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Nancy Combs

Jun 284 min read

Getting Counseling From the Comfort of Home

Loneliness, anxiety and depression can easily set in as the result of common challenges older adults face, according to two mental...

Darci E McConnell

Jun 283 min read

NOT HIGH, BUT BETTER CBD is a life-improver, ailing adults say

For Debra Stefanik, the list of ailments was long and so was her suffering. The Fenton, Michigan resident had her gallbladder removed...

Cassandra Spratling

Apr 16 min read

Planning and Resources are Key to Overcoming Barriers to Aging in Place

The four-bedroom brick house on Detroit’s LaSalle Boulevard was Vera Boyd’s dream house. She enjoyed entertaining friends and family in...

Nancy Combs

Apr 14 min read

Digital Equity and Health: The Promise of Virtual Care

A positive outcome of COVID-19? How is that even remotely possible? Indeed, the same deadly pandemic that cast a glaring light on tragic...

urbanagingnews

Jul 5, 20233 min read

Strategies for Combating Loneliness and Isolation

Loneliness and social isolation are conditions that do not discriminate, they can impact anyone at any age, for a variety of reasons....

Alan Fisk

Mar 31, 20233 min read

Medical Gaslighting: A Real Life Horror Movie if Left Unchecked

The term gaslighting comes from the 1944 film “Gaslight,” in which a man isolates his wife in a creepy Victorian home and tricks her into...

Patricia Anstett

Mar 31, 20233 min read

Easing the Financial Burden of Cancer Care

Devastated, tired and still in some pain after a mastectomy and radiation last fall, Jacqueline Abdelmeguid lives her life wondering how...

Patricia Anstett

Dec 9, 20224 min read

Exercise and Other Natural Ways to Improve and Retain Memory

Denise Parsons worried she might have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia when she found herself searching for the right words, losing her...

urbanagingnews

Dec 9, 20222 min read

More Black Participation Needed in Aging Studies to Make Research Culturally Relevant

The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center conducts memory and aging-related research studies to advance understanding about and...

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