Archive for November 2017

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/despite-boost-in-social-security-rising-medicare-part-b-costs-leave-seniors-in-bind/ Judith Graham Millions of seniors will soon be notified that Medicare premiums for physicians’ services are rising and likely to consume most of the cost-of-living adjustment they’ll receive next year from Social Security. Higher 2018 premiums for Medicare Part B will hit older adults who’ve b… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/the-people-who-help-you-die-better/ A network of compassionate volunteers caring for their terminally ill neighbours is allowing more people in Kerala, India, to end their days at peace and at home. Jeremy Laurance meets the man leading the movement. Thirty years ago a young anaesthetist, newly appointed as head of department at … Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/getting-out-of-the-house-has-an-impact-on-your-life-expectancy/ Today Wiley Research made an interesting announcement about the importance of getting out of the house: In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of community-dwelling individuals aged 70 to 90 years who were participating in the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study, leaving the house daily wa… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/when-theres-no-space-for-memories/ I moved to be closer to my mom once her health started to decline. She lived in an affordable area, where I could get a cute little house on my modest salary. She kept the house I’d grown up in, which she’d slowly filled with things. After seven years, her illness had gone from chronic [… Read More