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Making Technology Available To Everyone
Accessible technology is allowing each computer user to address his or her personal needs, whether due to limitations caused by aging, language and learning impairments, or physical disabilities.
Pressure Sores: What are They and Why are They Important?
Pressure sores are a significant risk for people who are bed-ridden and may cause death in extreme cases. This includes many elderly, especially those in nursing homes…
Achieving a Longer, Quality Life
Scientists are investigating aging from many different directions, researching ways to enhance our life quality, and in the process, extend our lives. And it’s not just for the elderly among us.
Kitchen Dangers To Our Seniors
These days, my parents are elderly and forgetful. It concerns me when they are in the kitchen cooking.
Vitamin B-12, what it does, why we need it, who is most at risk
The incidence of vitamin B-12 deficiency rises with age and can affect as many as 15% of elderly people.
Seniors Dissatisfied with Lack of Information on Affordable Care Act
Thirty-eight percent of respondents stated they were “not at all satisfied” with the accuracy and reliability of information they had received about the new law. Only 7% said they were “very satisfied.”
