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6 tips for difficult family caregiving conversations.

6 Tips for Navigating Difficult Caregiving Conversations Before you jump in, do your homework

Did you know there’s a VA benefit that can help pay for long-term care costs? If someone you love served, they may be eligible for more support than you realize. We’re breaking down what veterans’ benefits can cover, who qualifies, and how to get started. Read “Using Veteran’s Benefits for Long-Term Care.”

Using Veteran’s Benefits for Long-Term Care - Broward/Palm Beach Counties, Florida - Guiding Care Using Veteran’s Benefits for Long-Term Care If you or a loved one served in the United States military, you may have access to benefits that can significantly offset the cost of long-term care. Yet many veterans and their families never take advantage of these programs, often simply because they d...

The restaurant you can no longer hear in may be telling you something. Midlife hearing changes are common, exhausting, and too often ignored until conversation itself starts to feel like work.

Midlife Hearing Loss Advice: Why Nobody Warns You That Your Ears Get Tired There comes a point in certain restaurants when dinner out becomes an auditory obstacle course. The room is all tile, concrete, exposed brick, loud music,

Non-family members can step into helping roles when older adults need assistance.

When a Friend Becomes a Caregiver (Gift Article) Non-family members can step into helping roles when older adults need assistance.

Respite care: How to give yourself the caregiving break you need.

Create a Respite Care Plan to Give Caregivers a Break Learn what services and programs are available to help

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, causing a variety of symptoms in many different parts of the body. More than 1 million people live with this condition in the United States. Read “Living with Multiple Sclerosis.”

Living with Multiple Sclerosis - Broward/Palm Beach Counties, Florida - Guiding Care Living with Multiple Sclerosis On their podcast “MeSsy,” actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate have candidly discussed their health struggles after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). When celebrities are diagnosed with a disease or condition, it often brings much-needed ...

5 (More) Surprising signs you’re getting older. Hint: You may need to buy new shoes.

5 (More) Surprising Signs You’re Getting Older (Gift Article) Hint: You may need to buy new shoes.

Heather Whitson’s new research into lucidity asks a profound question: if a dementia patient returns to clarity, were those capabilities ever truly gone?

When the fog lifts: Pioneering a new frontier in Alzheimer's and dementia research Researchers are studying rare moments when people with advanced dementia suddenly regain clarity, memory or function

Depression may be early warning sign of Brain changes, study finds.

Depression may be early warning sign of brain changes Rising tau protein linked to depression may reveal Alzheimer's risk years before memory loss begins, study finds.

AI is accelerating elder fraud. Their kids are reckoning with the fallout.

AI is accelerating elder fraud. Their kids are reckoning with the fallout More adult children are becoming liaisons between their parents and their parents' bank accounts as AI makes fraud harder to spot.