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Mom's Dating Adventures at Age 91

Mikol's Mom, Alice is turning 91 this month. She's been widowed for four years. She gets lonely. Where does a woman at this age meet a guy? There are not so many single men around at her age, and she was telling us about her frustration with that. We thought…

Mikol DavisApril 15, 2014

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Can Diet Help You Live Long and Avoid Alzheimer’s?

Here's something you may not know: 5.2 million people across this country have dementia or Alzheimer's Disease. We don't know what causes it and we don't know how to stop it. But, there are things that probably can help us prevent this brain killing disease. There is increasing evidence that…

Mikol DavisApril 11, 2014

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5 Things Happy People Are Doing To Age Gracefully

Carolyn and Mikol here. Carolyn speaking: We are away from home and are surrounded at this moment by grey or white haired people. Some look to be aging well. Others not. What's the difference? We are having a little getaway in beautiful Lake Tahoe with perfect weather, blue skies and…

Mikol DavisApril 5, 2014

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Tax Scams and Your Aging Parents: Phone Scams Escalate During Tax Time

A new and fast moving telephone scam is targeting taxpayers across the country. The Fraud Watch Network sent out a press release detailing how thousands of victims have already lost more than $1million. Please caution your aging parents and others as well. Older adults are more likely to be victims of…

Mikol DavisApril 1, 2014

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Wrinkles And True Grit: How Some Women In Our Sixties Are Defying Aging

Do you ever look in the mirror and wonder who that person is with the crow's feet? And how about the body? What happened to your muscles, you may wonder. Am I getting "old"?? I wonder about these things all the time. I did have an uplifting experience, though, with…

Mikol DavisMarch 28, 2014

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How Do You Know if Your Aging Loved One Should Stop Driving?

Hello again. Carolyn here. Living in Marin County, with a large aging population, I frequently see news reports about accidents and tragedies involving elderly drivers. In recent cases, older drivers have crashed into plate glass storefronts, hit pedestrians, driven into a body of water and even disappeared altogether when driving at…

Mikol DavisMarch 25, 2014

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45 Lessons Life Taught Me

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio . "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column…

Mikol DavisMarch 24, 2014

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A Letter from "Mom and Dad"

A Letter from "Mom and Dad"... My child, When I get old, I hope you understand 'n have patience with me In case I break the plate, or spill soup on the table because I’m losing my eyesight, I hope you don’t yell at me. Older people are sensitive, always…

Mikol DavisMarch 24, 2014

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Swiss Daughter Sends Elderly Mother To Thailand For Care

Hello again, Carolyn here. Just wanted you to hear about this shocking story. An article in the BBC news, Exporting Grandma to care homes abroad http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25438325, describes how a middle aged daughter in Switzerland chose to send her 91 year old mother with dementia to a care home in Thailand, where quality…

Mikol DavisMarch 19, 2014

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A home care worker bilked a frail elder out of her life's savings of $350,000.

Have you heard one of these true stories recently? A son ripped off his mother's equity in her home to chase an investment scheme for himself that failed. Two ruthless swindlers were arrested in New York for tricking an elderly woman out of her multi-millionaire property in Harlem she had owned for…

Mikol DavisMarch 14, 2014

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