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Senior Sleep Guide: Everything To Know About How Sleep Changes As You Age

One minute you can party until dawn and pull an all-nighter without thinking twice; the next you’re yawning as soon as you get home from work and find yourself waking up before sunrise.

How to get Financial Assistance for Adjustable Beds

Using Medicare or Medicaid can lower your out-of-pocket payments.

How to Choose the Right Nursing Home

Finding the right nursing home for your loved ones takes due diligence. Unfortunately, not all facilities provide high-quality and compassionate care.

Coping with Caregiver Burnout

Being a caregiver can be fulfilling, but it is also a very demanding job; and with a demanding job comes exhaustion, both mentally and physically.

Alcoholism and Seniors

Alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. has grown steadily over the past couple of decades.

Adult Autism: Signs, Diagnosis & Treatment

Plenty of adults spend their entire lives not knowing that they have autism. They could miss out on vital opportunities because of that knowledge gap.

Smart Home Assistant Devices For Senior Safety

Smart home devices offer seniors the ability to manage their home from a mobile device in the comfort of their bed or seat.

Should You Get a Service Dog?

The first question you have to consider is whether or not the type of disability you have is even something that service dogs can help with.

How Seniors Can Access Care from Home: A Guide to Remote Healthcare Options

Advances in telehealth have made healthcare more accessible and affordable for everybody, especially seniors.

A Caregiver’s Guide for Family and Loved Ones

According to the CDC, informal caregivers, such as family members or friends of elderly or ailing people who need assistance, are “the backbone of long-term care."

Senior Nutrition Guide

Figuring out how much food you need, your adequate caloric intake, and the nutrients you need as your body ages may be confusing.

A Caregiver’s Guide to Understanding, Recognizing, and Preventing Elder Abuse

Elder abuse has become a serious and growing issue in the United States.

Medicare and Dementia

In this post, we’ll review dementia and it’s common treatments. We’ll also go over what is covered and not covered by Medicare.

How to Help an Elderly Loved One Downsize

There comes a time in many seniors’ lives when it is no longer safe to reside alone.

Senior Isolation: America’s Quietest Health Risk

Senior isolation is one of the biggest threats to the health of America’s seniors. It’s a health risk not often discussed, but at least a quarter of seniors over 65 live with it.

The Recovery Village

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Resources for the Elderly

Internet Safety Detective

Seniors face pretty much the same risks online as everybody else. How to best protect yourself (& your personal info) online.

Seniors’ guide to medication management

In this guide, you’ll learn how age changes our response to medication, and how to keep track of the medication you’re taking.

Opt Out of Prescreened Credit Card Offers

If you choose to Opt-Out, you will no longer be included in firm offer lists provided by the four consumer credit reporting companies.

Register for the National Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls.

Legal Planning for Dementia & Alzheimer’s

Legal planning is important for all people to consider, but for those who have been diagnosed with a disease such as dementia, it's even more important, and the timing of the planning is vital as well

Aging in Place

The National Aging in Place Council® is a senior support network founded on the belief that an overwhelming majority of older Americans want to remain in their homes for as long as possible.

Mapping U.S. Elder Care Facilities ... Safety Records for Nursing Homes in Your State

General statistics about nursing homes throughout the USA, including the states with the highest numbers of complaints, those with the best health scores, and other important data.

Senior Wellness Guide - Healthy Aging

Two out of 10 U.S. citizens will be seniors in a little more than two decades. Seniors already account for 14 percent of the population. Aging brings physical, mental and financial concerns.

101 Mobility

101 Mobility of Raleigh is proud to be the leading source for auto lifts, patient lifts, stair lifts,vertical lifts, and wheelchair ramps throughout The Triangle Area.

The Best Medical Alert Systems

Our experts tested and researched 15 medical alert devices and narrowed the list to their top 10 recommendations.

AARP

Founded in 1958, AARP is a non-profit, non-membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives.

Administration for Community Living

In survey after survey, when older adults and people with disabilities are asked where they would prefer to live, they say they want to live in their communities, not in institutions.

NC Division of Aging and Adult Services

Works to promote the independence and enhance the dignity of North Carolina's older adults, persons with disabilities, and their families.

Aging with Dignity

National non-profit organization with a mission to affirm and safeguard the human dignity of individuals as they age and to promote better care for those near the end of life.

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Resources to help our physician members & AAGP affiliates improve the quality of life for older people with mental disorders. For patients and caregivers: news, facts, tools and expert information.

Dementia Alliance of North Carolina

Provides family support, community education, public awareness and supports research for the prevention, cure and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

AssistGuide Information Services

Elder care resource guide with information about: caregiving overview, finding facilities and services, paying for care, Medicare & Medicaid basics, Alzheimer's and dementia.

Caregiver Resources

Get eldercare help, feel less alone, meet and share with others like you. Get answers to questions about common concerns. (Housing, Home Care, Community, Articles)

Caring Info (A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)

Free resources to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services before a crisis.

Downtown Housing Improvement Corporation

Non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods and families in the Research Triangle area of N.C.

Eldercare Locator

Eldercare Locator is designed to help older adults and their families and caregivers find their way through the maze of services for seniors by identifying trustworthy local support resources.

NC Division of Health Service Regulation

The Division of Health Service Regulation provides effective regulatory and remedial activities for the health, safety and well-being of all North Carolinians.

Transitions LifeCare, Hospice Care

The goal of our team is to provide the greatest comfort and quality of life possible, rather than a cure, wherever you call home.

NC Department of Insurance

Trained experts who can answer questions about health, life, Medicare, homeowners, auto, disability, long-term care, dental, vision and other types of insurance coverage.

UNC Partnership in Aging

Enhances the well-being of older adults in N.C. By collaborating with organizations/institutions, we nurture dialogue about the personal and societal meaning of having a long life.

National Alliance for Caregiving

Non-profit coalition of national organizations focused on improving the lives of family caregivers.

Family Caregiver Alliance - National Center on Caregiving

As a public voice for caregivers, shines light on the challenges caregivers face daily and champions their cause through education, services, and advocacy.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Largest non-profit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the U.S. Committed to improve end of life care and expanding access to hospice care.

National Institute on Aging

NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.

National Institutes of Health

Americans today are living longer and healthier. Life expectancy in the U.S. has jumped from 47 yrs in 1900 to 78 yrs as reported in 2009. Disability in people over age 65 has dropped significantly.

Project Compassion

Non-profit organization based in Chapel Hill, NC, that creates community and provides innovative support for people living with serious illness, caregiving, end of life and grief.

Seniors Guide Online

Senior Products Services – Compare senior products and services on a wide range of topics.

Medicare and Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)

The counselors on this toll free line offer free and unbiased counseling on Medicare health care products. They provide assistance with Medicare/Medicaid billing errors, fraud and abuse.

Today’s Caregiver

A leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers. Produces Today's Caregiver magazine.

Wake County Human Services

This is the consolidation of programs and services formerly carried out by several separate departments and offices such as Social Services and Public Health.

Wake County Supportive Housing

Supportive housing combines support services with housing to offer tenants a wide range of services designed to improve the quality and stability of their lives while increasing independence

Meet the Care Coordinator

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Respite Care

Respite Care of the Elderly Provides Family Caregivers a Chance to Relax and Enjoy Being with their Parents.

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