Who would have thought that two elderly woman would be accused of killing a homeless man so that they could collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts? Well it happened and they were convicted of it for conspiracy to murder and one was convicted of murder. Helen Golay, 77 and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75 were both convicted in los Angeles last Wednesday. Golay was convicted for first degree murder of Kenneth [...]

Who would have thought that even a senior could join a social networking site? I was in a retirement home a few hours ago to visit my grandmother. When I knocked at the door, she was with her friend and they were laughing pretty good. I entered the room to join in the fun and saw that they are online. They recently joined a new social networking site very similar [...]

Who would have thought that a not-so-educated retired guy would be able to develop a machine that would potentially help cancer patients? Yes you heard that right, one guy was able to create a wonderful machine that he considered out of sheer luck. He had leukemia before and he experienced a lot of pain during his chemotherapy sessions. There was a time that he could not sleep and just told [...]

Older adults often develop the problem of "tennis elbow" or epicondylitis. This problem is related to some degree of trauma to the tendons that are inserted into the elbow. Usually, an elastic band is used to modify the forces on the tendons and allow the inflammation to decrease. A senior that is having problems with tennis elbow must avoid activities that inflict pain. Doctors would sometimes recommend anti inflammatory agents [...]

For seniors, buying a new home takes a lot of time to think over and to find out what will really work. Even if it is hard to think things over, seniors have the luxury of having freedom. This will give them the opportunity to be free to create their own decision. Th main things to consider is their finances, health and kind of lifestyle. There are three stages in [...]

The elderly is pretty much susceptible to bone problems and fractures. As age catches up, nutrition must be closely watched. There are studies that prove vitamin deficiencies are associated with fractures and stomatitis. They say that low vitamin D and calcium contribute to the problems with bones. Magnesium can also be an issue if it is insufficient. Vitamin B complex, particularly B1 and B6, and Vitamin C deficiencies together with [...]

For the past years, spam has been one of the major problems of everyone who has an email address of their own. Recently, spam has gone over board. Scam artists are targeting seniors by flooding their inbox with fake lottery prize tickets. This just goes to show everyone that scam artists are capable of faking even our dearly beloved seniors. It will be heart breaking if seniors find out that [...]

I was once asked by my senior aunt if her diet will lead to future problems. Truth is, she misses eating salty foods. Since she turned into a senior, her doctor prescribed a healthy diet for her heart. Over the past few years, she was used to eating a lot of salty foods and calories. Now, she misses them so much that she sneaks in some fish sauce each and [...]

Hospice is a type of health care that focuses mainly on interventions that do not hasten death and neither does it prolong life. It focuses on comfort and dignity rather than cure. More often than not, there are multiple diseases that coincide making the condition terminal. Typically, aggressive treatments that are designed to prolong life are avoided and discontinued. Therefore, dialysis and the likes are discontinued. There are cases however [...]

Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that does not have any genetic risk linked to it. Women are at a greater risk than males and there are no current studies that will prove that a child can get the disease. There are some markers though that have been linked with Alzheimer’s but there many people who never get the disease. There are medications such as Vitamin E, estrogen therapy [...]