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Caregiving For A Loved One? How To Get The Help You Need
Your friends want to help you out when there's a family health crisis. But it can be overwhelming to manage the offers of support. Here's advice to help friends help you. -
Almost Half Of Americans Plan To Retire After 65 — Or Never
Only 14 percent of people under the age of 50 feel financially prepared to eventually stop working. -
How A Tech Platform Is Helping Two Generations Find Housing Under One Roof
We hear all the time about Boston’s housing shortage, but there are thousands of spare bedrooms across the city. A new home-sharing enterprise is putting many of them to use. -
Massachusetts Seniors Facing Growing Living Costs, New Data Shows
Housing and medical care continue to drive up costs for area seniors. -
A Workable Alternative To Nursing Homes In Vermont — Adult Family Care
In Vermont, there are more elderly patients with medical needs than there are nursing homes. A growing number of families in the state are opening their homes to the elderly as an alternative. -
Brookline Encourages Businesses To Keep Senior Shoppers In Mind
To increase foot traffic, Brookline has joined a global effort to make stores appealing to seniors. -
Should Elderly Drivers Be Forced To Re-Take Road Tests?
Current law does not require people to re-take drivers’ tests after their initial one. -
Can Marijuana Help Alzheimer's Patients?
One local family's experience inspired a new medical study that will evaluate marijuana as a treatment for the behavioral effects of dementia. -
As Parents And Grandparents Age, More And More Millennials Are Family Caregivers
About 40 million people in the U.S. are family caregivers. One in four is a millennial, which presents tensions for a generation still making its way into the world. -
Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger
Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who've been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s and the muscles of 20-somethings, researchers found.
