Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease: Your Easy-to-Use Guide from the National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging's "Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease" guide will help you learn about and cope with the changes and challenges of caring for someone living with the disease.
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Tips for Recognizing Heat Stroke in Older Adults
Older adults (that is, people aged 65 years and older) are more prone to heat stress than younger people for several reasons:
Older adults do not adjust as well as young people to sudden changes in temperature.
They are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes normal body responses to heat.
They are more likely to take prescription medicines that impair the body's…
After 100 Days of Rehab, the Ecumen Coyote Goes Free
A dying coyote rescued by Ecumen employees returns home after a long rehabilitation.
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Ecumen Century Club: Happy 106th Birthday Verna Bloom
Everybody wants to know Verna Bloom’s secret. She’ll tell you being 106 years old “surprises” her because she has no big secrets to longevity — except maybe a positive attitude.
“Every day is a gift from God,” Verna is fond of saying.
The staff at Ecumen-managed Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, Minn., where Verna lives, has some…
An Action Plan for Living to 100
So you want to live to be a 100. What’s your plan?
The Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL) can help with research-based action items to get you to the 100 mark — a milestone that more than three quarters of American say they would like to achieve.
SCL’s Sightlines Project identified three areas that are critical to well-being as people age: financial security, healthy…
Tell Us About Your Technology Use
Link-age Connect, one of Ecumen’s partners in understanding the needs of an aging population, would like your help...
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An Emergency Home and Life-Affirming Rescue at the Ecumen Home Office
You will find nothing in Ecumen’s mission statement about coyotes. But Ecumen employees are empowered to make judgment calls — especially compassionate ones.
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7 Winter Safety Tips for Seniors
With the winter months hitting full-force in the Midwest, taking extra caution is important for all ages- especially for seniors. Here are Care.com's tips for ensuring safety for seniors this winter.
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Next Avenue Honors Larry Minnix on “2015 Influencers in Aging” List
Next Avenue has just released its first annual "Influencers in Aging" list, honoring 50 leaders who are changing the way we age and think about aging.
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MinnPost and UCare Convening Expert Panel Oct. 29 on Caring for Minnesota Seniors Without Breaking the Bank
MinnPost and UCare are teaming up to present an October 29 event titled “Preparing for the ‘Silver Tsunami’: How can we better care for Minnesota seniors without breaking the bank?”
The free breakfast panel discussion will take place 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, October, 29, in Northrop’s Best Buy Theater on the University of Minnesota campus. Drinks and light…