In honor of National Family Caregivers Month, life transition planning and daily money management firm LifeBridge Solutions, LLC surveyed nearly 400 aging parents and adult children. The national survey was conducted online November 12 – 14, 2013. Survey results indicate that adult children are generally more concerned about their aging parent’s wellbeing than the older…
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U.S. Veterans Honored by Encore.org’s 2013 Purpose Prize
Seven Awards for People Over Age 60 Solving the World’s Toughest Social Problems The Purpose Prize has become a “MacArthur genius award for people who develop a second career as social service entrepreneurs.” – The New York Times. A veteran of the U.S. Navy organizes a network of volunteers across the country to teach disabled…
Downsizing? 4 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Unwanted Stuff
Use these methods from MySilverAge.com to declutter and pare down before moving into a new home. Members of the National Association of Senior Move Managers recently reported that 98 percent of their senior clients downsized before relocating. Downsizing before a move can be both liberating and overwhelming. But for seniors who have acquired many possessions…
AARP Report Highlights Need for Innovative Long-Term Care for the Aging Baby Boomer Population; Japan’s Technological Secrets May Hold the Answers
A newly published AARP report illustrates a profound demographic shift that will have consequences for decades to come, particularly in the senior living and long-term care industry. Baby boomers are entering their retirement years, while the ratio of potential family caregivers to those who require long-term services and support is beginning to drop. Fewer available…
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Changes Are Expected, Allsup Explains
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Changes Are Expected, Allsup Explains New Medicare plan options for 2014 will be available Oct. 15, but Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment could confuse beneficiaries There are only a few weeks before the Medicare annual open enrollment period begins Oct. 15. This year’s Medicare season crosses calendars with the rollout of the…
WestCare Foundation Announces Expanded Veterans Programs
WestCare Foundation Announces Expanded Veterans Programs (Las Vegas) – WestCare, a community-based nonprofit providing responsive human services and behavioral health care programs for four decades, announced today that it has expanded its Veterans’ services. WestCare, founded in Las Vegas 40 years ago, serves approximately 5,000 veterans throughout the United States annually. America’s returning warriors often…
RENOWN HEALTH WELCOMES 71 NURSE GRADUATES
RENO, Nev. (July 5, 2013) – Renown Health is excited to welcome 100 new employees, including 71 local registered nurse (RN) graduates, several experienced RNs, and 20 more employees in front-line patient care and other roles. The new hires will meet for their first day of orientation at Renown Regional Medical Center on Monday, July…
Marketing to Senior Citizens – Assume Nothing! by Marte Cliff
Once upon a time, senior citizens were old people. They were assumed to be suffering from ill health and in need of care. They sold their homes so they could move in with children or move to a care facility. Not any more. Now senior citizens exhibit the same variety of health and fitness as …
Top Senior Citizen Web Sites For Whatever You Need by Maria Norton
Senior citizen web sites number in the millions and cover nearly every topic imaginable. Whether you want to find information on benefits, retirement planning, travel, healthcare, transitioning to another state like Florida, or even senior citizen sex, there are senior citizen web sites dedicated to the topic. One of the most popular sites on the…
What Kinds of Job Opportunities Are There For Senior Citizens? By Stephen Chua
Because of improved health and the desire to stay active more and more senior citizens are looking for job opportunities. Certainly because of this the job market for those that are now over 50 is improving. Certainly projections are showing that by 2010 senior citizens will make up 1/3 of the entire workforce in…
Boston-Area Over 55 Community Publishes Free Senior Living Guide
Boston-Area Over 55 Community Publishes Free Senior Living Guide Resource Helps Active Adults Untangle Their Senior Living Options South Weymouth, MA — Mar 26, 2013 / (http://www.myprgenie.com) — The decision to move — whether to an over 55 community or other option — can be challenging. There are a lot of decisions to make. Sometimes,…
Making Home Affordable and HOPE NOW to Host Two Day Help for Homeowners Event in Las Vegas
Major Mortgage Servicers and Non-Profit Counselors to Offer Face-to-Face Assistance to Struggling Homeowners in Nevada (LAS VEGAS, NV) – Making Home Affordable and the HOPE NOW Alliance are bringing the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, along with several non-profit housing counseling organizations, to Las Vegas for two days next week to work one-on-one with struggling…
Queen’s study shows psychotropic drug dispensing increases on entry to care homes
Queen’s study shows psychotropic drug dispensing increases on entry to care homes A study by Queen’s University Belfast has found that the dispensing of psychotropic drugs to older people in Northern Ireland increases on entry to care homes. According to the study, due to be published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,…