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AARP & You

PRIDE comes in all ages: LGBT community needs support - Comments (0)
Special election 2013: What’s at stake - Comments (0)
Social Security Chained CPI: How much would you lose? - Comments (0)
Home care waiting lists must end - Comments (0)
Stay connected this winter, and year-round - Comments (0)
Medicare open enrollment an opportunity to review - Comments (0)

Ask the Geriatrician

Medication prescribed for Alzheimer’s patient worries daughter - Comments (0)
Do you still need to worry about blood pressure? - Comments (0)
Daughter is concerned about mother’s rate of falls - Comments (0)
‘Dizzy Dean’ doesn’t know what to do about conflicting diagnosis - Comments (0)
What to look for if you think you have osteoporosis - Comments (0)
Can you manage heart disease with exercise and diet? - Comments (0)

Back Therapy

Innovative procedure can alleviate back pain - Comments (0)
What women need to know about spinal fractures - Comments (0)

Caregiver

Dementia tops cancer, heart disease in cost - Comments (0)
The high cost of Alzheimer’s care at home - Comments (0)
Stay alert and be cautious to avoid scammers - Comments (0)
Palliative care improves quality of life - Comments (0)
New care concepts meet growing demand - Comments (0)
Choosing the rehabilitation facility that fits your needs - Comments (0)

Caregiving Tips

Stay alert and be cautious to avoid scammers - Comments (0)
Palliative care improves quality of life - Comments (0)
Choosing the rehabilitation facility that fits your needs - Comments (0)
How to avoid caregiver burnout - Comments (0)
Medication safety: How to avoid bad reactions - Comments (0)
Communicating end-of-life wishes with an advance directive - Comments (0)

Dental

Oral care important for the older population - Comments (0)
Oral health and missing teeth linked to wellbeing - Comments (1)

Eye Care

Monovision LASIK allows an active lifestyle - Comments (0)
Laser cataract & refractive lens exchange surgery - Comments (0)
Flexible spending accounts makes eye surgery affordable - Comments (0)
Why do I need a dilated medical eye exam? - Comments (0)
Your eyes and glaucoma: The types, symptoms and treatment - Comments (0)
How can I get rid of glasses after cataract surgery? Part 4 - Comments (0)

Families USA

Medicare to reward hospitals for providing better care - Comments (0)
Deadline nears for Medicare Part D enrollment - Comments (0)
Why Medicaid Matters for People with Medicare - Comments (0)
Federal law provides for quality care to keeping you home - Comments (0)
Stopping Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse - Comments (0)
Long-term care: Planning for the future - Comments (0)

Features

Professionals address elder bullying - Comments (0)
Boomer consumers warrant courting - Comments (1)
Journal writing courses help uncover memories - Comments (1)
Kennebunkport Festival 2013 offers food, wine, art - Comments (0)
Bay State woman enriching lives of foster kids - Comments (0)
Today’s kids sharing everything with parents - Comments (0)

Finance

Mutual Funds: Are you paying too much in fees? - Comments (0)
7 retirement planning myths debunked - Comments (1)
Retirement: 5 ways to keep inflation at bay - Comments (0)
Moving into someone else’s home - Comments (0)
Taxes: Claim your elderly parents as dependents - Comments (0)
Retirees turn more attention to personal legacies - Comments (0)

Funeral Planning

Retirees turn more attention to personal legacies - Comments (0)
What is old school in the world of funeral arrangements? - Comments (0)
Tips for international funeral shipping - Comments (0)
Times are changing when it comes to funeral planning - Comments (1)

Health

No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic - Comments (0)
Tips to help avoid a preventable hospital return - Comments (1)
Clinton Youth Council on Aging supports Elder Abuse Awareness - Comments (1)
Cash can bribe dieters to lose weight - Comments (2)
Monovision LASIK allows an active lifestyle - Comments (0)
Mediterranean diets cut heart risks - Comments (3)

Healthy Lifestyle

Acute bronchitis differs from a head cold - Comments (0)
Cold hard facts about upper respiratory infections - Comments (0)
Solutions for winter skin problems - Comments (0)
Senior centers court baby boomers - Comments (0)
Seniors need to prevent the flu with vaccination - Comments (0)
Season for sinus infections approaches with available treatments - Comments (0)

Hearing Health

Hearing Loss can lead to depression - Comments (0)
Learn to hear again with some help - Comments (0)
Do you hear what I hear? - Comments (0)
Diabetic Women Subject to Greater Hearing Loss - Comments (0)
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, Part 2 - Comments (0)
Help is available for tinnitus sufferers, part 1 - Comments (0)

Home Care

Stay in your home forever: Your bedroom - Comments (0)
Staying in your home forever: Kitchen modifications - Comments (0)
Elder bullying by caregivers comes in many forms - Comments (3)
Home modifications can make your home a safe place - Comments (0)
The benefits of keeping a loved one active - Comments (0)
New Year’s resolutions for family caregivers - Comments (0)

