A close look at the life, lifestyles and
life-changing news for the region’s
older adult community
SENTINEL GENERATIONS
Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn’t involve a blood test
While new FDA-cleared blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s in symptomatic patients, medical experts advise healthy individuals to focus on managing blood pressure, diabetes, and lifestyle habits rather than seeking predictive testing.
3 big questions to ask your aging parents
Eldercare attorney Harry Margolis recommends starting conversations about finances, end-of-life plans, and housing safety with parents around age 75 to ensure their needs are met as they age.
GOLDEN GIRLS FOR REAL? Home sharing helps seniors age in place and tackle rising rents
“Home sharing is a really efficient way to create affordable housing and to support older people who want to age in place,” — Alison Joucovsky
Study shows a blood test can help identify healthy people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have found that a blood test measuring p-tau217 protein levels may be able to predict if healthy older adults will develop Alzheimer’s symptoms within five to ten years.
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows some promise as researchers hunt new approaches
Biogen’s experimental drug, diranersen, has shown promising results in slowing cognitive decline in a small subset of people with Alzheimer’s, by lowering levels of the brain protein tau, according to results presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
You just retired (or are about to). Now what?
Retirees can protect their portfolios from inflation and economic uncertainty by assessing their spending rate, pulling cash flows from safer assets, delaying Social Security, revisiting inflation protection, and investigating tax-saving strategies.
Social Security’s retirement trust fund faces a funding shortfall a year earlier than expected
The looming challenge for the programs is a partial funding gap, not a collapse.
Nutrition apps can help build healthy habits. For some users, their gaming features carry risks
“Calorie tracking can reinforce behaviors associated with body dysmorphia and disordered eating.”
Medicare is now covering some GLP-1 weight loss drugs for $50. Here’s what to know
“The sheer cost of these medications is a huge barrier to access.”
For a soothing cup of herbal tea, here’s how to grow and prepare your own herbs
Herbal teas can be made from a variety of easy-to-grow herbs, such as German chamomile, mints, anise hyssop, lemon balm, and lemon verbena, which can be harvested in the morning and dried for future use.
How to stay safe while traveling during extreme heat
Travelers should take precautions to stay safe in the summer months by checking the forecast, staying flexible, packing light-colored clothing, and being mindful of signs of heat illness.
A cancer patient’s cats inspired a push for pets in hospice wards
A proposed new legislation in Poland would allow terminally ill patients to be visited by their pets in hospices and palliative care wards, in order to ease their physical and spiritual pain and combat the ‘epidemic of loneliness’.
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