Helping rural caregivers stay connected

If you're a caregiver living in a rural area and looking for support, this workshop could help. An educational session focused on how to support our loved ones from a distance or from within the same home is being held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23 by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging [...]

Will taking vitamin D help you stay COVID free?

You know vitamin D can help you fend off osteoporosis and falls. But if recent headlines have you thinking you might want to pop some more of it to avoid a severe case of COVID-19, know that researchers are still sorting out how, exactly, a deficiency in the vitamin may make you more vulnerable to [...]

Why adults 65 and older are still at high risk of contracting COVID-19

Cities and counties across the country are beginning to ease or even end the regulations that closed stores, restaurants, businesses, services, and schools back in March 2020. According to healthinaging.org, adults 65 years and older and those with chronic health conditions are still at high risk for contracting COVID-19 and facing its most serious complications, [...]

Hearing aids are getting better. Here’s how.

Nearly 30 million Americans could benefit from using a hearing aid, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (MNIDCD). But a small percentage of people with hearing loss actually use one — under 30 percent of those ages 70 and older and only 16 percent of those ages 20 to 69. [...]

How’s the Red Hat Society staying social during COVID-19?

In times like these, many of us are realizing just how important our friends and social activities are to our lives. With more than 50,000 members in the U.S. and nearly 30 other countries, the Red Hat Society is one of the world’s largest social organizations. Like so many groups, the Red Hat Society is [...]

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