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by Julie Ann Anderson on October 28, 2011
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: August 16, 2011 The researchers expected that seniors, when faced with mounting out-of-pocket costs, would switch to cheaper generics. In fact, that was one of the main arguments behind the coverage back when Medicare’s drug benefit was created in 2006. If seniors saw how much drugs cost, [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on October 24, 2011
Help family caregivers through holidays Give family caregivers a gift this holiday season by inviting them to participate in one of the upcoming “Home for the Holidays” webinars. This hour-long informational session provides family caregivers with information on how to help their senior loved ones manage holiday travel, family gatherings, seasonal depression and other [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on October 17, 2011
Why Seniors are Moving from Institution Back Home After living for three years in a nursing home following a stroke, Gail, 78, went through his life savings paying for the nursing home and eventually qualified for Medicaid. He had always wanted to and intended to move back home, but his condition required that he stay [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on September 30, 2011
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in American women behind skin cancer. Seniors are at an increased risk to develop breast cancer, so take time during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October to learn more about this deadly disease. Here are a few facts regarding [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on September 28, 2011
Join the effort to detect Alzheimer’s early The Home Instead Senior Care® network has joined the Alzheimer’s Early Detection Alliance (AEDA) in a nationwide effort to educate people about the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of early detection. The AEDA is a group of corporations, nonprofits and government entities under the leadership [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on July 27, 2011
I don’t have to tell you that Alzheimer’s is a worldwide epidemic. Currently, five million people in the U.S. have this disease, and there are more than 35 million globally. By 2030, those numbers will double, and by 2050, they’ll more than triple. Last year the worldwide cost of Alzheimer’s was more than $600 billion [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on May 31, 2011
Exercise your Brain-Regularly- encourage your brain cells to form new connections or relationships between cells. Complete crossword puzzles, jumblers,or word searches, play complex cards or board games, take classes to learn something unfamiliar, play a musical instrument, learn new Skills or movements, dance with a partner, switch hands… Exercise your Body-Regularly-approximately 100 minutes per [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on May 11, 2011
One of Home Instead’ s favorite people is Ms. Kira Reginato. She is a GCM here in Sonoma County and the host of “Ask the Expert on Elder Care show” on KSRO every Fri. She tapes a live show with guests in her studio weekly. For the month of May 2011 here is a list of [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on April 29, 2011
Larry king will be hosting on May 1st 2011 the CNN special “Unthinkable: the Alzheimer’s Epidemic” How many of you know that Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the US? Many of us still don’t know or understand the facts about Alzheimer’s’ disease. On May 1st 2011 Larry King will do [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on April 1, 2011
Wheather you live in historic Petaluma, Santa Rosa, charming Rohnert Park, Windsor, the Sebastopol countryside or on a vineyard in sunny Healdsburg, you can listen to KSRO radio and Kira Reginato on Fridays from 12:30pm to 1 in the afternoon! Kira hosts gifted, talented & educated experts in Elder Care every week. You can now [...]
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