Home Improvement

Decorating: Make rental space your own - Comments (0)
Spring cleaning: 3 quick projects that kill clutter - Comments (0)
Home Interiors: It’s not easy being green - Comments (0)
Putting the ‘kitsch’ back in your kitchen - Comments (0)
Design your own chic, comfy bedding - Comments (0)
The lowdown on basement decor - Comments (0)

Hospice Care

How to choose a hospice residence - Comments (0)

Housing Options

Moving into someone else’s home - Comments (0)
Couple finds love late in life at a senior complex - Comments (0)
How to decide when senior housing is better than home - Comments (0)
Now what? Finding community among strangers - Comments (0)
Home within a home as families live together longer - Comments (0)
You can’t take it with you - Comments (0)

Just My Opinion

Facebook posters nasty to oldsters - Comments (0)
Early feminism didn’t tout financial security - Comments (1)
AARP head a very capable leader - Comments (0)
Internet sensation shows true love despite adversity - Comments (0)
Gridlock is not the solution to American woes - Comments (0)
Aging and the art of New Year’s resolutions - Comments (0)

Legal

Doing your will online could be dangerous - Comments (0)
Raising your grandchildren? Estate planning a must - Comments (0)
Urge your adult children to have their own estate plan - Comments (0)
Aid & Attendance for veterans: Changes on the horizon - Comments (1)
Selecting the right person to handle your estate plan - Comments (0)
New LTC Insurance law protects consumers - Comments (0)

Legal Briefs

Doing your will online could be dangerous - Comments (0)
Raising your grandchildren? Estate planning a must - Comments (0)
Urge your adult children to have their own estate plan - Comments (0)
Aid & Attendance for veterans: Changes on the horizon - Comments (1)
Selecting the right person to handle your estate plan - Comments (0)
New LTC Insurance law protects consumers - Comments (0)

News

Obama Social Security proposal panned in Mass. - Comments (0)
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security - Comments (1)
Scooter ads face scrutiny from government doctors - Comments (0)
Elder Affairs: $6.5 million to end home care wait lists - Comments (0)
Obama’s charm campaign: High marks, no concessions - Comments (0)
Applying for Obama health care plan not easy - Comments (0)

Opinion

Facebook posters nasty to oldsters - Comments (0)
PRIDE comes in all ages: LGBT community needs support - Comments (0)
Beware of the one-legged stool, it isn’t enough to live on - Comments (0)
Early feminism didn’t tout financial security - Comments (1)
Special election 2013: What’s at stake - Comments (0)
Patrick talks about potholes instead of helping elders - Comments (0)

Push Back

Beware of the one-legged stool, it isn’t enough to live on - Comments (0)
Patrick talks about potholes instead of helping elders - Comments (0)
Two guys in a restaurant: The truth about government spending - Comments (0)
Will the legislature end home care waiting lists? - Comments (0)
Obama should never have accepted Social Security COLA cut - Comments (0)
Take Social Security off fiscal cliff - Comments (0)

Reverse Mortgage

New FHA insured product does not carry upfront costs - Comments (0)
Reverse mortgages rescue retirees from foreclosure - Comments (0)
Reverse mortgage provides financial relief for family caregivers - Comments (0)
What are the benefits for getting a reverse mortgage? - Comments (0)

Travel

Uganda offers a different kind of life - Comments (0)
Step into a fairytale at New Fantasyland - Comments (0)
Walt Disney World keeps the experiences fresh - Comments (1)
Dover, Delaware, a way of life preserved - Comments (0)
Kennebunkport Festival 2013 offers food, wine, art - Comments (0)
Southfork Ranch draws Dallas fans old and new - Comments (0)

Veterans

Funeral program serves veterans for less money - Comments (2)
Veterans are entitled to certain benefits - Comments (0)
Helping hands help veterans during this and every season - Comments (0)
How VA Aid and Attendance helps veterans’ surviving spouses - Comments (0)
How VA Aid and Attendance benefit might help you - Comments (0)
Things to consider for a VA pension - Comments (0)

Veterans Information

Funeral program serves veterans for less money - Comments (2)
Veterans are entitled to certain benefits - Comments (0)
Helping hands help veterans during this and every season - Comments (0)
How VA Aid and Attendance helps veterans’ surviving spouses - Comments (0)
How VA Aid and Attendance benefit might help you - Comments (0)
Things to consider for a VA pension - Comments (0)

Viewpoint

HHS Medicare savings stats mislead seniors - Comments (0)
No free lunch for the French or for any of us - Comments (0)
Aging is good stage of life, said American trailblazer - Comments (0)
State adds 5-year freeze on nursing home construction - Comments (0)
Obama should expand Medicare for all - Comments (0)
There’s another choice besides hurting the needy - Comments (0)