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Title: COVID-19 Prevention Might Translate Into Record Low Flu Rates: CDC
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The Franciscan Boys Home in Bethlehem provides humanitarian support against all odds. Father Peter F. Vasko, OFM shares the invaluable impact that the Franciscan Boys Home has on the Holy Land youth...
(PRWeb September 16, 2020)
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Home Instead Senior Care® offers timely tips for taking care of older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
(PRWeb September 16, 2020)
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Low-income community Home Street Residences praised for quality, design prowess and a collaborative process benefiting the diverse and needy neighborhood in New York City
(PRWeb September 15, 2020)
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Camlu is pleased to announce it is under new management. The new owners, the Novellus Living Group, have partnered with the experienced experts at CiminoCare to manage the community.
(PRWeb September 15, 2020)
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Social Security recipients are likely to get a 1.3 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2021, making it the second lowest ever paid, according to The Senior Citizens League (TSCL).
(PRWeb September 15, 2020)
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First Place Winner Described by client as “Mother Teresa” Of the Elderly
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Title: Poll Finds Pandemic Surge in Loneliness Among Older Adults
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Just in time for holiday shopping, new e-commerce site gives individuals and families easy access to expanded options for purchasing GrandPad
(PRWeb September 14, 2020)
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GAPS Health enters into a medical management agreement with North Shore Health to enhance the care model in 71 skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities managed by North Shore...
(PRWeb September 14, 2020)
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“Joy for All Companion Pets” Proven to Provide Valuable Benefit and Support to Vulnerable Populations and Their Caregivers via Multiple Clinical Studies
(PRWeb September 13, 2020)
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Scientists are racing to develop a vaccine that proves "safe and effective." It may not prevent infection in everyone who gets it, but it still could eventually stop the pandemic. Here's how.
Caring Transitions’ specially-trained professionals handle decluttering, organizing, packing, moving, resettling, in-home estate sales and online auctions, home clean-outs, estate clearing and...
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There are dividing lines when it comes to how families are weathering the pandemic: Those living in big cities, those making less than $100,000 a year, and Latino and Black families are faring worst.
Club, restaurants, croquet court and fitness center open as construction continues on additional residences in Atlanta’s historic neighborhood
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On September 6, 2019, my mother turned 76. As was our birthday tradition, I invited her to lunch and suggested an outing to a local craft store she loved. For the first time ever, she refused to budge from her home. This was new behavior and it really worried me because her world was shrinking. … Continue reading How Social Isolation Stole My Mom →
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Title: COVID-19 Is Tougher on Older Men, and Scientists May Now Know Why
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New Episode: Cadence Living’s Principal Rob Leinbach Discusses Horticulture and Memory Care
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Celebrating its 30th year, the Best of Northland contest “recognizes more than 300 businesses, organizations and individuals selected by newspaper readers as the best in their fields.” Crossroads...
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Content sharing program provides health plans with the information they need to excel in the new era of healthcare.
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Caring Transitions of Lebanon serves Budd Lake, Califon, Flanders, Hackettstown, Long Valley, Oxford, Port Murray, Washington, Pottersville, Annandale, Asbury, Bloomsbury, Clinton, Flemington,...
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Meridian Senior Living’s more than 75 communities across the nation aim to bring joy to their towns by running a rock hunt contest to generate community enthusiasm. The contest runs from September...
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Milner is CEO of the International Council on Active Aging and founder of the active-aging industry in North America
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Heritage Woods of Newburgh, an affordable assisted living community, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 10, 2020. The celebration will give invited guests their first look at the...
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Three experts share advice on how to help the older people in our lives — parents, grandparents, neighbors, relatives, friends — feel comfortable and safe in the pandemic.
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A century of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans during pre-pandemic years than they have been for white people during the COVID-19 crisis.
New vaccines usually take years to get the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. But the Trump administration suggests the FDA may greenlight a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.
America's rural hospitals were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, the loss of revenue from months of deferred treatments and surgeries have pulled more to the brink, as federal relief fades.
At least two-thirds of U.S. families are struggling to find safe and affordable child care as the pandemic rages on. NPR asked infectious disease experts to help sort the health risks of each option.