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Oral Health for Seniors

Why Oral Health Is So Important for Seniors—and How to Keep Your Mouth Healthy If you care for an older adult, you probably think about their heart health and brain health. You probably also make sure they see their primary care doctor at least once a year for regular checkups. Yet do you help them…

Volunteer To Help Alzheimer’s Patients

Here Are Volunteer Opportunities to Help Those With Alzheimer’s Disease June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month, meant to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, which affects more than 6 million people in the U.S. and 50 million people around the world. The number of people in the U.S. with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to reach…

Maintaining a Friendship With Someone Who Has Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease

If someone you care for has received a dementia or Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, then you know how life-altering it can be. One area that may come as a surprise is how friendships change once a person is diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s. There is often a stereotype that such a diagnosis automatically transforms that person…

10 Ways to Get Your Home Ready After Joint Replacement Surgery

As we get older, the life left in our joints—including hips and knees—may run out. When someone reaches that point where those joints just don’t work anymore, they may need a joint replacement surgery. There are more than 400,000 total hip replacement surgeries done each year in the U.S., according to the American Academy of…

Be Ready for a Hurricane: Here’s Your Hurricane-Prep Checklist

Hurricane season begins on June 1. Are you ready? Meteorologists are predicting above-average activity for the Atlantic hurricane season this year. They say the season will likely include 17 named storms and 8 hurricanes. Anyone who has lived in Florida long enough knows that a hurricane or tropical storm can take you by surprise and…

COVID-19 Vaccine Card Scams Are Ongoing: Here’s How to Protect Your Card

In the excitement of getting a COVID-19 vaccine, perhaps you decide to share a picture of your new vaccine card on social media. As innocent as that may seem, it can cause you some headaches in the long run. That’s because COVID-19 vaccine card scams are cropping up around the country. Even the FBI is…

Manatee County Is Now a Dementia Care and Cure Initiative Community

Manatee County is now a Dementia Care and Cure Initiative community, the Florida Department of Elder Affairs announced in March. The Dementia Care and Cure Initiative is part of a statewide push to support those living with dementia as well as their families and caregivers. Manatee County is the 16th county to earn this designation…