Senior Health News

Legislation Will Help Hundreds of Thousands of Idahoans Struggling with High Rx Costs, Medicare Gaps & Soaring Insurance Premiums

Today RetireSafe, representing 400,000 senior citizen supporters across America, called on the U.S. House of Representatives to stop the proposed rationing of high-quality hospital care to Medicare patients. "The health care reform bill soon ...

Statement by James P. Firman, President and CEO of the National Council on Aging:

ADVISORY and STATEMENT

With his proposed health care reform plan, President Barack Obama has set his sights on cutting name-brand prescription drug costs by 50 percent for Medicare patients who fall into the "Part D" coverage gap, universally known as the "...

AT&T Participates in Family Online Safety Institute's Annual Conference

Group meets with Congressional offices this week to lobby for seniors

Six assisted living facilities in Virginia and Maryland were able to refinance over $80 million of existing debt through the Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance program thanks to Baltimore-based Capital Funding Group , a leading ...

A study by UCLA suggests that use of the Internet by seniors helps to "stimulate and possibly improve brain functioning." Dr. Gary Small, a professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, noted "Internet ...

The Caring Generation captures #1 ranking for Sunday morning programs on 630 KHOW, Denver and continues to build a loyal listening audience. The program introduced May 2009 as Parenting Your Parents targeted adult children caring for parents. ...

"As members of the House gear up for this historic vote, they will hear from older Americans"

H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961 would go a long way toward making the health system better for patients and physicians

"As members of the House prepare for this historic vote, they will hear from older Americans"

Today AARP announced its endorsement of the Affordable Health Care for America Act and the accompanying Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act . The Association's support follows nearly two years of work with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to ...

As members of the House gear up for this historic vote, AARP will make sure they hear from older Americans

Lifespace Communities , headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, announced today that it has become the first senior living provider to adopt the Dakim® BrainFitness System nation-wide for its 4,500 residents in 11 communities across the U.S. The Dakim ...

Incontinence in a parent, grandparent or spouse has a significant emotional impact on a caregiver's life, according to a survey released today by Caring.com and SCA, the makers of TENA® . The survey reveals that while seventy percent report ...

One in three women currently suffer from a pelvic floor disorder. But, usually due to embarrassment and lack of education on the issue, most have accepted incontinence as a way of life. But it doesn't have to be. There is a solution!

Ford Introduces Industry's First Inflatable Seat Belts to Enhance Rear Seat Safety

PARO Robots U.S. Inc. and the Japan External Trade Organization have announced that order fulfillment and delivery of the therapeutic robot PARO will begin in the United States on December 1, 2009, from its sales and distribution office in Itasca, ...