What’s Your Plan? Resources To Support Your Advance Care Planning
April 9, 2025
As you may recall from previous years, April 16th has been declared National Healthcare Decisions Day. For those unfamiliar, this day is set aside to encourage us all to think about and document our wishes about medical treatments we would- or would not- want during a serious illness or at…
What To Believe: Dodging The Onslaught Of Health Misinformation
February 26, 2025
Information, be it truthful or false, is coming at us fast and furious these days. Whether coming from the political arena, social media sources or just information passed on from a friend, it’s becoming harder and harder to verify the accuracy of what you’re hearing and reading. It’s one thing…
Crime And Punishment: Older Adults Face An Onslaught Of Fraud
January 8, 2025
It seems as though no matter how savvy and sophisticated we are, the scammers and fraudsters are one step ahead of us. With the availability of even more sophisticated technology, including artificial intelligence that can mimic your voice or clean up the typos and grammatical errors that used to give…
Do You Care? The Reality Of Family Caregivers
November 13, 2024
Now that it’s November and we all plan for the upcoming seasonal celebrations, you may want to take time out to celebrate and honor those in your life who perform the challenging (and usually unpaid) task of being a family caregiver for a loved one. November is officially National Family…
Fending Off Falsehoods: The Rise Of Misinformation In Everyday Life
October 23, 2024
While we live in an extraordinary period of technological innovation, there is a downside that plagues us all. Between social media, extreme political polarization, and artificial intelligence, at any given moment it’s unclear whether the information you see and hear is accurate and truthful. That unreliability can run the gamut…
Die Hard: The Challenge Of Medical Aid In Dying (MAID)
October 9, 2024
Survey results of Americans have remained consistent over many years. In August of 2024, the Gallup Organization reported that just over 7 out of every 10 Americans believe that doctors “should be allowed by law to end the patient’s life by some painless means if the patient and his or…