Mobility Corner Archive - Seniors Category
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February 21, 2009
Builders, remodeling contractors plan for an aging population
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
The baby boom generation has made a big impact on everything, from changing morals to changing attitudes to changing the environment.
Boomers have long said they weren't going to grow old, or at least would age at a slower rate. Yet, the first wave has begun to enter retirement age, and while this generation is more active and healthier than the one that preceded it, time does take its toll on aging bodies. Eyes don't work as well, bodies tire more easily or maybe arthritis or a neurological problem have set in, decreasing mobility. It's time to make everyday life a bit easier by taking a look at the place where you spend the most time: your home. (...)
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January 27, 2009
Supersize Social Security
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Life doesn't allow many do overs, especially when it comes to financial planning. Most of us simply save and invest as best we can and hope that in retirement we run out of time before we run out of money.
Until recently, financial planners tended to treat Social Security benefits as the arthritic component of a retirement plan: a predictable, if feeble, income stream with limited range of motion.
But between ages 62 and 70, you can bust three surprising Social Security dance moves -- the reset, the file and suspend, and the restricted application -- which can significantly expand your planning options and supersize your benefits. (...)
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January 23, 2009
High-tech sensors help seniors live independently
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva Olweean figured her health was back to normal. But the nurses at her retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old's bed detected too many restless nights.
Tiny sensors hover unobtrusively over the toilet, shower and doorways to detect Olweean's movements inside her apartment. Pneumatic tubes tucked in the mattress and beneath her easy chair measure weight shifts. Caregivers and researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia study the data, noting changes in behavior that could signal medical problems. (...)
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December 5, 2008
Boomers boosting universal design
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
When her husband Arthur underwent several spinal surgeries last year and was recuperating in the hospital, Mariam Eisenberg knew she had to make some design changes to her Jericho, N.Y., home before he returned.
Her wheelchair-bound husband wouldn't be able to navigate the two sets of stairs in her house, so he would need to live on the first floor, which only offered a small half-bathroom. (...)
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November 18, 2008
Vast Majority of Senior Citizens Do Not Understand Donut Hole in Medicare Drug Program
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
If you are still confused about the coverage gap – or donut hole – in the Medicare Part D drug program, don’t feel dumb or alone. Nearly two-thirds of senior citizens covered by the program don’t understand it, although, it is a key part of the program and can lead to devastating unexpected drug costs. (...)
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November 15, 2008
Notes from rehab
Categories:Seniors, Disability
No, not that kind of rehab. On October 4 I had a stroke. The next day my wife and I called 911 and asked them to take us by ambulance to Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. Ever since United Hospital in Port Chester, NY, closed, that is considered our community hospital.
I stayed four days, getting good care and lots of attention. After four days in Greenwich Hospital I was moved to Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, NY, which is close to Rye, where we live.
Here are some suggestions I'm compiled for surviving rehab: (...)
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October 17, 2008
FDA Introduces New Web Page with Links to Key Safety Information on Prescription Drugs
Categories:Seniors
Senior citizens, the heaviest users of prescription drugs, and the most common victims of drug errors, can find help with making decisions about the drugs they take at a new Website created by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA says healthcare professionals, too, will find it a useful page to find a wide variety of safety information about prescription drugs. (...)
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October 16, 2008
Social Security Benefits Rising by 5.8%
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree -- the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. (...)
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October 04, 2008
Gadgets help older folks stay in their homes
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
To stay in your home, or to give it up in favour of a retirement residence? It's a question people 55 and older must deal with at some point.
"Quite often making the decision is a question of safety, even for people in their 50's and 60's,'' says Andrée Lafleur, a salesperson at Conval-Aid Health Care Specialists in Ottawa. "They'd like to stay in their homes but they need that extra little bit of assistance to do it.'' (...)
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September 15, 2008
New homes focus on senior-friendly features
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
States and cities worried about where the growing number of senior citizens will live when they're older are starting to ask that all new homes be built to accommodate the elderly.
Almost 60 state and local governments have passed initiatives — some mandatory but most voluntary — asking all builders to include at least three features in new houses to help seniors and the disabled: no steps at the entrance, a bathroom on the ground floor and wider doorways. (...)
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September 4, 2008
Roll-Out of Direct Express Debit Card for Social Security Recipients Reaches West Coast
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
The check is in the mail – your Social Security check, that is. But for nearly two million recipients in a dozen Western states it may be about their last to be delivered by the postal service. Since June, the U.S. Treasury has been rolling out the Direct Express Debit MasterCard card as a new way for senior citizens and other recipients to receive their benefits.
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September 9, 2008
Social Security Q&A
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Q. When should I start planning my retirement?
A. It’s never too early to start planning your retirement. Social Security has a new Retirement Estimator online at www. socialsecurity. gov / estimator. This important tool will help you estimate your future Social Security retirement benefits. (...)
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July 6, 2008
Bigger Social Security raise in sight for seniors
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Link:http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-
inflation-0706jul06,0,3289716.story
July 9, 2008
Depression after stroke: A neglected problem
Categories:Disability, Seniors
Link:http://www.physorg.com/news134821566.html
June 10, 2008
Social Security checks now offer debit card option
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/
2008-06-09-ss-debitcards_N.htm
May 12, 2008
Do you know the warning signs of stroke?
Categories:Seniors, Disability
Link:http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20080512/LIFESTYLE/805120314
May 7, 2008
Baby Boomers Still Misunderstand Disability Income
Categories:Seniors, Disability, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/62408/
May 03, 2008
Homeowners can't afford to avoid aging
Categories:Seniors, Accessibility
Link: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/newhomes/
story.html?id=e2a220cd-ab99-474b-bc7e-e501a3977bab
April 23, 2008
Getting in and out of cars risky for seniors
Categories:Seniors
Link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSHAR36318220080423
April 6, 2008
Travel Tips for Seniors
Categories:Seniors
Link: http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=613905
April 4, 2008
Strokes, Deaths Reduced Among Very Elderly with Hypertension by ‘Water Pill’
Categories:Seniors
Link: http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Eldercare/2008/8-04-04-
StrokesDeathsReduced.htm
February 1, 2008
Senate Stimulus Test Will Target Rebates for Seniors
Categories: Seniors
Link: http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-
000002664983
January 2008
"Simple Tips for Making a Home Senior-Friendly"
Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” books and website. Savvy Senior is an information/resource service devoted to meeting the needs of older Americans and the families who support them. |
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Visit the Savvy Senior website at: http://www.savvysenior.org/
Categories: Accessibility, Seniors
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you give me some tips to make our house more senior-friendly. My wife and I are in our 70’s and don’t have much of a budget for big projects (nor do we want the construction mess), but we would like to do what we can to stay in our house as long as possible.
Read the entire article at "Simple Tips for Making a Home Senior-Friendly"
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