AgingOptionsA damning article on the website of Kaiser Health News, just published a few days ago, reports that thousands of senior nursing home residents are dying each year due to a type of infection that is almost always preventable. Analysts suggest that chronic short-staffing in many of the nation’s nursing homes is largely to blame. … Read more
“It seems that everyone’s talking about the high costs of drugs—to friends, with family, on social media—but where those conversations are not happening often enough is at the doctor’s office.” So began this important article that appeared in the pages of Consumer Reports. Although the article was written some time back, it reflects a situation … Read more
With millions of people relying on Social Security or Medicare, scammers target audiences who are looking for program and benefit information. Online and otherwise, there’s a lot of information out there, and sometimes it’s difficult to tell what sources are credible. The law that addresses misleading Social Security and Medicare advertising prohibits people or … Read more
Just last week, according to this article on the NextAvenue website, President Donald Trump unveiled a plan the administration claims will allow more Americans to retire securely. Released by executive order, the new proposal does two things that may affect the retirement future for millions of Americans, including you. Significant Changes “President Trump last week … Read more
He was one of the funniest men on television in his heyday, and his deadpan humor was a staple on the top-rated Carol Burnett Show which premiered on network television in 1967 and ran for 11 seasons. But today, Tim Conway is a sad shell of what he once was. Suffering from dementia, the one-time … Read more
It has been quite a while since we’ve written on the AgingOptions blog about some of the specific ways people are modifying their houses to make it possible to age in place. For that reason, and because this is a topic we get questions about frequently, we were immediately interested in this timely article from … Read more
Doctors and nutritionists have long suspected that the Western diet of highly processed foods, high in sugars and chemical additives, is bad for our health. Earlier this year, we read about a comprehensive medical study that showed for the first time what could be an alarming correlation between ultra-processed foods and some kinds of cancer. … Read more
When it comes to deciding how and where we want to live when we retire, one of the words we hear most often is “downsizing.” It almost seems as if selling your larger home and moving into a smaller domicile was some sort of retirement rule. The reality, however, is not that simple, as this … Read more
Here at AgingOptions we’re not only committed to helping people plan for retirement, but we’re also determined to help change some of the negative perceptions many people cling to about getting older. Earlier this year we ran across three related articles that shed new light on aging by describing the happiest stage of life – … Read more
Here at AgingOptions, as you might imagine, we read quite a few articles about preparing for retirement. Many of them sound similar, with titles like “Five Things You Must Do Before Claiming Social Security,” or “Four Sure-Fire Ways to Get the Most Out of Medicare.” So we were a bit skeptical when we encountered this … Read more
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