We posted this infographic to another site of ours, but since different readers frequent this blog as well, we thought it would be great to add this infographic here too. This is a super fun read for anyone getting a bit nostalgic. It’s all about famous dogs and starts off with Rin Tin Tin. What [...]
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Elderly Egyptologist Escapes Cairo and Returns to U.S.
The turmoil in Cairo has been a top news story since January 25, when thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s rule, which caused them to fight with police as part of their anti-government demonstrations. While all of the chaos is going on in Cairo, there was a U.S. citizen named Mary [...]
Should Seniors Be Concerned About ‘TaxiScam?’
Every year there seems to be a new batch of scams that get media attention, and it is not uncommon for these scams to be targeted at unexpecting senior citizens. Now only a few weeks into 2011, there are a couple reports from the BBB in Indiana and Colorado warning seniors to be on the [...]
California Nursing Homes Get Public Ratings in 2011
Nursing homes in California will soon become a bit more transparent, as the state will become the first in the U.S. that will mandate that their ratings become available to the public. Many people in California are aware of restaurants being graded and having to post them in their window, but now nursing homes will [...]
Canadian Authorities on Hunt for Alleged Conman Targeted Seniors
Yesterday it was reported that Canadian authorities are back on the hunt for an alleged conman who has focused in his efforts on seniors across the country. The message when out to the citizens of Canada that help was needed to find Richard Earl Rupert, 54, who is a “person of interest” for a variety [...]
Seniors Will Not Receive Extra $250 From Government
It’s no secret that many seniors have been feeling the economic pinch over the last couple years, but now they must deal with a second consecutive year without a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their social security checks. While 2009 did see seniors receive a decent increase (about 6%), economic conditions in 2010 (and now 2011) [...]
Nursing Home Closing in Kentucky, Seniors to be Relocated
Rough economic conditions over the past few years have forced many nursing homes to close, and now another nursing home in Kentucky has decided to close and file for bankruptcy. The James S. Taylor Memorial Home in Louisville, Kentucky, has been around since 1981 serving the elderly residents in the region, but financial issues are [...]
AARP Drug Savings Tool Benefits Seniors
Many seniors are struggling to pay their bills due to the last few years of economic turmoil, and one of the things that can often consume a good amount of a senior’s budget is paying for medications. Thankfully there is a new online drug savings tool out from the AARP which seniors can use to [...]
New Nursing Home Technology Let’s Nurses Go Hands Free
In Fairborn, Ohio, nurses at the Wright Nursing Rehab Center are taking to a new technology that lets them do away with clipboards and improve their care. The new technology is a hands free headset that records caretaker notes so that nurses do not have to carry around a clipboard and write in their care [...]
