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Posted on August 15, 2022 - Making your own healthcare decisions can be tough. Making healthcare decisions for someone you care about — especially at the end of life — can be overwhelming. Even if an advance directive, such as a living will, explains your loved one’s wishes, it probably won’t cover all possible medical treatments. So, how can you advocate for those you care about at the end of life when they cannot make their own decisions?

Posted on August 10, 2022 - The end of summer is a particularly great time to shop the local farmer’s market. Here are four reasons you should enjoy the bounty of the harvest at your nearest farmer’s market.

Posted on August 8, 2022 - A Minneapolis arts education foundation is giving more than $2 million over 18 months to nine major museums in an effort to support “creative aging” programs for visitors 55 and above.

Posted on August 3, 2022 - A miracle brain power supplement? Superfood capsules? Herbal shakes with mysterious “cognitive health” enzymes? If you watch TV or go on the internet or read magazines, you are likely bombarded with commercials for products claiming to protect the memory and stave off dementia, even to “boost brain power.”

Posted on August 1, 2022 - University of Michigan experts remind older adults that Medicare will pay for a medication review—a service that many recipients don’t know about, and which only 20% take advantage of.