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Everyone ages differently. What do you need to feel your best? Whether you're looking to add more activity to your day or to get the right information to make an important health decision, this is a good place to start. You'll find the information, tools, and videos important to your health or to the health of someone you care for.
Get help making decisions or find how-to tips in topics such as:
Healthy Aging.
Hearing Loss.
Osteoarthritis.
Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging.
Fitness: Walking for Wellness.
Advance Directive: What to Include.
Health Topics
Urethral Bulking for Urinary Incontinence
Absorbent Products for Urinary Incontinence
Abuse in Vulnerable Adults
Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
Adult Immunization Schedule
Advance Directive: What to Include
Age-Related Hearing Loss
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Agitation and Dementia
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Coping With Sundowning
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Making the Most of Remaining Abilities
Alzheimer's Disease
Artificial Sphincter for Urinary Incontinence in Men
Assistive Devices and Orthotics
Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Babies and Older Adults Have an Increased Risk of Cold Injury
Behavioral Methods for Urinary Incontinence
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Bev's Story: Coping With Arthritis
Care at the End of Life
Caregiver Support: Talking About Advance Care Planning
Caregiving: Adult Underwear for Incontinence
Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
Caregiving: Preventing Rashes in the Groin Area
Caregiving: Skin Care for Immobile Adults
Cataracts
Cataracts: Eye Care After Surgery
Cataracts: Questions About Surgery
Catheters for Urinary Incontinence in Men
Checklist for Evaluating Hospice Programs
Checklist for Preventing Falls at Home
Choosing a Health Care Agent
Choosing a Nursing Home
Chronic Pain
Comparing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
Constipation, Age 12 and Older
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Coping With Changing Sleep Patterns as You Get Older
Coping With Osteoarthritis
Dementia
Dementia: Assessing Pain
Dementia: Legal Issues
Dementia: Medicines to Treat Behavior Changes
Dementia: Support for Caregivers
Dementia: Testing How Well a Person Functions
Dementia: Tips for Communicating
Dementia: Understanding Behavior Changes
Dental Care for Older Adults
Depression in Older Adults
Diabetes: Caregiving for an Older Adult
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
Drooping Eyelids
Dupuytren's Disease
Elder Abuse
Eldercare Mediation
Electrical Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence
Exercising While Sitting Down
Fitness: Getting and Staying Active
Frailty in Older Adults
Functional Incontinence
Funeral Planning
Glaucoma
Healthy Aging
Healthy Eating and Older Adults
Healthy Habits to Prevent Osteoporosis
Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss
Hip Fracture
Hip Injuries, Age 12 and Older
Hip Problems, Age 12 and Older
Hospice Care
How to Get Rid of Medicines
How to Get Up Safely After a Fall
How You Can Help Older Adults Stay Connected
Immunization Schedules
Importance of Immunizations
Joint Replacement: Realistic Expectations
Kegel Exercises
Knee Replacement Surgery
Laser Photocoagulation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Live Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Living Will
Long-Term Care Choices
Low Bone Density
Low-Vision Accommodations in Your Home
Male Osteoporosis
Medical History and Physical Exam for Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
Medicare Hospice Benefit
Medicare: What You Need to Know
Medicines for Bone Loss
Medicines That Cause Hearing Loss
Memory Problems: Issues With Driving
Memory Problems: Tips for Helping the Person With Daily Tasks
Memory Problems: Wandering
Meningitis
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Mobility Problems: Getting In and Out of a Car Safely
Modifying Activities for Osteoarthritis
Needle Aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's Disease
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis Screening
Overactive Bladder
Overflow Incontinence
Pain Control at the End of Life
Palliative Care
Palliative Care for Pain and Treatment Side Effects
Parkinson-Plus Syndromes
Personal Stories About Choosing Birth Control Methods
Photodynamic Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Physical Activity as You Get Older
Physical and Emotional Changes as Death Approaches
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Presbyopia
Preventing Falls in Older Adults
Preventing Falls in Older Adults Who Take High-Risk Medicines
Prostate Cancer, Advanced or Metastatic
Recombinant Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Retropubic Suspension Surgery
Rheumatoid Arthritis
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Screening for Hearing Problems
Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging
Sharing Memories With Older Adults
Small Joint Surgery for Osteoarthritis
Staying Safe When You Take Several Medicines
Steve's Story: Coping With Arthritis
Stress Incontinence
Stroke: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Stroke: Memory Tips
Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
Surgery for Glaucoma and a Cataract
The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care
Turning Off Your ICD
Types of Intimate Partner Violence
Urethral Sling Surgery
Urge Incontinence
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Incontinence: Keeping a Daily Record
Urinary Problems and Prostate Cancer
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs): Risks for Older Adults
Using a Cane
Using a Walker
Vaccine Information Statements
Vision Loss Evaluation
Warning Signs of Suicide in Older Adults
Writing an Advance Directive
Medical Tests
Bladder Stress Test in Women
Bone Density
Urodynamic Tests
Make a Wise Decision
Advance Care Planning: Should I Receive CPR and Life Support?
Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?
Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
Arthritis: Should I Have Hip Replacement Surgery?
Arthritis: Should I Have Knee Replacement Surgery?
Arthritis: Should I Have Shoulder Replacement Surgery?
Cataracts: Should I Have Surgery?
Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Osteoporosis: Should I Have a Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Test?
Osteoporosis: Should I Take Bisphosphonate Medicines?
Shingles: Should I Get a Vaccine to Prevent Shingles?
Take Action
Aging Well: Making Your Home Fall-Proof
Grief: Helping Older Adults With Grief
Preventing Falls: Exercises for Strength and Balance
Current as of: October 25, 2024
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
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