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Bluegrass Elderlaw on Beneficiary Designations

This recent blog post from Bluegrass Elderlaw shares some information beneficiary designations Most life insurance policies and retirement accounts allow (and even encourage) the account owners to designate a beneficiary. The designated beneficiary becomes the owner of the account upon the death of the original owner. In many instances, these are some of the largest [...]

UK HealthCare provides high-level stroke care

Nearly 2,000 people in Kentucky died of stroke in 2010*. It’s the fifth leading cause of death in the Commonwealth. And even those who survive often face a lifetime of disability. UK HealthCare’s Stroke Center has earned Comprehensive Stroke Center status – the highest rating a stroke center can achieve. We’re one of only four [...]

Age Friendly Lexington can help you find a job

Finding the resources you need to help you find your next job or career in part of what Age Friendly Lexington is doing. On a page on its website, agefriendlylexington.org you can find a central source of job and career assistance in the Bluegrass and beyond. Whether we are embarking on a new career, retreading [...]

Cataract surgery may help women live longer, study suggests

Cataract surgery is one of the most common operations performed in the U.S. About four million Americans had the surgery last year alone. And now a new study suggests the benefits may go beyond improving vision problems — older women with cataracts who had the surgery actually tended to live longer. The study, published in [...]

Looking for a volunteer opportunity?

AARP Kentucky with United Way of the Bluegrass is looking for volunteers to share their time and experience with a Central Kentucky student. AARP Kentucky is pairing volunteers with schools and after school programs in Anderson, Clark, Fayette, Clark and Woodford counties. Volunteers spend time tutoring and mentoring students in need of a little extra [...]

Mice with Frequent Flyer Miles Advance the Alzheimer’s Cause

Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients who are robbed of their memories, their dignity and their lives. It’s financially devastating as well: care for Alzheimer's patients is predicted to top $1 trillion by the time children born today are having children of their own. Alzheimer's begins its destruction decades before there are outward signs of memory loss, so [...]

Bluegrass Care Navigators offer two new services

iKnow Expo 2018 Exhibitor, Bluegrass Care Navigators have added new services that their patients need. The services are: Bluegrass Home Primary Care, featuring Dr. Jennifer Skorupa, board certified in both Family Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine; and Bluegrass Adult Day Health Care, with it first center opening soon in Frankfort. Both services will help [...]

Seeing Alzheimer’s with Optimism

New book sees Alzheimer’s disease from an optimistic perspective Dr. Gayatri Devi, author of the new book, “The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s disease and Other Dementias” has been receiving lots of media coverage lately. In her book, told through the stories of her patients, she humanizes the science, and [...]

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