Open-enrollment for the Medicare Advantage Program begins in October. Tom and Scott want to help you prepare all of your information now that you need to enroll. Stronger Seniors Chair Exercise Programs
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The seniors most likely to need paid home care to maintain independent living are the least likely to be able to afford it long-term, a new study reports.
It used to be that you could go to the Social Security website to enroll in Medicare only. You’d simply answer a few questions and you were done in about 10 minutes. But now there’s a new twist. Read more
Basically, it's a stronger flu shot. Four times stronger to be precise. This flu vaccine could significantly reduce the risk of hospitalization among especially vulnerable seniors, a large, random clinical trial has found. Vaccines typically don...
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If you are, well, congratulations. If you are planning on signing up for Medicare, here are the 'basic' basics to know before enrollment begins October 15th.
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50 states are graded for healthy living based on 35 measures of cost, accessibility and outcome. The measures included monthly insurance premiums, cost of visiting a medical professional, quality of hospitals, life expectancy and rates of cancer and heart disease...
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Geriatricians are “experts in complexity,” said Dr. Eric Widera, director of the geriatrics medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. No one better understands how multiple medical problems interact in older people ...
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