Health & Wellness
Health Matters: Holiday Help for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
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- Written by Lisa M. Petsche Lisa M. Petsche
Many people consider the holiday season a hectic time, due to the preparations and festivities that typically take place.
Offer Care to Caregivers
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People who take care of elderly or chronically ill relatives often feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities and disconnected from friends and life.
Her Mission: To Find a Need and Fill It
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- Written by Kim Klugh Kim Klugh
Five million. That’s the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to statistics published on the Alzheimer’s Association website. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States develops the disease.
Grand Purple Gala Returns to Lancaster
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Today, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and out of the top 10 causes of death in America, Alzheimer’s disease is the only one that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.
Get Help Navigating Medicare
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The York County Area Agency on Aging’s APPRISE program will offer free, personalized counseling during Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.
Free Memory Screenings Available This Month
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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is teaming up with Kmart Pharmacy to offer free, confidential memory screenings nationwide this month.
ORTHO & PAIN: A New Hip for John
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- Written by John J. Kerecz John J. Kerecz
Pain. Slowly creeping, insidious pain. Over the course of at least a decade, nagging pain in my left hip managed to permeate every corner of my life until I finally slid into depression. I wanted to crawl off in a leafy hollow and hide like a wounded animal.
Savvy Senior: The New MIND Diet May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s
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- Written by Jim Miller Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
I’ve heard that there’s a new diet that can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. What can you tell me about this? My 80-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s, and I want to do everything I can to protect myself.
Taking Care of Your Aging Spine
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- Written by Kaliq Chang, M.D. Kaliq Chang, M.D.
Thanks to the baby boom generation, there will be more Americans over age 65 in coming years than at any point in history. About 44.7 million Americans were age 65 or older in 2013, the latest year for which data is available, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging.