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_ Medical Care Widely Used Catheter Device May Harm Some Patients By Jane Farrell article A widely used intravenous device may in fact be harming some patients, a study shows. The study, by researchers from … Read More→
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_ Assisted Living 3 Ways to Help a Loved One Receive Proper Nursing Home Care By Sondra Forsyth article ItΓÇÖs an almost weekly occurrence across the country. Nursing homes face lawsuits over patients who develop severe bedsores that in … Read More→
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_ Mental & Emotional Health Researchers Find Common Psychological Traits in People Aged 90 to 101 By Sondra Forsyth article In remote Italian villages nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and mountains lives a group of several hundred citizens over the … Read More→
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_ How to Beat the Bad-Guy Rap in Discussions with Aging Parents By Jane Farrell article As two gray-haired gentlemen set their trays on the table next to me at Panera Bread, one of them asked … Read More→
_ Freedom is the Result of What You DonΓÇÖt Do Anymore By Sondra Forsyth blog How much freedom can you handle? Do you want to do what you want to do when you want to […]