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Seniors’ Dental Care Declines After Medicare Kicks In
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay Information) — Without dental coverage, many American seniors on Medicare quit acquiring the fillings and crowns they may well need, a new examine finds. “Without dental coverage for older people who are suitable [for] Medicare, we are seeing a rise in loss of teeth following age 65 between just about 1 in 20 older people, which represents hundreds of thousands of People in america,” stated Dr. Lisa Simon, a resident in the Section of Medication at Brigham and Women’s Clinic in Boston. “Older adults have the cheapest premiums of dental coverage in the U.S. and price is a main…
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Fitness Tips for Seniors from a 96-Year-Old Swimmer
Judy Young is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. Just this calendar year, she received seven very first-location medals and established 6 age-group records in the 7 occasions she competed in, including the 50-, 100- and 200-garden backstroke, and the 50-, 100-, 200-, and 500-property freestyle. But Younger is not just any athlete. Born in 1926, she is a 96-yr-outdated swimmer who doesn’t allow her age preserve her from profitable gold or setting new information at YMCA National swim fulfills. Youthful tells us she’s beloved to swim at any time because she was a kid. “My sons at some point joined me in the swim lane, and…
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Seniors home health care crisis deepened by covid labor shortage
While more elderly seek home care to age in place, low-wage workers are finding easier jobs with equal or better pay in retail and restaurants September 25, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EDT Acey Hofflander, 85, shares sections of the daily newspaper with her husband, Tom, 88, in their Richfield, Minn., home on September 14. (Annabelle Marcovici for The Washington Post) RICHFIELD, Minn. — Racked with nausea and unable to leave the bathroom, Acey Hofflander muttered in confusion. Her husband tried to press a damp washcloth against her neck, his hands trembling and weak from Parkinson’s disease. “What’s happening? What’s going on?” Acey mumbled. Their roles had unexpectedly reversed. At 85,…