Five business people from the valley, all members of Leadership West, including our General Manger, Dawn DeMers, have come up with a program called “Learn, Don’t Burn” to try to prevent skin cancer. Below is a press release from the group. Free Sunscreen Dispensers Now Available in Public Areas Thanks to Leadership West Project Five [...]
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July 30th, 2010Respite a Must for Family Caregivers
July 26th, 2010Question: I’ve been caring for my elderly parents and have heard a lot about the stress that goes with family caregiving. I’m certainly feeling it. What’s the latest on the impact of stress on people like me and what can I do about it?
The latest stress study from caring.com reveals that personal relationships are taking a hit when it comes to family caregiving. Eighty percent of baby boomers caring for an aging parent say that it has put a strain on their marriage.
Research Could Lead to Cancer Home Detection Kit
July 21st, 2010Question: Cancer is prevalent in our family and I live in fear both for my 75-year-old mother as well as myself. My father died recently of cancer and my mother has been struggling with depression and her own fears about getting breast cancer, the disease that killed her mother. Is there any new research out on cancer detection?
Coincidentally, a University of Missouri researcher is developing a tiny sensor, known as an acoustic resonant sensor, which is smaller than a human hair and could test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers.
Top Ten Tips for Living Longer and Better
July 14th, 2010This is news we like to hear: A growing body of research suggests that it’s never too late to change your lifestyle.
“Adopting healthy lifestyle practices, even when you’re older, can have an enormous impact on how well you’ll age,” says Cheryl Phillips, M.D. “Maintaining these practices is essential for living a higher quality, more independent life.”
Here, from the American Geriatrics Society’s Foundation for Health in Aging, are ten top tips for living longer and better:
Becoming a CAREGiver at Home Instead Senior Care
July 13th, 2010One of the great things about working in the Employee Relations Department at Home Instead Senior Care is training and educating our CAREGiving staff. It’s motivating to watch a nervous new employee transform into a confident, professional CAREGiver. The Home Instead Senior Care training process is intensive, ongoing and starts the first day a CAREGiver walks through our doors.
Seniors Beware of Internet Magazine Sales
July 8th, 2010My grandchildren have introduced me to the Internet in recent years and I have started doing more of my business online. But I am still very nervous. For instance, I subscribe to a number of magazines and have been thinking it would be much easier to order them online. What should I beware of and is there any way to help keep me safer from thieves?
It’s great that you are wary since thieves have found innovative ways to do their dirty deeds using the latest technology. The National Fraud Information Center, founded in 1992 by the National Consumers League to fight fraud, offers these tips:
Older Adults Face Declining Buying Power
July 7th, 2010Older Adults Face Declining Buying Power Question: My 72-year-old mother seems to be short on cash and I am concerned. Perhaps it’s my imagination that her Social Security check doesn’t go as far as it once did. As much as I would like to, I am not in a position to help. Mom is in [...]
Controlling Weight Key to Avoiding Diabetes
July 6th, 2010Question: As I approach 75, I’m worried about contracting diabetes like my parents did. What can I do to avoid going down the same path? Since my wife died it’s more difficult for me to eat balanced and healthy meals.
Diabetes has doubled in the U.S. in the last 15 years and is highest among older adults ages 65 to 79 so many other seniors face these issues and share your concerns. Start with your doctor, who may very well tell you what other studies have confirmed: weight control is one important way to keep type 2 diabetes away. In fact, yet another recent study addresses this very topic.
Cataracts Not an Inevitable Part of Aging
July 2nd, 2010Cataracts Not an Inevitable Part of Aging It seems as though all of my mom’s friends have cataracts. Is this an inevitable part of aging? Cataracts, a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision, impacts more than half of all Americans by the age of 80, according to the National Eye Institute. [...]