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The Language Of Dementia Turned Into PoetryPeople living with dementia can appear to live in their own world, a complicated, non-linear inner world not so easily communicated to, or understood by…
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It’s often a hidden problem: The aged living alone or isolate from the community, where they fall prey to mistreatment by caregivers or family members.…
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There are many ways to ease the pangs of loneliness, illness, and old age –among them, spending time with a friendly animal companion. More than ten…
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According to a 2010 AARP survey, 85% of men and 61% of women over fifty said sex is important to their quality of life. This number, coupled with…
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Produced with Emma RuddockA Concord Monitor editorial this March called for the start of a time bank in our capital city – three months later, Granite…
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Oregon created a simple two-page form that has helped people exert control over their care at the end of life. A statewide database that contains the information is providing insight into what people prefer.
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By 75, many imagine they'll be retired, but the number of working seniors is actually on the rise — and so is the senior unemployment rate. When people ask Ella Washington, 83, why she wants to go back to work, she answers with a question: "Why sit at home?"