Seventh Markesbery Community Symposium

Seventh Markesbery Community Symposium focuses on dementia prevention Why do some people stay intellectually sharp into their 90's, while others have memory problems?  Is there anything we can learn from their lifestyles that can help everyone age successfully? The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging's Markesbery Symposium will address this and more.  Keynote speakers are: Dr. Claudia [...]

Long-term Care — Are you prepared?

The staggering prices of long-term care and two-thirds of Americans mistakenly think the government will pay the bill The cost of long-term care just keeps going up and most Americans keep believing — incorrectly — that the government will cover most or all of it. Emily Gurnon, the health and caregiving editor for nextavenue.org recently [...]

Celebrate National Caregiver’s Month at the Senior Resource Fair

In celebration of November being National Caregiver’s Month and National Alzheimer’s awareness Month UK Elder Care is hosting a Senior Resource Fair along with a half-day Dementia Care Workshop – Seeing It from the Other Side on Friday November 10. The featured speaker will be Kathy Tuckey, a Teepa Snow, Positive Approach, LLC educator and [...]

Finding a purpose after retirement

Finding a purpose after retirement By Judith Graham, (c) 2017, Kaiser Health News WP Bloomberg After making it through the maelstrom of middle age, many adults find themselves approaching older age wondering, “What will give purpose to my life” now that the kids have flown the nest and retirement is in the cards? A story [...]

Learn how to out con the conmen

Between the ages of 16 and 21, Frank W. Abagnale successfully posed as an airline pilot, an attorney, a doctor and cashed millions in fraudulent checks. In case you didn’t read the best-selling book…spoiler alert…he got caught and his exploits were depicted in the movie “Catch Me If You Can,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Join the [...]

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