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Respite Care Lets Family Caregivers Take a Vacation

June 29, 2016Alzheimer's Disease, Assisting Hands, brain health, caregiver stress, healthy aging, respite careAdmin

Does this sound familiar? Your coworker comes back after two weeks in a tropical paradise. She’s tan, relaxed and passing around photos of herself in her swimsuit on a catamaran, enjoying an umbrella drink at a luau and swimming with sea turtles. You think to yourself that the way you spent your week off—helping your elderly mom move to a…

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The Negative Impact of Ageism: It’s Not Just About Seniors

March 10, 2016ageism, healthy aging, seniorsAdmin

  People are more sensitive these days about making remarks about people based on gender, ethnicity and other forms of diversity. Yet many who wouldn’t make a racist or sexist remark will happily make a disparaging joke about “geezers,” “codgers,” “old coots” or “fossils.” It could be argued that ageism—biased attitudes and statements about seniors—is one of the last socially…

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How to Keep a New Year’s Resolution to Be More Active!

January 1, 2016exercise, goals, healthy aging, New Year, resolutions, staying healthyAdmin

Last year’s January issue of the Assisting Hands “Hand in Hand” newsletter urged readers to make exercise one of their New Year’s resolutions. How did that go for you? If your exercise program fell by the wayside, let’s reboot for 2016! Like most Americans, you’re probably aware that physical activity is important to one’s overall health and well-being. And, like…

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FDA Cracks Down on “Miracle” Skin Products

November 23, 2015Assisting Hands, healthy agingAdmin

There are things we can do to protect our skin, but we won’t find most of them in a fancy jar. Those miraculous “before” and “after” photos in skin care ads? All the “miracles” usually come from photo editing. Last year, the Assisting Hands “Hand in Hand” newsletter reported on the proliferation of products and services being marketed as “anti-aging.”…

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New Technologies for Healthier Senior Living

August 20, 2015alzheimers, Assisting Hands Home Care, healthy aging, seniors and t, technologyAdmin

Computerized gadgets are just for younger people, right? Think again! With the growing number of older adults in our society, many companies are working to develop new support technologies to enhance their health and independence. And it’s good to know that in many cases, modifying and simplifying existing gadgets is the way to make them senior-friendly. With the aging of…

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Five Tips for Traveling With Senior Loved Ones

July 27, 2015Assisting Hands, healthy aging, senior travel, summer travelAdmin

Most of us have a limited amount of time and money we’re able to spend on travel. If you have parents who live far from home, the desire to spend time with them means there’s even less time for you to just run off and have a “real” vacation. Or, if you’re a caregiver, you may feel as if you’re…

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