If you are pursing home care options for your family, explore these 10 valuable tips for making informed decisions when it comes to finding the perfect home care agency for your loved ones.
Social connectedness influences our minds, bodies, and behaviors—all of which influence our health and life expectancy. Research shows that social connectedness can lead to longer life, better health, and improved well-being.
The Virginia Department of Health, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, and Dementia Capable Virginia have developed an array of brain health and dementia fact sheets and inforgraphics for consumers and providers.
Continuing care retirement communities, also known as CCRCs or life plan communities, are a long-term care option for older people who want to stay in the same place through different phases of the aging process.
A CIL is a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential, private, non-profit agency that is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and provides an array of independent living services.
Research has shown that there are psychological benefits to family story telling, particularly with the younger generation, but the advantages last through all stages of life. Here are some ways to share your family stories.
Grieving the loss of a loved one is a deep and difficult challenge at any time. The holiday season can magnify our sense of loss and sorrow. Here are 9 things to help you get through this difficult time.
On December 14, CDC issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory to healthcare providers and public health officials highlighting the increased respiratory disease activity occurring in the U.S. The HAN noted that low vaccination rates for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV could lead to more severe disease and a strained healthcare system for the rest of the season.