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Becoming "Long Term Care Aware"

By  Nancy Levin, CLTC (Certified in Long Term Care)

Many people don't understand what long term care is, don't understand the odds that they may need it some day, don't know how much it can cost, and don't know the options available to them. 

What is long term care?

Unlike medical care, long term care is not primarily intended to...

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Your Money or Your Wife

Wives May Suffer When Husbands Refuse to Buy Long Term Care Insurance

By Nancy Levin, CLTC

CA License #0d92415

It's a common scenario: a couple meets with their financial advisor, who recommends they consider the purchase of long term care insurance. Many times, the husband refuses to consider the purchase, saying that either family history indicates care won't be needed,

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Long Term Care Aware

Welcome to the Long Term Care Aware section of Global Aging.

Click here to access the first in a series of articles on this subject, as well as links to other related articles.

 

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Bone Tests for Men

New guidelines urging doctors to look for factors that put older men at risk for osteoporosis have just been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Once thought to be primarily a woman's issue, this bone-thinning disease is thought to strike about six out of 100 men by the age of 65. Screening for men that age and older is...

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Elder Abuse - What Can We Do To Stop It?

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 2008
 

The third annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day will be celebrated worldwide on June 15. Sponsored by the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and its partners, a related conference will be held in Ottawa, Canada, on June 16-17, 2008. Individuals, groups, and organizations are urged to attend, or to participate...

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Alcohol and Risk for Breast Cancer

A new study linking alcoholic beverages to breast cancer has left many women in a panic. Should you give up evening cocktails? Should you stop cooking with wine? The latest data, gathered by researchers at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., are based on the drinking habits of more than 70,000 women who supplied dietary information during health examinations between 1978...
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Panic Attacks and Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Panic Attacks May Be an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease  News Author: Susan Jeffrey
 Release Date: October 8, 2007, Medscape (WebMD)
October 8, 2007 — A new analysis of data from a substudy of the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study suggests panic attacks may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Postmenopausal women in this study who...

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