MARQUETTE — After April’s showers, May begins to sprout flowers and it’s also National Aging Life Care Month. Aging Life Care Association is an organization that helps families and patients maintain their highest level of independence. Of the many professionals across the nation, ...
LANSING — Advocates for an increase in online-based health care — telemedicine — say it would help residents in rural areas who need specialists, but a lack of internet access is slowing them down. Telemedicine is the distribution of health services via electronic communication and videoconferencing. The American Association for Retired Persons, with a Michigan branch headquartered in Lansing, has called for increased access to telemedicine for its members. According to Mark Hornbeck, AARP’s associate state director for communications, online doctor visits would give older ...
MARQUETTE — A simple face-to-face conversation used to be a typical experience. However, during a time where quarantine, confinement and social distancing are the new norm, people are finding new ways to maintain those connections. The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain ...
LANSING — Not being able to work was an issue for the thousands of Michiganders protesting the state’s stay-in-place orders at the Capitol. But now, many retired people are starting to struggle, too. Especially in a time where millions are collecting unemployment benefits, financial security is at a premium during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diane Young, a board member of the Michigan Financial Planning Association, said it’s a very different economic situation from the recession of 2008-09. “This was the quickest 35% drop we’ve ever experienced at the stock market,” ...
MARQUETTE — During an uncertain time, a new hero has arisen; a hero whoíis working on the frontlines of the pandemic. There are the medical heroes, the police and fire department heroes and then there are heroes who continue to serve the older generation in nursing homes and assisted living ...
LANSING— With the closure of public libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, Little Free Libraries have helped fill the void and given families new books to read while they’re stuck at home. In communities across the state, avid readers have created these little libraries, usually a ...
