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Tips to Help You Find the Right Doctor for your Aging Family Member
You may think your mom can just see the primary care doctor you’ve had for your family, but that probably isn’t the best decision if your parents are over the age of 65.
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What’s the Deal with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction?
If you pay attention to health-related news, you may have heard talk of mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR for short. But, what is it and what does it do? Read on for more information.
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Exercises any senior can do
Working out at any age is never easy but working out as you get older can be especially difficult.
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Stress Management
Stress isn’t going away for the millions of Baby Boomers who are now retiring. Instead, they’re encountering a litany of new stressors that come with aging. Health concerns, lack of mobility, worries over the sustainability of a fixed income, feelings of restlessness, fear of mortality and more could come into play.
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Mindful based stress reduction
Mindfulness is not a new concept. Rooted in the religious practices of Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism, the idea of mindfulness has been around thousands of years. Its popularity in western secular culture as a means of stress reduction is, however, a fairly new concept.
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Calibrating the Physician
Doctors deal with long hours, high stakes, perfectionism, emotionally draining situations and little support due to privacy laws. One recent survey shows physicians are stressed at an alarming rate.
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Caregivers require well-managed support
Our aging society presents an often-overlooked challenge to the health of caregivers, particularly those who work in an informal or unpaid capacity.
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Palliative Care or Hospice Care?
If you or a loved one has been in a hospital for a significant amount of time, you’ve likely heard the terms “palliative care” and “hospice care.” But what exactly are these services and how do they differ? We’ll dive into that here. Both services are focused on the care and comfort of a patient, but there are nonetheless distinctions between them.
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Aging in Diverse Communities
The Baby Boomers are becoming the retirement boomers.
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