'Healthy' Foods That Elderly People Should Never Eat
At first glance, some foods like vegetable sprouts, fish and eggs may seem healthy. However, depending on how they are prepared, these...
The Aging Digestive System: Maintaining Gut Health As You Age
People of every age experience digestive issues from time to time, but as we get older, annoyances like constipation, diarrhea and gas...
What Are the Signs Your Aging Parents Need Help?
Use a little sleuthing to uncover health problems that Mom and Dad may not reveal. Every year at this time, Paula Falk receives an influx...
What Are the Secrets to Aging Well?
It takes a number of strategies to stay healthy and vibrant late into life. Numbers are important to Jan Sirota, a retired investment...
Macular Degeneration: Managing This Vision Condition
Early treatment and vision rehabilitation help people stay independent and see as well as possible. Helyn Guerry, 88, of Houston, looks...
The Health Benefits of Having (and Being) Grandparents
For kids, grandparents provide stability, safety, wisdom and fun. In return, caring for grandchildren can help stave off depression,...
These Are the 10 Best States for Aging
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Older Adults: 4 Things to Consider When Care Planning
As a clinical social worker and care coordinator at Montefiore Health System's Center for the Aging Brain, I've learned that older adults...
The Older Adult's Guide to Cold Weather
Cold weather brings special risks for older adults. In the Division of Geriatrics at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, our...
Why advance care planning is important for you and your loved ones
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports that from 2002 to 2012, per person personal health care spending for the 65 and...
