Seniors For Living

You arrive at the hospital after getting an urgent phone call at work: your Dad had an accident at home, and he’s in the ER with severe burns. As his primary caregiver, you were the first to be contacted. ...

Dr. Steven Fuller is making house calls...to senior living communities. The Idaho-based doctor heads up House Calls, a physician-owned, physician-directed company that provides in-home healthcare coordination for area seniors in assisted living and retirement communities.

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Everyone’s worried about Alzheimer’s and dementia, and though there is still no cure, there are a number of recommendations about prevention. Paul Nussbaum, an experienced doctor and the director of brain health with Emeritus Senior Living, shares his ...

No matter where you live during your retirement years, Dr. Charles Eugster, age 93, prescribes two simple things for a long, healthy life: work and exercise. His vision is to “prevent impending disaster by encouraging people to be more active, particularly ...

The short answer is yes, provided you meet eligibility requirements. Get all the specifics in a newly updated booklet (available in PDF form here) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Those currently evaluating home care options for a ...

Although there hasn’t been much breaking news on health care lately, the reform wheels are in motion and change is coming.

A major component of health care reform is reigning in the cost of avoidable readmissions, which currently eats a hefty $17.4 billion slice of the $102.6 billion Medicare pie (and affects one in five patients). Thus, under the new legislation, hospitals will incur penalties for readmissions, medical errors, and inefficient ...