Tag Archives: Seniors

Photo by Halfpoint / Shutterstock.com It’s called the American Jobs Plan, but the document released by the White House Wednesday is devoted to building infrastructure as much as it is to building jobs. In it, President Joe Biden calls for everything from repairing roads and bridges to modernizing public transportation …

Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. One vial of vaccine. Five elderly homebound patients. Six hours to get to them before the vaccine spoiled. Doctors at Northwell Health, the largest heath care provider in New …

Photo by Rob Marmion / Shutterstock.com Age has its privileges. And if you play your cards right, cheaper car insurance can be among them. Nationwide offers seniors the best deal on car insurance — $ 460 for the average six-month premium, according to a recent report from The Zebra, an …

Photo by Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com Countless workers scrimp and save for years with the goal of enjoying a comfortable retirement. Many of those folks do not abandon their penny-pinching ways once their golden years finally arrive. Surprisingly, fear of running out of money is not the No. 1 factor that …

Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock.com Growing older has its advantages. As time passes, you get a little wiser. After retiring, you have more free time to channel that wisdom into doing the things you enjoy. Even better, all that fun often can be had at a steep discount. There are …

Photo by Ocskay Mark / Shutterstock.com More than one-quarter of seniors admitted to emergency departments and eventually diagnosed with COVID-19 initially displayed symptoms of delirium, new research finds. The study published Nov. 19 in the medical journal JAMA Network Open also found that a delirium diagnosis was the main presenting …

This is the time of year when seniors face a barrage of messages about their Medicare coverage — everything from insurance companies’ direct mail blitzes and television ads to the federal government’s emails and mailings. All of it focuses on the fall open enrollment season, the annual opportunity to change …

Photo by Diego Cervo / Shutterstock.com When people talk about “aging gracefully,” they’re usually referring to physical appearance. But you can also have a gracefully aging mind. In recent years, scientific research has delved into the secrets of people in their 80s and 90s whose brains function well — by …

Photo by sebra / Shutterstock.com As the leaves begin to fall and the nights grow longer, seniors across America have the chance to tweak their Medicare coverage into something that suits them better. But relatively few do so. In fact, less than half of beneficiaries — 43% — say they …