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Ask Rusty - Ex-spouse benefits - When you don't get
Ask Rusty - WEP - Substantial Earnings Test
Ask Rusty - Child Benefits Stopped at 18
Ask Rusty - Can I Re-marry, or not?
Ask Rusty - Raiding the Social Security Trust Fund
Aging Eyes: 3 Ways Seniors Can Protect Their Vision
Ask Rusty - Divorced Multiple Times
Growing old on the streets is not easy
Ask Rusty - High earners and the Family Maximum
The Risk of Aging
Why Do Some Old People Get Cranky?
Ask Rusty - SSDI and the Ticket to Work Program
Good news: A 2018 increase for Social Security beneficiaries
Ask Rusty - Maximizing Widow's Benefits
Ask Rusty - Estimated vs Actual Benefits
Homelessness among senior citizens is a form of "elder abuse"
There's a Deficit of Knowledge About Social Security
Ask Rusty - Should my wife wait until age 66 to claim benefits?
It's Older Americans Month
Heat Waves Can Kill Seniors who Don't Take Precautions
It's Medicare Open Enrollment Season. Here's What You Need to Know
Elder Abuse is a Growing Concern
Could You Be Missing Out On Senior Discounts? Here Are A Few Things To Know
A Silly Story: The Benefits of Childis Antics for Seniors
End The Tax on Aging
Nursing Homes Set Goal To Get 75% Of Staff Vaccinated By June 30
Malls Converted to Senior Housing
5 Tips to Protect Seniors from Financial Scams Right Now
Taking a Nap Has Health Benefits for Seniors
Do You Need Social Security?
Forgetful? It's Most Likely the Rigors of Growing Old
Will Senior Housing Evolve Into intergenrational Housing?
Beware the Plastic Clamshell
Feeling Down In The Dumps? Take Stock of the Optimism In You. You'll Live Longer
Social Security Expands Compassionate Allowances Program for People with Severe Disabilities
More and More Seniors are Using Online Dating as a Way to Offset the Loneliness of the Pandemic
The Secret of Healthy Aging is Not as Big a Secret as You Might Think
The Sandwich Generation: Caring For Their Elders and Youngsters At The Same Time
Have Compassion for Lonely Elders — There are a Lot of Them Out There and They Need Your Help
Long Term Care Crisis Impacts Elders Who Need Special Care
The Holiday Season Brings Out the Elder Fraud Scammer
The Graying of America
The Holiday Season is Not so "Jolly" for Elders Living Alone; Don't Let Them Fall Into Depression
Aging Has Got Easier for America's Seniors but COVID May Reinforce Ageist Notions
You Can Have a Porterhouse Steak As Long As It's Rare — A Rare Treat to be Enjoyed On Occasion
Inflammaging: Aging is Mostly About Inflammatory Health Issues—Enogh to Make Againg, Itself, a Disease
Could It Be that "Senior Moments" are the Result of Too Much Knowledge Rattling Around in Your Brain?
Now Is the Time for a Little Emotional Wellness and Self-Compassion
Senior Use of Smart Phones, Computers and iPads is On the Rise
Attention Seniors! Medicare Isn't Free
Study Shows Washington State is Where Older Citizens are "Living Better Lives"
Biden Inflation Hits Homeless Elders Hard
More Seniors are Using Computers and the Internet than Ever Before
Do You Need an Organized Exercise Regimen or Do Your Daily Chores Provide the Workout You Need?
