A Senior’s Guide to Bladder Infections
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The importance of bladder health cannot be underestimated in older adults, as many struggle with bladder conditions and diseases. Urinary tract infections can greatly impact a senior’s health. Here’s what to know about maintaining bladder health and signs of symptoms of a problem. What is a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)? As a healthy, newly retired math teacher, Jean Connolly, 78, began exhibiting signs of confusion that intensified almost by the hour. A battery of emergency room tests revealed nothing out of the ordinary but a urinary tract infection. Within 48 hours of receiving her first do ..read more
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Assistive Devices Help Seniors Maintain Functional Health
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Bette Davis famously said, “Getting old ain’t for sissies.” Surely, she had something there. With age comes the inconvenient decline of body and mind: things just don’t work the way they used to. The challenge of maintaining a healthy, happy quality of life intensifies with each passing year. In Davis’ lifetime, however, there was nowhere near the wide range of assistive devices and adaptive clothing available today, many with a nod to technology, to make growing older a little more graceful.   Hearing Loss Later in Life a Common Occurrence Whether or not you got to Woodstock, and followe ..read more
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7 Ways to Take Care of Your Feet for Healthy Aging
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Many older adults struggle with foot pain. One in three seniors over the age of 65 experiences pain, stiffness, or aching in their feet. What are some common foot problems as we age and what can be done to prevent or resolve the issue? It may be true that the eyes (okay, ayes) have it, but for most of us, it’s about the feet as well. The American Podiatric Medical Association reports by the time someone reaches age 50, on average he or she has walked about 75,000 miles. Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” Words to live by aside, what ..read more
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Planning to Live as an Elder Orphan or Solo Ager
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Marita Ellers* was lucky. Her parents lived three blocks away in Greater Detroit. She enjoyed a close relationship with them and could tend to their needs as they continued to age, which was well into their 90s. They both passed away when Marita entered her 60s as she helped with their hospice care needs. But having never married, and with only a chronically ill brother and sister-in-law living in Seattle, reality set in when Marita needed major surgery which would incapacitate her for weeks or possibly months. Unlike her parents who had her to depend on, Marita had no one. Of course there was ..read more
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2022 Summer Reads and Listens for Seniors
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1y ago
When the temperature rises, thoughts of days at the lake, the beach, in the backyard, or wherever lying under a big umbrella is a sublime thing to do come readily to mind. After all, what beats slathering on coconut-scented SPF 40 sunscreen and diving headlong into an icy cold Arnold Palmer—with a great summer read or podcast, of course! You have every excuse to do so, as scientific research shows that reading offers many mental and emotional benefits as we age. Similarly, audiobooks have been seen to boost elderly mental health. With the summer solstice, curated sources such as The New York T ..read more
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Ways New Technology Will Benefit Senior Aging and Health
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If you are over a certain age, you may remember the trials and tribulations of George Jetson, the beleaguered head of household on the popular futuristic 1960s cartoon The Jetsons. Set in Orbit City in 2062, every Saturday morning you and your bowl of Cocoa Pops likely perched in front of the TV, watching George, wife Jane, daughter Judy, and son Elroy navigate their flying car and pneumatic tube transport system. You marveled at their televiewer, the food-o-mat enabling them to push a button to prepare meals and chuckled when Rosie the robot housemaid (an early incarnation of AI) went into ov ..read more
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A Special Forces Veteran’s Quest for Ally to Live ‘A Wonderful Life’
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Amada Senior Care’s ongoing support of veterans extends far beyond facilitating access for them to the full extent of their VA benefits. Where there is a need for help, we believe there is a need for us. In this post, retired U.S. Army Captain and Special Forces Team Leader Ronald Fry reaches out to help support his friend: former Afghan interpreter Walid Shaheed, now living in the U.S. with his wife and four children. He lives in Honeoye, New York, 33 miles south of Rochester, the town renamed Bedford Falls for location shooting in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” For former Afghan interpreter Walid ..read more
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8 Tips for Family Members Caring for a Senior Loved One from Far Away
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Until 100 years ago, many people never traveled more than 10 miles from the home in which they were born or lived in when they got married, which was usually down the street or the next farm over. Families remained grouped together for many reasons, including having emigrated from a foreign country and starting a new life together. There was strength in numbers: both economic advantages and in perpetuating long-held traditions that would tie loved ones together in the face of new challenges. Where seniors were concerned, the expectation that younger family members would always care for them wa ..read more
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How Seniors Can Stay Safe in Hot Summer Weather
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Many retirees grow weary of snow and ice, choosing to move to warmer climes where they can enjoy the outdoors more often and it’s easier to get around. According to sources, more than 80 percent of the estimated 12,000 Americans who die of heat-related causes each year are over age 60. The body’s ability to respond to heat changes as we age, sometimes in response to chronic medical conditions and treatment, so taking precautions to avoid heat stress should be top of mind especially in summer. Even in more northern venues where summer is shorter, unsafe temperatures can result in a host of cond ..read more
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What Seniors Need to Know About Age-Related Cataracts
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1y ago
A clouding of the lens that can sometime occur as far back as birth, cataracts block or change the passage of light into the eye. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States, and the leading cause of blindness worldwide. What’s more, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI), more than half of all Americans over age 80 are either living with this condition or have had surgery to remove cataracts. In the preponderance of age-related eye diseases that include glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular ..read more
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