10 Questions to Better Understand Your Medication and Risk of Falling
Use this list of ten questions to ask your doctor or pharmacist to take an active role in managing your medication and falls risk.
How Walking Can Ease Arthritis Symptoms
Osteoarthritis is common, expensive, and a leading cause of disability … but it also can be prevented and managed. Find out about one proven program.
ReadNever Alone: An Interview with Long-Term HIV Survivors
While HIV can now be a long-term, manageable chronic disease for many, it can present a unique set of challenges for those living and aging with the virus. Many people living with HIV describe feelings of loneliness and isolation. NCOA participates in the HIV: The Long View Coalition to share stories from long-term HIV survivors.
ReadIt’s Time to Support Young Caregivers
While Alzheimer’s disease is most common among folks 65 and older, its effects are being felt more and more by young people. In fact, one in six millennial caregivers—at an average age of 27—is caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, according to a recent report.
ReadIs Healthy Aging Your Goal? A Healthy Mouth Should Be, Too
Oral health is now recognized as an essential element of overall health in our rapidly growing older adult population. Learn why and how to help promote it.
ReadMeeting the Needs of Tribal Elders: An Interview with Chief Reynard Faber
Discover the needs of tribal elders in our interview with Honorary and Traditional Chief of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe Reynard Faber.
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