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Surprising ways older drivers can stay safer on the road

Surprising ways older drivers can stay safer on the road

For baby boomers and beyond, a lot has changed since they first received their drivers’ license, from car technology and traffic rules, to even road conditions. Many older drivers are…

Baby boomers and driving vision – maintaining safety and independence

Baby boomers and driving vision – maintaining safety and independence

Baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are aging differently than any generation in U.S. history. Today, older Americans remain more active later in life, working longer and engaging…

This holiday season, share your financial and care inventory with those who need to know

This holiday season, share your financial and care inventory with those who need to know

Each year, thousands of Americans are thrust into the uncomfortable role of making long-term care decisions for their family members. These emotional decisions can create stressful situations for the entire…

Five things you may not know about hearing aids

Five things you may not know about hearing aids

Hearing aids – those two words alone may conjure up images of unattractive, beige devices that your father or grandmother once wore before finally throwing them in a drawer, never…

Closing the financial planning gender gap

Closing the financial planning gender gap

While it’s a bit of a stereotype to say men are from Mars and women are from Venus, when it comes to financial planning styles, the fact remains the sexes…

Nursing home admissions avoided with simplified prescription packaging

Nursing home admissions avoided with simplified prescription packaging

Numerous factors impact a senior’s ability to live independently, such as health and memory problems, mobility issues, and care coordination concerns. Often overlooked is the fact that one quarter of…

Safety tips for seniors: reducing risk, increasing peace of mind

Safety tips for seniors: reducing risk, increasing peace of mind

(BPT) – If you’re just entering retirement, chances are you have many years of good health and independence ahead. But the normal aging process still brings limitations that we all…

Boomers: Shifting household needs create home design opportunities

Boomers: Shifting household needs create home design opportunities

(BPT) – Boomers expect to stay in their homes and live independently into their later years, but in the midst of change that is occurring in their households, it’s easy…

Holiday safety tips for older drivers

Holiday safety tips for older drivers

(BPT) – Trips to visit family and friends, nighttime drives to midnight Mass or to look at Christmas lights, emergency runs to the grocery store – driving is as much…

A decade of scientific breakthroughs for patients with GIST

A decade of scientific breakthroughs for patients with GIST

In the past decade, some life-threatening diseases have evolved from being untreatable diseases to chronic conditions with the help of significant medical advances. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GIST, are a…

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