In a recent Gallup survey of Americans about retirement concerns, one thing stands out pretty clearly: for those who have yet to retire, concern about outliving your money looms large. Those already retired are more optimistic about having sufficient funds to keep them going but for those thinking about retiring, there…

Those of us with a Type A personality are usually driven to pursue success, even at great cost. So, as we grow older, the question becomes: How do we age “successfully”? What’s the measure of success- or failure? Well, according to geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, of Better Health While Aging, knowing whether…

It’s perhaps your biggest nightmare: you or an aging loved one falls, no one is around to notice, and dire consequences then follow. If this is a scenario you dread, you’re not alone. A new report out from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has documented that fatal falls among…

Many of us look for ratings when making choices, and in the nursing home arena, there are rating systems as well. The federal government has a website, Nursing Home Compare, which is a combination of independent analysis and facility-provided info about every Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home in the US….

Here’s a pretty startling statistic: By 2020, one in every 3 adults will be a grandparent. And those of us with grandchildren know that equates to a lot of travel- either to visit distant grandchildren or to find ways that multiple generations can spend time together. Grandparents today tend to…

Virtually everyone has had a bad headache at some point: the pounding and pressure in your head that can leave you in pain and wondering what you did to bring it on. If you’re lucky, the pain subsides in a short period of time and you move on. Sometimes the…