Sleep and the senior years: what actually helps
If you are sleeping less than you used to, you are not alone and you are not necessarily doing anything wrong. According to the National Institute on…
Category: Seniors
You have seen five revolutions!
If you’re around 70, you haven’t just, seen a lot of change., You’ve basically ridden five revolutions in one lifetime. First came personal computers. In…
A blood test for Alzheimer’s
For decades, diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease required expensive PET brain scans or a spinal tap. In May 2025, that changed. The FDA cleared the first blood…
What those ads on your tablet aren’t telling you
If you have spent any time playing games on a phone or tablet lately, you have almost certainly seen two types of advertising aimed squarely at older…
Speed Training game shown to reduce dementia risk
Brain training research shows a 25 percent reduction in dementia risk for one specific type of game. It used a specific exercise called Double Decision,…
Who do you call? The emergency contact question nobody talks about
Every doctor’s office asks it. Every hospital intake form includes it. Who is your emergency contact? For many older adults, that line sits blank for a…
If your stove shouldn’t be on, this device will turn it off
The iGuard was one of the most talked-about smart home products at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. The iGuard is designed for one critical purpose:…
Recalling the events of our lives: Half a century since the war in Vietnam
If you think back a little over 50 years, those haunting images from April 1975 may still linger: the frantic helicopter evacuations from Saigon’s…
Your new best friend might be an AI
You’ve probably heard of Alexa or Google Assistant, the friendly voices that answer questions, play music, and set reminders. A recent survey found that…
Understanding Medicare’s new TEAM experiment: Better care for seniors after surgery
As a senior on Medicare, you might worry about what happens after a major surgery’like a hip replacement or heart bypass. That’s where Medicare’s new…