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Online eldercare offered for free

An assisted living and Alzheimer's care service provider recently launched a website that offers seniors the opportunity to go online and ask experts questions pertaining to eldercare for free.

Ask the Expert also allows individuals who are looking after older persons to take advantage of its services. Dr Vicki Rackner is an expert in doctor-patient relations and caregiver stress and will answer questions posed on the site within 24 hours of their posting.

"Caring for a loved one can be an incredibly rewarding experience, though it can also be an extremely challenging task without qualified resources to help guide your decision making," said Granger Cobb, the president of the service provider.

Bear Markets Should Be WELCOMED, Not Feared!

I firmly believe that one of the great myths in our industry of financial professionals is that our job is mainly to assist our clients in "growing their assets" or "outperforming the market". In fact, the reality is that most studies will show that most investment professionals have consistently underperformed the market averages over time, with over time being defined as more than ten years. So if our clients truly believe that our job is to multiply their wealth, than why is it that many of us are not keeping up with their expectations?

Artist finds inspiration at retirement living community

A woman in the state of Washington has combined her two passions and found the inspiration to do so in a senior housing facility.

Nannette Pawlowski is a caregiver and artist in Vashon whose profession and favorite pastime seem to have a positive effect on each other, according to the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. Pawlowski recently decorated the Vashon Community Care Center with her drawings and quilts, some of which were inspired by the facility's residents.

"I love helping one person at a time, and hearing their stories," the artist told the news source.

Shirley Boardman lives at the center and her husband, who passed away, is the subject of one of Pawlowski's fiber art pieces, reports the publication.

National Health Care Shell Game

By Jim Brigleb

Good golly, Molly, what's the latest on the national health care bill? Which health care bill? Why, I'm not even sure what the health care bill says. How would we? Not only are there a variety of bills being cast about, the contents are not being divulged for examination.

Remember that shell game where you try to watch the illusionist's hands as they quickly change 3 shells from one position to another, all in the blink of an eye, and you’re supposed to know which half shell contains the pea? Well, there's a lot more than three shells, contents unknown, being moved about by 100 senators and 435 representatives. These folks, you know, our representatives, count on us not knowing the rules of the game - confusing constituents with committee rules, cloture, and other terminology that cause us to shrug our shoulders.

Alzheimer's care affected by new approaches to preventing dementia

Researchers at the University of Michigan have published the findings of their work on Alzheimer's care in a recent edition of Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by memory loss and other cognitive difficulties associated with clumps of peptides called amyloid betas that form the plaque that kills braincells.

Testosterone discovery could affect women's eldercare

Eldercare for postmenopausal women could be impacted by the findings of a study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels could develop heart disease more easily than those whose levels are normal. This discovery reportedly represents a big advancement in the understanding of the role of hormones in women's health.

"It is now largely accepted that premenopausal women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition in which androgens are elevated, have increased health risks," said Dr Anne Cappola of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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