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With Mother’s Day around the corner, some of us may be struggling to find an appropriate gift, especially given the year we’ve all had. While frivolous items may come to mind, in fact, we’ve all learned the lesson this year of the importance of safe and healthy aging. With that…

When you find yourself wide awake during the night, or up before the sunrise, do you feel anxious or wonder what’s wrong with you? Worrying about lack of sleep can, ironically, cause you to lose more sleep, but if it’s any consolation, you’re definitely not alone. The data suggest that…

So you’ve gotten both your vaccination shots and you’re 2 weeks beyond the second jab. Are you now out of the woods when it comes to being vulnerable to a COVID infection? The data suggest that all available vaccines are overwhelmingly effective in preventing serious illness and death from the…

In the early months of the pandemic, especially when it became clear that older adults were at high risk of serious illness or even death from COVID, there was the hope that advance care planning (documenting your wishes regarding end-of-life care and appointing a health care proxy to speak on…

It may sound humorous, but to many of us, it’s deadly serious. A recent survey by OnePoll of 1000 US adults found that 40% of Americans don’t recognize themselves in the mirror at this point due to COVID. Moreover, 51% of those surveyed believe the pandemic has negatively affected how…

By agebuzz Contributing Editor Julie Buyon How often have you called an insurance provider or hospital billing department to hear “Please hold for the next available patient advocate”? You, savvy reader, know instinctively that the “patient advocate” to whom you will be connected will neither be patient nor an advocate…