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Warn Seniors About Social Security Scams
Posted on September 26, 2019 - Social Security is the major source of post-retirement income for most older adults, so if a senior receives a call from the Social Security Administration (SSA), they are likely to pick up the phone and listen! But the SSA is warning seniors that these days, con artists have been impersonating SSA officials to steal the money of older adults.
23andMe had bad news about my health. I wish a person had delivered it
Posted on September 23, 2019 - More people are trying out DNA testing kits, finding out their ethnic background—and their risk of certain health conditions. STAT reports that this can be a devastating way to find out, noting that it’s not “a parlor game”! https://www.statnews.com/2019/08/08/23andme-genetic-test-revealed-high-cancer-risk
Experts Offer New Insights into Senior Driving Safety
Posted on September 18, 2019 - The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to prevent traffic deaths and injuries through research and education. The foundation has conducted many studies on older drivers, with the two-fold mission of extending the driving years of older adults, while ensuring they are safe drivers during those years.
Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their reliability.
Posted on September 17, 2019 - Where do you get your health information? STAT reports that there’s a lot of unreliable and fraudulent information online—and those sites are getting a lot of traffic. How can consumers avoid being caught up in the growing “plague of health misinformation”?
Reducing the Fall Risk of a Loved One Who Has Dementia
Posted on September 12, 2019 - September 23 is Falls Prevention Awareness Day, a time to call attention to the serious problem of falls among older adults. Each year one-third of all older adults will fall, and many of them are seriously, even fatally, injured.
