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Ask for a Cognitive Evaluation at Your Next Annual Visit

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / February 13, 2024

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by Cassidy Doyle and Britney Veal for NCOA Are you interested in having your cognition assessed? You are not alone—AARP found that over half of US adults have indicated wanting a baseline cognitive screening, but many have never requested one. Below are some resources to help you get started on requesting a cognitive screening at your …

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More Men Are Taking Care of Their Aging Parents

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 9, 2024

man with aging father

More Men Are Taking Care of Their Aging Parents. The Learning Curve Is Steep. by Clare Ansberry for the Wall Street Journal More sons are stepping in to care for parents. An estimated 18.7 million men cared for adults, up from 16 million in 2015, according to a 2020 report by AARP and the National …

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Safety and Planning is a Snap! with Sally Pessin

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 9, 2024

broken piggy bank

Getting Perspective – Permission to Spend More! By Sally Pessin, Esq., CRPC® I have a handful of high-net-worth financial planning clients who are unnecessarily scared to spend their money. Most came from little means before making their fortunes. Like me, they grew up with parents, who despite having had resources had a depression-era mentality. Till …

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Treating Hearing Loss Decreases Risk of Early Death and Dementia

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 8, 2024

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by Madeline Holcombe for CNN Your health resolutions for the new year may need to include getting checked for hearing aids. Wearing hearing aids if you need them may help protect you from early death, according to a new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal. “What we found was that there was a 24% …

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Guide to Creating a Dementia-Friendly Home

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 4, 2024

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Dementia-related illnesses impact the mind and affect virtually every aspect of a person’s life, including making many facets of daily living more difficult. Most residences are not built with the needs of an individual living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related illnesses in mind. However, almost every part of a residence can impact quality of …

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Reframing Care: Mindfulness + Art at The Phillips Collection

KC Blog / By JCA / December 19, 2023

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Reframing Care: Mindfulness + Art at The Phillips Collection offers resources, support, and artful engagement for care partners and their loved ones living with memory loss. This Art + Wellness series is designed to support care partners of loved ones living with dementia. Every other month, we will gather around the table with food and …

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Reducing financial abuse of older adults

Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / December 8, 2023

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by Trina Walton for the Beacon Financial crime against older Americans is a growing problem. Victims of fraud who are 80 and older lose an average of $39,200 every year. People living with dementia are at an especially high risk of becoming victims. As their memory and other thinking skills decline, people with dementia may …

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Launching Kesher Cafe – for Young Onset Dementia

KC Blog / By JCA / December 5, 2023

Kesher Cafe

A Young Onset Dementia Monthly Social Engagement Group is starting! Kesher Cafe – connect, share, support This monthly social engagement group is for those with young onset dementia (diagnosis prior to age 65). Care Partners are asked to remain on site and are welcome to participate in the planned activities. There will be opportunities to …

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Caregivers: Just Remember to Breathe.

KC Blog / By JCA / November 15, 2023

Debbie Sokobin

Next Chapter News with Debbie By Debbie Sokobin, JCA Blog Contributor Caregivers: Just Remember to Breathe. It is hard to believe that this month is the two-year anniversary of my father’s death. He went through a nine-month roller coaster of oral cancer that he actually beat, only to die of pneumonia before he ever got to …

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Medicare to remove limits on PET scans used with new Alzheimer’s drugs

KC Blog / By JCA / October 17, 2023

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by Nathaniel Weixel for The Hill Medicare will remove limits on covering PET scans used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, allowing broader access to new treatments on the U.S. market. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a memo it was removing a previous once-in-a-lifetime limit. But instead of making a broad …

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