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How To Successfully Take Control Of Your Aging

We need a movement. We need a rallying cry. We can’t just sit around and let ourselves fall apart as we get older. We can’t stop ourselves from aging, but we can probably change the way we do it. So, I decided to start with myself. What could I change?…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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How To Break Free From Personal Limits With Your Aging Parent

Hi Friends - It’s Carolyn and Mikol. Hope you are doing well We just got back from Boston for a family wedding and had a really great time. We had a chance to see this amazing city briefly and we just loved it. Such a rich history. None of those…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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The Danger Of Your Aging Parent Covering Up Dementia

The signs are subtle at first. The brain-destroying disease that creeps up unannounced and steals your loved one comes in disguise. “Maybe he’s just getting old”, you tell yourself. Your aging parent may have noticed being unable to remember things for some time. Dad will cover it up by changing…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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Falling risk for residents increases after antidepressant changes, study shows

Beware of anti-depressants and older adults Nursing home residents have a fivefold increased risk of falling in the two days immediately following a change in the dosage of certain antidepressants, a new study finds. Nursing home staff should more carefully monitor residents whose doctors have prescribed — or increased the…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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Check List For Determining The Best Nursing Home

Here is a great checklist if you are in the process of looking at which nursing home you are going to place your aging parent or loved one. CLICK HERE NOW

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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Beware of This Financial Advice About Aging Parents

Have you ever heard this? “Your dad paid taxes all his life. Let the government take care of him. He should get rid of his assets so he’ll qualify”. This may be considered “good” advice by some financial planners. Here’s why I usually consider it terrible advice. What the financial advisor…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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Escape to the adventures of senior living

Clark Retirement Community World’s first-ever senior citizen lipdub! Residents from Clark Retirement Community in Grand Rapids Michigan, team up with Grand Valley State University Film & Video Production students, alumni, and professors to create this sassy video to the jazzy-sweet contemporary crooning of Michael Bublé.

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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How Much Should You Help Your Aging Parents Financially?

While boomers save for retirement, some are also helping to support their own parents—and wrestling with some tough questions. Violet, age 92 and still living alone in her own home, is running out of money. She took out a mortgage to meet her monthly living expenses and to support her…

Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011

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Five Quick Tips For Handling A Dangerous Older Driver

In the 29 years I handled personal injury cases, most of them were car accidents. I represented injured people hundreds of times. When the victim was hit by an elder or older driver who should never have been driving, I always wondered why no one had taken the car keys…

Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011

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How To Successfully Take Control Of Your Aging

How To Break Free From Personal Limits With Your Aging Parent

The Danger Of Your Aging Parent Covering Up Dementia

Falling risk for residents increases after antidepressant changes, study shows

Check List For Determining The Best Nursing Home

Beware of This Financial Advice About Aging Parents

Escape to the adventures of senior living

How Much Should You Help Your Aging Parents Financially?

Five Quick Tips For Handling A Dangerous Older Driver

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