to mention prevent a long list of chronic diseases?

Dear reader, This month, in order to address a more nuanced topic, taxes, we decided to format our Health Tip in the old “Ann Landers”...