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Adaptive clothing is a garment built with medical function that provides easy access to body parts without removing the entire garment, or by making it easier to change or remove clothes. Garments come in many styles, sizes, and medical purposes, for instance, with zippers that provide access to par...
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In today's world, people rely on information sharing and staying connected through electronics. There are some really helpful apps for busy families who are trying to juggle children's schedules, divorced parents who are sharing responsibilities and adults caring for their aging parents. CareZone...
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Handling your financial matters after your death is not going to be an easy task.  You need to have the proper documents in place that will designate the person you choose to be the Executor of your estate.  This person will be responsible for such things as paying your outstanding bills, closing ...
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Tell Congress to pass the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 (H.R. 1179 and S. 569) which will require that all time spent in the hospital counts toward the prior hospital requirement for Medicare nursing home coverage. This common sense legislation protects Medicare benefici...
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A new study by Merrill Lynch in partnership with Age Wave was completed in January of 2013 with 6,300 participants age 45 and older. It reveals new insights into peoples’ approaches to and thoughts about retirement.  In broad strokes, the study finds that people prefer reinvention over traditiona...
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Palliative care is about symptom management, coordinates patient care and helps clarify patient goals. This has been hard for me to differentiate from hospice care, but a recent article on Huffington Post has helped to clear up some of my confusion. Check it out here.  The basics can be boiled dow...
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Do you need help and are you a senior citizen 60+? You could be eligible for limited financial assistance if you have a disconnect notice for utilities, need help paying delinquent rent or need help with prescription assistance. Eligibility requirements are: Must be a Cobb resident Must be a s...
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A new study supports the idea that depression contributes to vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found that depressed older adults were more than twice as likely to develop vascular dementia and 65% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than people of similar age who were...
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Convicted scammers preying on American seniors will be extradited by Jamaican authorities, according to the U. S. ambassador to Kingston following a Senate probe. It was the Senate's aging panel that held a hearing as they looked into scams that fool seniors into handing over money in exchange for a...
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Ruby Tuesday's restaurants in Cobb Town Center, Woodstock, and Marietta will donate 20% of food purchases on May 1st to Cobb Senior Services Meals on Wheels. Diners must present a flier which can be downloaded from the Internet at communications.cobbcountyga.gov/downloads/GB1.pdf  ...
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