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You’ve taken the expert advice and put mechanisms in place in case your aging parents lose their ability to make decisions. Perhaps you have a power of attorney for their finances, and a health care proxy for health care decisions, and you feel like your loved ones are now protected….

There aren’t many places in today’s environment where young and old come together, especially for a common purpose. Yet with the burgeoning growth of our senior population, and the challenges facing millennials, especially in the job market, it feels like a natural opportunity to bring these communities together for a…

As they grow older, many women fear the negative toll that aging can take on the body. Skin may sag, fat can accumulate and it’s easy to become self-conscious about one’s body image. But rather than focus on the negative, what if, instead, you focused on maintaining and enhancing your…

For many seniors, the idea of moving to a facility or community where someone else sets the rules and runs your life is a nightmare. At the same time, all too many seniors these days have no friends or loved ones to count on as the activities of daily living…

Every month seems to bring recognition of some noteworthy cause or group. November is marked as National Caregivers Month. Anyone who is, or has been, a caregiver understands the many demands, few rewards and innumerable tasks involved in helping an impaired loved one on a day-to-day basis. Resources and helpful info…

We all know the health benefits of walking. But are you ready to ditch your car in favor of walking as your primary mode of transport? That, in fact, is the new trend in retirement planning. According to a recent New York Times article, if you want to “age in place”…