RECENT POSTS IN January, 2021
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Valentine’s Day: A Season for Sweethearts—and Scams
Our minds naturally turn to thoughts of romance and love as Valentine’s Day approaches, but “love” can be a dirty word to the 25,000 Americans—many of them seniors—who reported romance scams in 2019, a number that will undoubtedly continue to climb in the future. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports seniors were bilked out of […]
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National Caregivers Day Set for February 19
Recognizing Burnout and Providing Solutions for Patients & Clients An estimated 42 million Americans provided unpaid care to an aging person in 2019– roughly one in six adults in our country, according to the AARP. That means all of us come into contact with family caregivers regularly, even if we don’t realize it. Many households […]
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HIV ON THE RISE IN SENIORS
Assessing the risk, educating patients and clients Most people would be surprised to know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly half of Americans living with HIV in 2016 were aged 50 and older. HIV is newly diagnosed in thousands of older adults every year. Although HIV risk factors are the […]
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