Faced with financial difficulties, Kentucky Health Cooperative, Inc. has become the latest state-based consumer operated and oriented health plan to fail, as the health plan announced it will discontinue selling policies at the end of the year.
Source: Another CO-OP shuts down: Kentucky Health Cooperative won’t offer plans in 2016
Source: Sanders-Brown Center on Aging | Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
5th Annual MARKESBERY SYMPOSIUM ON AGING AND DEMENTIA
Community Session
Saturday, November 21, 2015
8:30 am – 12 noon
Lexington Convention Center
Bluegrass Room
430 W Vine
Lexington, KY 40507
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging presents the 5th Annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia (flyer attached). The public is invited to attend this free informational program on Alzheimer’s disease to be held on Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at the Lexington Convention Center. The symposium will kick off at 8:30 AM with check-in and continental breakfast. Dr. Ronald Petersen of Mayo Clinic, who treated former President Ronald Reagan and singer/songwriter Glenn Campbell, will be the keynote speaker. The program will also include several presentations designed to highlight research and promote normal, healthy brain aging, and conclude with a question and answer session on memory and brain health issues.
The events are free and open to the public; however, you must register to attend. For more information or to register visit www.centeronaging.uky.edu, phone 859.323.6040 or email paula.thomason@uky.edu. Complimentary parking will be available in the High Street parking lot.
Source: New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function
Excellent article on ALZ research and how close they are to curing it!
Source: Bluegrass ADD – Pathways Resource Guide 2014 – 2015
A wonderful guide for seniors. Providers, services, ideas… all in there to assist.
Starting a new diet almost always involves cutting calories, and for many soda lovers, that means switching to diet. You’ve probably already heard that diet soda is just as bad—if not worse—for your health as regular soda, but that may not be enough to convince you to give it up for good. So,
Source: 4 Incredible Things That Happen To Your Body When You Give Up Diet Soda : Healthypage
If you or someone you know has a loved one in a nursing home right now, it‘s important to stay alert — because you might not expect the level of neglect or abuse that can occur when you’re not looking. Here’s what we’re talking about: Death; Serious bodily injury such as stroke or paralysis; Severe pain and suffering; Medical negligence. If an elderly person you know suffered or passed away from any of the above while residing in a nursing home, you may be able to file a nursing home abuse lawsuit on their behalf. Death, serious bodily injury and significant pain and suffering may happen for a variety of reasons, including medical negligence — i.e., nurses or staff not calling doctors in when they are so desperately needed.
Source: Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes — It Happens, Watch Out For These Big Signs
Fifty-eight percent of adults with diabetes use oral medications and 12 percent use insulin. These treatments aren’t the only options.
Source: Beyond Insulin: New Treatments to Keep Blood Glucose Under Control