15 Million-Plus Senior Citizens Suffer from 'Food Insecurity,' the Potentially Deadly Side-Effect of Spiraling Inflation
Retirees are Going Back to Work — Some to Supplement Income, Others to Feel Productive
4 Tips to Confidently Care for Gray Hair
How Technology Can Help You Age in Place
A Majority of Seniors are Homebodies at Heart
7 Tips for Finding a Medicare Plan That Works for You
Pay Into Social Security Now for Later
Organizations Join Forces to Protect Senior Voters
Shining Light on Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes
Annual Wellness Exam is Key to a Healthy Year for Older Adults
It's Not About Growing Old; It's About How You Grow Old
Aging Workers are In Demand; They are Reliable, Mature and Professional
What Older Adults Should Know After a Doctor’s Visit
For Homecare Equipment Providers, Every Dollar Counts
It’s Time to Care About Long-Term Care
"Vulnerable adults, most often seniors" are targets for scammers, says guardian Rick Black
Romance Scams on the Rise and Elderly are Particularly Vulnerable
Why Everyone Over 50 Should be Training for the Senior Games
How To Find Affordable Senior Housing
Review of the Changing Protein Requirements for Seniors
Exercise Walking For Seniors: Preventing Foot Problems
Arizona Assisted Living Homes -- The Alternative to High Priced Senior Care
10 Tips to Keep a Family Caregiver from Losing Their Mind
When Assistance with Long Term Care Becomes Necessary
Caregiving Across The Miles-Tips for Successful Long Distance Caregiving
Scaling Down (Almost) Painlessly
If Using The Stairs Has Become A Daily Struggle, A Stair lift Could Change Your Life
Assisted Living: Tips on How to Choose a Facility
Stair Lift Buying Guide
Stair Lifts - Straight and Curved Rails
5 Myths You Should Know Before Choosing Elder Care
Solitary Confinement -- for Life
Prevent or Delay Alzheimers Disease
Short Trips Can Stimulate Alzheimers Patients
Scaling Down (almost) Painlessly
Nursing Home Staffing Levels: How Much Is Enough?
Respiratory Help Is Available For Seniors With COPD
When the Box is Empty
Angels Are Reaching Out to the Elderly
New Hope for Alzheimers Treatment
Hinged Rail Stair Lifts
Whos Gonna Take Care of You When Youre Old?
Baby Boomers: Will They Be Able to Afford Their Parents?
Senior Living: 5 Ways to Help Reduce the Risk of Falling
What Colour was Your Great-grandmothers Hair?
Skilled Nursing Homes - What Are They?
Arizona Assisted Living: Resident Rights
Arizona Senior Housing: Care Options for Seniors Who Can No Longer Live Alone
Advocate For Senior Citizens - Protecting Against Abuse and Fraud
What About Tennesse Dept. of Human Services Abuse of the Elderly and Their Families?
Marketing, Selling, and Serving the Older Adult, Senior Citizens, Family Caregivers
Stairlifts - Take the Struggle Out of Climbing the Stairs
Helping Caregivers Get Comfortable Asking For Help
Caring for Aging Relatives
Long Term-Care; 70 Million Americans Will Be Over 65 by 2003
Honey, Where Are The Car Keys?
Long Term In-home Care Options
Paying For Elder Care Just Got Easier
Local Businesses Serving Seniors Prove Commitment to Quality Care
The Right Wheelchair Accessories Will Ease Your Life and Your Journeys on Wheels
As the Baby Boomers Age
The Best Investment You Can Make Right Now: Long Term Care Insurance
The Golden Years
Retiring Abroad and Leaving the Grey Skies of the UK
Using The Proper Wheelchair Will Make Your Everyday Life Easier
Second Hand Stair Lifts
Feeling Lonely?
Mom Wont Participate!
The Dryer Ate Your Underwear!
Just Give Them a Lot of Love and You'll be Fine
What You Need to Know About Helping Senior Citizens
Who Wants to End Up in a Nursing Home? NO ONE!
Assisted Living Facilities - What Are They?
Board and Care Homes - What Are They?
What Most Long Term Care Professionals Don't Know
Strategies on Paying for Nursing Home Care and Medicaid
The Truth About Christmas
Compare Nursing Homes
Senior Care for Alzheimer's
Prepare to Make Long-term Care Choices
Introducing the Best Available Long Term Care Policy Guarantee
Alzheimers Care Giving While Maintaining Your Own Health

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Compare Nursing Homes
Finding the best nursing home is easier than you might think. That is assuming there is more than one nursing home in your area so that you have something to compare.
Whos Gonna Take Care of You When Youre Old?
