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By Freedom Home Care / April 25, 2016
High School Students Nationwide Are Hosting Senior Citizen Proms
Intergenerational proms are becoming quite popular these days, as high school seniors and college students seek to bridge the gap...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / April 22, 2016
Tips To Prevent Identity Theft for Seniors
Identity theft. It's something most people think could never happen to them. Until it actually happens. According to nationwide surveys...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / April 18, 2016
Spring Activities for Seniors
Help Get Seniors Active This Spring Cold weather temperatures have kept many seniors confined to their apartments or homes this...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / April 11, 2016
Spring Cleaning Tips for You and Your Senior
With spring comes budding trees and plants, blooming flowers and changing temperatures. It’s also a time when people begin to...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / April 5, 2016
Mind Games
Workout Your Cranium It is inevitable to stop the aging process and with aging comes memory loss. More and more...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / March 29, 2016
Alzheimer’s and Stroke Rehabilitation Patients Benefit from Music Therapy
No one really knows how the brain and body process music. It’s a phenomenon that has remained a mystery for...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / March 25, 2016
Can Your Heartburn Medication Lead to Dementia?
Proton pump inhibitors. Most people aren't familiar with these drugs by their medical name. But they are very well known...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / March 18, 2016
Exercises Beneficial To Relieving Arthritis Symptoms
There are a number of ways that a tailored exercise program can help relieve the pain and fatigue of...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / March 11, 2016
Tips To Reduce Monthly Expenses During Retirement
Those of us here at Freedom Home Care know how hard you’ve worked to build up your nest egg for...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / March 9, 2016
St. Patrick's Day Activities for Seniors
Saint Patrick’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. There are tons of fun ideas that...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 23, 2016
How to be Prepared for in Home Emergencies
When loved ones begin to age, the risks for in-home injuries begin to rise. However, preparing for the unexpected before...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 20, 2016
Top Misconceptions About Arthritis
There are many misconceptions about arthritis, what it is, and who is affected by it. It's a little known fact...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 18, 2016
Ways to Stay Active in the Winter
It may seem like a challenge to find fun, indoor activities during the winter months. But doing a little research,...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 16, 2016
Tips to Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. The result is joint inflammation, pain,...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 15, 2016
AMITA Health Offers Free Mammogram Screening for Low Income Women
Amita Health Alexian Brothers Health Center is partnering with the Chicagoland Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen to bring free...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / February 3, 2016
New research shows controlling brain inflammation could slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists at Southampton University have discovered a link between inhibiting brain inflammation and slowing the onset of Alzheimer's in lab...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / January 25, 2016
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Vitamin D deficiencies among top winter dangers for elderly
The first things that come to mind when you think about winter dangers for elders are probably falls and hypothermia....
Read More By Freedom Home Care / January 22, 2016
Tips To Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions
New Year's resolutions. We all make them. But how good are we really at keeping them? Those of us here at Freedom...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / January 21, 2016
Older Americans Face Hunger
Recently, the topic of hunger has come even more into focus here in America, and this time the focus is...
Read More By Freedom Home Care / January 15, 2016
Chronic Stress Can Lead to Early Alzheimer’s
Researchers say that frequent stress over time can lead to early Alzheimer’s. In a study reported in the journal Alzheimer’s...
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