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Learn which medications are on pharmacists’ ‘black list’ By Patricia CorriganContributing WriterNovember 22, 2016 Credit: Getty Images You fill a prescription, a medication you’ve relied on before. A few days later, you experience a troubling side effect. You read online that no one your age should take this medication. What... read more →

Image courtesy of Pixabay   By June Duncan, Author of upcoming book, The Complete Guide to Caregiving: A Daily Companion for New Senior Caregivers. Reaching the final phase of life is stressful for both your loved one and for you as the caregiver.  Even though it is natural and inevitable,... read more →

Image courtesy of Pixabay By June Duncan, Author - The Complete Guide to Caregiving: A Daily Companion for New Senior Caregivers. Reaching the final phase of life is stressful for both your loved one and for you as the caregiver.  Even though it is natural and inevitable, nothing can change the fact that... read more →

Gadgets for seniors: Ambitious techies roll out robots, smart gear for their elders By Seung LeeMercury News February 07, 2018 For older adults who grew up before the personal computer, iPhones and Amazon Echo became technological mainstays in everyday life, a growing number of startups are working on smart devices with... read more →

  By Elizabeth StewartThe Savvy AppraiserMarch 1, 2018 The following is excerpted from No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them). Your house, and what it contains, is a minefield in the eyes of your grown children. They can see... read more →

After watching her grandmother struggle to remember her own family members, the young coder Emma Yang decided to figure out how to use AI and facial recognition to help her–and others coping with the illness. [Photo: Emma Yang] BY ADELE PETERS3 MINUTE READ When Emma Yang was 7 or 8... read more →

Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Foles, left, celebrates with head coach Doug Pederson after the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game against the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Eagles won 41-33. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)  (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) I grew up in New... read more →

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups insist that overmedication remains a major problem, and want the pressure to intensify. According to the latest data from the federal... read more →

Recent estimates show that 80 percent of caregivers in the US are not healthcare professionals. Given the both physically and emotionally taxing nature of the work, plus the fact that most caregivers aren’t professionally trained, it should come as no surprise that many caregivers suffer from anxiety. In fact, so... read more →

By Richard EisenbergMoney & Work EditorJanuary 9, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Part of the TRANSFORMING LIFE AS WE AGE SPECIAL REPORT Back in June, in a blog post I wrote about the stresses many of America’s 40 million family caregivers feel, I said: “Perhaps one day, Congress will pass something... read more →