I finally went to the doctor this morning for my bad cold. My appointment was for 9:30 am and yet I didn't get home until after 1:00 pm.
The Truth About Christmas
Every year, as Christmas approaches, you hear Christmas carols everywhere. Sometimes to the point where another Silent Night would make you want to silent the sound system.
Strategies on Paying for Nursing Home Care and Medicaid
The decision to place your loved one into a nursing home is anextremely difficult decision, often causing much guilt for thecaregiver. It is a very emotional decision for most clients we see andmost are under a certain amount of stress, often great, when facing whatthey consider to be a drastic course of action.
What Most Long Term Care Professionals Don't Know
Medicare recognizes this need and, therefore reimburses your residents to receive advanced behavioral health services? making them free to your facility!Psychologists provide a wide variety of valuable and testedclinical services that can provide a big shot in the arm to yournursing home care. For example:1.
Advocate For Senior Citizens - Protecting Against Abuse and Fraud
Ruth is 87 years old this year and has been living alone since 1997. She is in good health, however the daily chores around the home became increasingly difficult.
Ask Rusty - Can I Re-marry, or not?
Dear Rusty: After a pretty difficult 32 years of marriage and ugly divorce a few years ago, I finally found the man of my dreams. Stair Lift Buying Guide
There is no doubt that having a stair lift in your home can dramatically improve your quality of life. If you are starting to find that climbing the stairs is becoming a hazardous experience, or just hard work, then a stair lift could be the answer.
Ask Rusty - Maximizing Widow's Benefits
Dear Rusty: I am 64 years old, born in October of 1952, and in rapidly declining health. I took my Social Security early, as soon as I was 62, and now get $1838 per month in Social Security benefits (before Medicare premiums are taken out).
A Silly Story: The Benefits of Childis Antics for Seniors
Want to remain young at heart as you get on in years? According to the experts, there's a "silly" way that could help you grow old gracefully, with a smile on your face.
Angels Are Reaching Out to the Elderly
I am reminded time after time of the profound effect Angels have on people. Recently, I have been receiving manyemails containing examples of how the Angels are reaching through the veils to assist the elderly.
Mom Wont Participate!
Q: Six months ago we placed my mother in an assisted living facility. She gets along fairly well, but we thought she would get involved with all of the activities.
Scaling Down (almost) Painlessly
Moving to a smaller house or apartment in a retirement community almost always involves a certain degree of trauma, both for the elder who's moving and for family members. However, by planning ahead you can reduce the discomfort involved and turn what might well become a nightmare into a pleasant event.
Review of the Changing Protein Requirements for Seniors
Youth, it is said, is wasted on the young. Too busy figuring life they hardly take the time to enjoy it.
New Hope for Alzheimers Treatment
There is now widespread agreement among research scientists and medical professionals that Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a problem quickly growing to vast proportions. As the life expectancy of Americans continues to rise, increasing the percentage of the population over 65 years of age, so does the number of Alzheimer's cases.
Using The Proper Wheelchair Will Make Your Everyday Life Easier
If you have an injury or a health problem that restricts your mobility, you can achieve the independence you desire with a wheelchair that's just right for you. Wheelchairs are constructed for people of every size, shape, and age, and have features designed to meet the many diverse interests of users and appropriate for the various levels of assistance required.
How To Find Affordable Senior Housing
A few years ago Miranda M. became a widow.
Second Hand Stair Lifts
Buying second hand stair lifts is a viable and cost effective alternative to purchasing a brand new stair lift. Most stair lifts can be purchased new or second hand.
Board and Care Homes - What Are They?
Board and Care homes (also known as RCFE's - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) are residential private homes that have been licensed by the Department of Social Services to provide services to seniors. Most accept no more than six residents, but offer a cozy, home-like setting for frail seniors.
Stairlifts - Take the Struggle Out of Climbing the Stairs
Buying a stairlift can have huge benefits for your quality of life, giving you back some freedom and independence. Stairlifts can be adapted to your individual needs, so no matter what your requirements are, there'll be one to suit you.
