Category Archives: Caregiving Stories

The average annual cost of moving an elderly parent into an assisted-living facility or nursing home is between $38,000 and $67,500. But advances in technology, including activity sensors and smart pillboxes, are making it easier to extend the number of … Continue reading →

According to an ongoing 20-year study of brain volume, walking may slow decline in adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, in addition to reducing the risk of mental decline in healthy adults. Researchers followed 426 people, including 299 … Continue reading →

As we age, the ability to focus on more than one thing at a time becomes difficult. Research from the University of California, San Francisco found that older brains have more difficulty remembering to complete a task after being presented … Continue reading →

A diet rich in whole grains lowers the risk of a long list of chronic diseases, including stroke, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, colorectal cancer, gum disease, tooth loss, and inflammatory disease. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that individuals … Continue reading →

A study of women in their 40s and 50s found that those with deep skin wrinkles were more likely to have lower bone density. Dr. Lubna Pal, study researcher and reproductive endocrinologist at Yale School of Medicine, said the findings … Continue reading →

According to a survey of women from the Commonwealth Fund, more than half said the rising cost of health care was keeping them from getting the treatments, procedures, and prescriptions that they need. But there are a number of ways … Continue reading →

Getting a good night’s sleep is an increasingly difficult task for Americans in general, and worse for older adults. The average night’s sleep dropped from more than eight hours to six and a half hours between 1960 and 2010. And, … Continue reading →

The average prescription drug label lists 70 potential side effects, according to a recently published study in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Researcher Dr. Jon Duke, assistant professor of medicine at the Indiana School of Medicine, said having a … Continue reading →

Researchers in Spain claim to have developed a genetic test that can estimate an individual’s biological age, as opposed to their chronological age. The test measures the length of the protective caps on the tips of chromosomes known as telomeres. … Continue reading →

The healing powers of ginger have been known for thousands of years and have been used to help with everything from digestion to cancer. Now, research shows it may also be an effective pain killer. In a six-week study from … Continue reading →