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How to prevent a fall
In honor of Falls Prevention Awareness Day, an expert offers tips and preventive measures you can take to lessen your risk of a fall.
Can art therapy help those with early stage Alzheimer’s disease? 
Can art therapy help those with early stage Alzheimer’s disease?
A new research study looks to measure the impact. Learn more.
Suprising findings when it comes to fans and heat 
Suprising findings when it comes to fans and heat
A study suggests that for some people, heart rate and body temperatures actually rise when fans are used.
Why half of older hip fracture victims never fully recover 
Why half of older hip fracture victims never fully recover
Researchers find many older people are never as active as they were before a hip fracture. How to reverse the trend.
How long do you want to live? 
How long do you want to live?
The preferred life expectancy may surprise you. New research shows one in six people don’t want to reach this age.
Not your grandfather’s nursing home 
Not your grandfather’s nursing home
With baby boomers aging differently than their parents, skilled nursing facilities are adapting to the trends.
A little necklace saved her life 
A little necklace saved her life
When Ruth Belzer fell in her kitchen and lost consciousness, no one was around to help. Luckily her family had planned for this kind of emergency.