Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Medicare open enrollment is also known as Medicare's annual election period from October 15 until December 7 each year. During this enrollment window, plan enrollees will be able to think about your healthcare needs for 2021. This assessment is important every year, especially now that it is critical in [...]
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a social security program that pays you and certain family members monthly benefits if you've become disabled before you reach retirement age and cannot work. SSDI is also known as "workers" disability. Who Can Qualify for SSDI? To qualify for social security disability, you must have worked in [...]
Quarantines and lockdowns continue to be a strong possibility in the near future. For seniors, it is especially important to find alternative routines and exercises to keep in the best possible shape in such times. The following article contains some ideas that might make doing so much easier for seniors. Working those legs Leg muscles [...]
With father's day around the corner, it's a good time to ask if you've had a talk with your dad about his health. Many fathers are reluctant to talk about their health with their kids, while some talk all too much about it! Nevertheless, as your dad gets older, it is a good idea to [...]
Alzheimer's disease has a link that cannot be overlooked with aging, although this pathology is not an inevitable consequence of age. The fact that ours is a particularly aging country may be affecting an increase in the number of cases. It also happens that it is diagnosed in more early stages of the disease thanks [...]
Although we are always afraid to reach old age and spend much of our lives in search of the source of eternal youth, the truth is that getting older has its benefits. As the years go by, we see our appearance and attitudes change. We reach an age when wrinkles begin to pop the skin, [...]
Statistically and scientifically, it is proven that as we age our senses become progressively weakened, such as that of taste, smell, touch, hearing and especially that of sight. These senses are fundamental in the organism since they transmit to our nervous system certain information by means of sensory stimuli, which allows us to recognize the [...]
At 75, Anna (not her real name) has been unable to retire and have a quieter life according to her age. Although he has worked from a young age, he could never save enough to have a 401K account, as happens to many elderly people. Had she had one, that account would have served as [...]
Like other respiratory diseases, the Covid-19 coronavirus attacks the elderly and people with previous medical complications with special virulence. Not so much to the kids. According to data tested by China through February 11, coronavirus mortality rates vary greatly by age. From 0 to 39 years old, it ranks approximately 0.2% among detected cases. About [...]
Less than three weeks after Iowa begins primary voting for the presidency, six democratic would-be shared the stage in the first debate of the new year and the last before voters begin to give their opinion. The debate on the Drake University campus featured the six candidates leading the large presidential herd: former Vice President [...]
