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From a discreet tickle in the throat to a relentless "smoker's cough," coughing is a reflex we can't resist. Though these odd noises that come up the respiratory ...
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Will you age better than an older loved one you care for -- or worse?
Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964) have plenty to learn from their elders about the experience of aging...
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On holiday visits, families often realize that an aging loved one is drowning in junk. Or maybe you dread moving day to an assisted living community because it means dealin...
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How can you rest assured that an in-home care provider is doing his or her job well? Check periodically that care tasks are being performed well, by watching the person dem...
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Wondering how to start the conversation with an aging parent about a sensitive topic? Whether you need to talk about moving, giving up driving, or bringing in help, knowing...
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Long-term survival for pancreatic cancer isn't great, compared with other cancers, so interest in potential new treatments is especially keen. The latest clinical trial res...
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Worried about a loved one behind the wheel? If he or she has glaucoma, you probably have added reason for your concern. A new study shows that drivers with advanced glaucom...
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Caring for someone with heart disease? You're at special risk for health problems yourself, researchers say. Blame the triple-threat combo of stress, lifestyle choices, and...
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Incredibly, one in four Americans over age 20 has prediabetes -- and most don't even know it. Being prediabetic means that your blood glucose levels are higher than normal ...
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Getting a cold or the flu is no fun. But it turns out you can have a pretty good time trying to prevent these sicknesses. Many easy-to-do, easy-to-like actions have been sh...
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Though you can't see your heart, you can get some clues to how healthy it is by looking in the mirror. Results from a study that followed 10,000 people for 35 years suggest...
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The holidays bring scattered families together -- giving adult children the perfect opportunity to closely inspect how aging parents are managing.
It's no coincidence that...
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How do you keep a relationship strong in the face of common midlife shake-ups? Changes like an empty nest, aging parents needing help, adult kids boomeranging back home, an...
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Being a stroke caregiver can be both physically and emotionally taxing -- actor Henry Winkler, whose mother was disabled for 10 years following her stroke, calls it, "My mo...
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Elder-caregivers take note: as hearts and wallets open up for the victims of last week's "Frankenstorm," Hurricane Sandy, through the Red Cross and other charities, it's a ...
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New aches, pains, and twinges in the joints naturally make adults of a certain age wonder, "Is it arthritis?" Often, the answer is yes: [Arthritis][1] is the leading cause ...
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The "fall back" time change on Sunday morning (November 4, 2012) at 2 a.m. is mostly good news for sleep-deprived caregivers -- an extra hour of much-needed sleep. Here, a ...
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Most people don't start as caregivers knowing the ropes. To the contrary, most caregivers tend to learn as they go along, with a fair amount of wrong turns and struggles. W...
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Jump to:
Mild-stage Alzheimer's symptoms
Moderate-stage Alzheimer's symptoms
Severe-stage Alzheimer's symptoms
Mild-stage Alzheimer's symptoms
During mild-stage Alzh...
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Decreasing fluids is often the first thing tried by someone seeking to control an overactive bladder. After all, if you drink less overall, you reduce the need to use the b...
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The basics of Alzheimer's support groups
Nearly every professional involved with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia recommends support groups for caregivers and loved...
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Caregiving is a responsibility best managed with plenty of help. Yet many of the nearly one in four adults who are caring for another adult miss out on the bounty of resour...
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Looking people straight in the eye may or may not reveal their honesty -- but the eyes *can* tell you about cholesterol, liver disease, or diabetes, if you know what to loo...
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Pain means "ouch" and pill means "ahhhh" to many of us. But medication is far from the only option for dealing with chronic or sudden pain. Techniques that distract you, re...
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Has your loved one with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, chronic lung disease, or certain other chronic conditions and disabilities lost out on Medicare coverage of therap...
