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Advice for People over age 65
Retired Persons AARP
AARP is a large membership organization of millions of members who lobby for elderly issues, provide certain services and a magazine/website for their interests. A popular section is AARP's Health Care Menu with many articles on it.
Common problems for the elderly is chronic pain. Here are some recent AARP articles on it:
Silver Sneakers
This is a program to keep you fit and for many Medicare supplemental programs, it costs you nothing because they want to keep you fit, and healthy. Lots of tips, including exercises to keep you stretched, help you move around better. Also free YMCA and some fitness classes if you qualify under your Medicare supplemental program. Lots of people belong. Check it out. Sample email you get free.
US Social Security
AARP is a large membership organization of millions of members who lobby for elderly issues, provide certain services and a magazine/website for their interests. A popular section is AARP's Health Care Menu with many articles on it.
Common problems for the elderly is chronic pain. Here are some recent AARP articles on it:
7 Habits that Cause lower Back Pain
Best Exercises to help Chronic Pain
6 Ways to relieve Chronic Arthritis
Chronic Pain Symptoms
Possible Side Affects to Over the Counter Meds
Understanding Pain and Treatment
Pain Management without Prescriptions
Painful Health Conditions
This is a program to keep you fit and for many Medicare supplemental programs, it costs you nothing because they want to keep you fit, and healthy. Lots of tips, including exercises to keep you stretched, help you move around better. Also free YMCA and some fitness classes if you qualify under your Medicare supplemental program. Lots of people belong. Check it out. Sample email you get free.
US Social Security
Official government website that supervises the Social Security Insurance program for US retirees and widows, and surviving children.
Medicare website
Official government website that provides health care for citizens of up to 80 percent of their approved expenses (no mental health or dentist coverage, and very limited reimbursement for pharmaceuticals.; Medicare deducts about $100 monthly from recipients' Social Security.
Natn'l Institute of Health
Medicare websiteOfficial government website that provides health care for citizens of up to 80 percent of their approved expenses (no mental health or dentist coverage, and very limited reimbursement for pharmaceuticals.; Medicare deducts about $100 monthly from recipients' Social Security.
Natn'l Institute of Health
Of interest for Seniors
Admin for Community Living
US Dept of Health & Human Services
Kiplingers Retirement links
Travel and Vacations
AARP Hospice Care
Admin for Community Living
US Dept of Health & Human Services
Kiplingers Retirement links
Travel and Vacations
AARP Hospice Care
Finding a Good Nursing Home
Older and middle-aged people who followed the MIND diet for at least 1 year had less and slower cognitive decline, compared to people with significantly different diets. The benefits were especially pronounced in women and in Black people, according to results of a new study.
Dementia, a condition affecting over three million individuals annually in the United States, remains a significant medical challenge as a cure continues to elude us. Despite this, hope is not lost. A range of treatments, including medications and therapeutic approaches, are available to enhance the quality of life for those living with dementia, effectively slowing its progression. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, but it still presents its own distinct symptoms.
10 Signs of Dementia - diminishing mental capacity in older people From Facty.com
State Help
Most states provide websites to help their elderly residents. To find the one in your state, Google your state's name and add "Department of Aging", like "Illinois Department of Aging."
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