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Seniors Suffering More Escalator Injuries
More seniors are getting injured while riding escalators and the rate has doubled in a span of 15 years from 1991 to 2005, according to a recent study. A research team from the Indiana University School of Medicine scoured U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) records covering this fifteen-year period. There were almost 40,000 ...

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Coping With Medicare’s Doughnut Hole
Enrollees in Medicare Part D have had to cope with the “doughnut hole,” that huge gap in the prescription drug costs covered by Medicare. The doughnut hole was created by Congress in the Medicare plan in order to limit federal spending on prescription drugs. Some costs are covered upfront for all members, while the sickest are covered ...

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Seniors Also Commit Suicide
There were 5,198 senior citizens who committed suicide in 2004 (the latest year for which information is available), according to the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC).This meant that 14.3 seniors out of every 100,000 people age 65 and older died by suicide, which was higher than the overall national average ...

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Are Aged Drivers A Hazard?
A fatal accident involving an 86-year-old driver who struck and killed a father and his 5-year-old daughter in a school crosswalk has provoked a debate in Utah over whether seniors should be allowed to drive. Some people think seniors should no longer be driving because their slow reflexes make them a ...

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Small Radios Help Find Lost People
Small radios are helping find lost people. Project Lifesaver is being credited with finding people who might otherwise have died due to being lost. One of the people found was an 83 year old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who wandered away from her home. Due to the transmitter on her wrist, the police found the woman hiding in a parked car six houses from her own home.

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The Best Safety Devices for Seniors
When it comes to safety, it seems seniors everywhere are taking heed to the old adage \"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.\" Seniors are stocking up on home safety items - particularly bath safety products - as an important precaution.

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Live Longer
Want to live longer? Exercise. Take your medications regularly. Those are the conclusions of two new studies of senior citizens. Any kind of exercise will help extend your life say researchers. \"There are plenty of reports out there saying that self-reported exercise like running or jogging is beneficial. We wanted to see if just usual daily activity had a protective value,\" describes lead researcher Todd M. Manini, an exercise physiologist at the U.S. National Institute on Aging.

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Seniors Benefit from Natural Light
Vision, Bones, Mood, Safety, and Energy Savings Among Considerations: According to the Center of Design For An Aging Society in Portland, Ore., older people need more light (about 3 to 5 times more than younger people) for both vision and maintaining health. Seniors are well aware that as they age their eye lenses thicken and their pupils shrink. This causes their eyes to adapt more slowly to changing light conditions and increases the need for more light, and not just for vision and safety.

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Don't Let Identity Thieves Tarnish Golden Years
The image of retirement and retirees has changed a lot during recent years. Today's retirees are taking advantage of being free of day-to-day work responsibilities and enjoying the freedom to pursue their interests via travel, revisiting long-forgotten hobbies or even going back to school. Retirees have earned the time to fulfill their dreams by working hard and planning wisely for their financial future.

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Don't Let a Hip Fracture Put You on the Side
Many older adults worry about injuries from falling, especially hip fractures, for good reason. Statistics show that for older adults, a hip fracture can be a life-altering injury. According to the Centers for Disease Control, of all fall-related fractures, hip fractures lead to the most severe health problems and reduced quality of life.

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