When an “AARP Bulletin” arrived in my e-mailbox, I literally caught my breath at the headline, “Closing In on Alzheimer’s: Finally, new drugs offer real hope for reversing the disease,” had me clicking and reading. “Reversing” was the first word that excited me. Until now, drugs used to treat... Read more
Last month, I spoke at the North Dakota Region V Council on Aging. One of the other speakers was a member of the Governor’s Board on Aging. He spoke about long-term care, but he also mentioned his parents and their Medicare coverage, as well as a “Medicare scam.” What happens with this scam is that someone will call... Read more
We’ve nearly all seen television footage of a nursing home being evacuated because of some disaster. We had that happen here in the Red River Valley of North Dakota during ‘the flood of the century” in 1997. At the time, I didn’t have an elder in such dire straights, but the scenes I saw on TV were harrowing. Floodwaters reached over... Read more
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