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- Issue 42
Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?
This is a hard hitting article from Kaiser Family Foundation Health News. This is difficult to look at but more and more reasons arise each day that give us reason to take care of ourselves. Whether we are getting healthy or staying healthy, we need to address our health issues, especially chronic issues.
Value Based Care
Again, this is something we will be seeing and hearing about more and CMS predicts all Medicare recipients will be treated with a Value Based Care plan rather than traditional fee for service where providers are reimbursed for each service they provide for a patient by 2030. The Value Based Care plan is a newer approach that incentivizes providers to focus on quality of services vs the quantity of services rendered.
Stabilizing Insulin and Blood Sugar Levels
Diagnosis of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2, with senior citizens increase on a regular basis each year. Medical News Today provides us with more information to help control these important metrics.
Healthy Lifestyles Can Help Cognitive Ability
This article from Med Page Today is somewhat technical, but shows results for different studies on how maintaining a healthy lifestyle can delay, and, in some cases, lessen the effects of dementia. Again, a difficult subject matter, but one that we and our caregivers should be aware of.
Caregivers
The Family Caregiver Alliance provides us with valuable information for caregivers on a state by state basis. Click on Illinois to see the many support groups and assets that are available. If you have relatives who are caregivers in other states, please forward this to them so they can benefit from this also.
And One More Thing
Chicago Senior Center Listings. Here is a comprehensive list of senior centers and facilities all over Chicago. Many have excellent programs for senior citizens at reasonable rates. Scroll through and see if you can find one or two to get you through the last month or so of winter.
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