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The Truth About Christmas
Every year, as Christmas approaches, you hear Christmas carols everywhere. Sometimes to the point where another Silent Night would make you want to silent the sound system.
Ask Rusty - Maximizing Widow's Benefits
Dear Rusty: I am 64 years old, born in October of 1952, and in rapidly declining health. I took my Social Security early, as soon as I was 62, and now get $1838 per month in Social Security benefits (before Medicare premiums are taken out).
Why Everyone Over 50 Should be Training for the Senior Games
by Phil Campbell, M.S.
Baby Boomers: Will They Be Able to Afford Their Parents?
Do you worry about whether your aging parents have their "affairs in order?" You should. After all, you're the one who will have to pay unnecessary taxes and endure time-consuming court procedures if your parents don't have an effective estate plan.
Hinged Rail Stair Lifts
If a door at the top or the bottom of the stairs may be blocked by the rail of the stairlift, there are a number of models designed to overcome this problem. Some manufacturers are able to produce a rail with reduced overhang upstairs, so the lift will not protrude as far into the hallway.
Marketing, Selling, and Serving the Older Adult, Senior Citizens, Family Caregivers
Are your clients pleased by the fine quality service that you provide? Validating your clients' endorsement of you through Certification as a Senior Approved Service will increase your client base. Senior Approved Certification leads a family towards a service like yours side stepping the possibility of connecting with a less than desirable service.
Feeling Lonely?
Q: I hate Alzheimer's disease, not only has it robbed me of my husband, but it has taken my life too! I feel like all of my friends have disappeared. I am lonely, and that makes me feel guilty.
Short Trips Can Stimulate Alzheimers Patients
Severe degradation of short-term memory means that my father, an Alzheimer's elder, is seldom interested in movies or books. And, although music used to be a source of enjoyment, he no longer listens with pleasure.
Review of the Changing Protein Requirements for Seniors
Youth, it is said, is wasted on the young. Too busy figuring life they hardly take the time to enjoy it.
Ask Rusty - Can I Re-marry, or not?
Dear Rusty: After a pretty difficult 32 years of marriage and ugly divorce a few years ago, I finally found the man of my dreams.
What Colour was Your Great-grandmothers Hair?
I've just made another Photoshop video. This one is about colour tinting (or "colorizing") an old photo.
Board and Care Homes - What Are They?
Board and Care homes (also known as RCFE's - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) are residential private homes that have been licensed by the Department of Social Services to provide services to seniors. Most accept no more than six residents, but offer a cozy, home-like setting for frail seniors.
5 Myths You Should Know Before Choosing Elder Care
Myths associated with selecting quality nursing home care suggest quick and easy ways to identify quality care. In fact, relying on these myths can lead to disastrous results.
Introducing the Best Available Long Term Care Policy Guarantee
If you're 60 to 70 years old ..
Solitary Confinement -- for Life
Sixty-five year old Arthur Jones served a self-imposed life sentence - in his own home.Arthur lived in a high crime neighborhood, so he built iron cages around his outside doors and installed bars on all the windows.
Senior Living: 5 Ways to Help Reduce the Risk of Falling
Every year we hear stories of seniors falling, ending up in hospitals and never fully recovering. Unfortunately, these falls often result in death.
Whos Gonna Take Care of You When Youre Old?
I finally went to the doctor this morning for my bad cold. My appointment was for 9:30 am and yet I didn't get home until after 1:00 pm.
A Silly Story: The Benefits of Childis Antics for Seniors
Want to remain young at heart as you get on in years? According to the experts, there's a "silly" way that could help you grow old gracefully, with a smile on your face.
Stair Lift Buying Guide
There is no doubt that having a stair lift in your home can dramatically improve your quality of life. If you are starting to find that climbing the stairs is becoming a hazardous experience, or just hard work, then a stair lift could be the answer.
Mom Wont Participate!
Q: Six months ago we placed my mother in an assisted living facility. She gets along fairly well, but we thought she would get involved with all of the activities.
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