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Taking Care of Aging Parents Without Going Broke
Denise Egebrecht needed a break.
It had been three years since her 86-year-old mother, Eleanor Schwartz, moved in with her and her husband in their home in Johnsburg, Ill. Mrs. Schwartz has Alzheimer’s disease and has trouble moving around, so Mrs. Egebrecht helps her mother with her shower each day, makes sure she’s fed and takes [...]
Helping Elderly Leave Nursing Homes For A Home
Walter Brown never wanted to live in a nursing home, but when he had a stroke two years ago, he saw little choice. Mr. Brown, 72, could not walk, use his left arm or transfer himself into his wheelchair.
“It was like being in jail,” Mr. Brown said on a recent afternoon. “In the nursing home [...]
Seniors Defend Medicare Plan Obama Calls ‘Wasteful’
One of the largest spending cuts Congress could rely on to pay for an overhaul of the nation’s health care system comes from a Medicare program President Obama has called a “wasteful” subsidy for the health insurance industry.
Don’t tell that to cancer survivor Maurice Engleman, 82, who says the controversial Medicare Advantage program — which [...]
WSJ Opinion: ObamaCare Will Lead to Rationed Care for Elderly (And No, We’re Not Talking About ‘Death Panels’)
Why the elderly are right to worry when the government rations medical care.
Elderly Americans are turning out in droves to fight ObamaCare, and President Obama is arguing back that they have nothing to worry about. Allow us to referee. While claims about euthanasia and “death panels” are over the top, senior fears have exposed a [...]
FACTCHECK.ORG: POTUS GOES TOO FAR IN CLAIMING AARP ENDORSEMENT
At his town hall event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Obama went too far in claiming the support of AARP:
Obama: We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors. …
[A]nother myth that we’ve been hearing about is this notion that somehow we’re going to be cutting your [...]
OPINION: Dr. Andrew Weil / The Wrong Diagnosis – Health Care Plan Does Not Help People Become Healthy
I’m worried — and if I’m worried, you should be, too.
The reason I’m worried is that the wrong diagnosis is being made.
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis [...]
Obama Administration Tells Seniors ‘Back Of The Line’ For Swine Flu Vaccination
Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to minimize suffering and death from influenza, the Health and Human Services Department says on its Web site.
But some senior citizens complain they’ve been left off the list of people who will be first in line to get the swine flu vaccination, when it is ready. One [...]
Permanent Diet May Equal Longer Life
For a country in which roughly 200 million people are overweight or obese, scientists today have discouraging news: Even those who maintain a healthy weight probably should be eating less.
Evidence has been mounting for years that the practice of caloric restriction — essentially, going on a permanent diet — greatly reduces the risk of age-related [...]
Did Obama Really Say That? President Tells America To Take ‘Painkillers Instead of Surgery’
Editorial Note: It seems whenever President Obama goes off script, or they throw him a question he doesn’t have a prepared answer for, the truth seems to slip out. Before you read the following, think of a National Hospital Center where hundreds of people are waiting in line for hours to [...]
Dr. Mark Hyman: The 7 Keys to UltraWellness: Discover Why You are Sick and How You Can Heal
“I didn’t know how bad I was feeling until I started feeling better.”
That is what my patients tell me every day. They go from being ill or just okay to experiencing UltraWellness.
Most people don’t know how poorly they feel until they feel better. In fact, most of us don’t recognize that fatigue, digestive problems, aches [...]
