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The Latest News on Alzheimer's

Posted on 10/21/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

Personal HealthHere is a noteworthy post from TIME.com’s “Healthland” section: this one on Alzheimer’s Disease and California First Lady Maria Shriver’s report (The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s), which shows that Alzheimer’s is largely a woman’s problem. According to the TIME piece, two-thirds of those suffering from Alzheimer’s are women. Add to that the immense number of women who are caretakers of Alzheimer’s patients, and your grand total of American women affected by the disease: 10 million. This …

The Latest News on Alzheimer’s

Posted on 10/21/2010 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthHere is a noteworthy post from TIME.com’s “Healthland” section: this one on Alzheimer’s Disease and California First Lady Maria Shriver’s report (The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s), which shows that Alzheimer’s is largely a woman’s problem. According to the TIME piece, two-thirds of those suffering from Alzheimer’s are women. Add to that the immense number of women who are caretakers of Alzheimer’s patients, and your grand total of American women affected by the disease: 10 million. This …

The Difficulties of Caregiving, Particularly for Young Boomer Women

Posted on 12/21/2009 by | General News | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeCynthia Ramnarace has a pretty insightful piece on AARP Bulletin from yesterday that talks about how growing demands on workers are making it increasingly harder for caregivers to juggle everything at once. For the 66 million caregivers in the country, an overwhelming number of them are women approaching or in their 50s, still working at their own job, being responsible for their own kids and caring for a loved one who needs care. As caregiving can add to as much …

First Lady Talks About How Health Care Reform Issues Affect Older Women

Posted on 11/25/2009 by | General News | Comments

Personal HealthGreat to see Michelle Obama addressing how the health care crisis has affected older women, and how insurance reform can benefit them. She says: “Our entire lives as women, we are asked to bear much of the responsibility for our family’s health and well-being, and yet we often face special challenges when it comes to our own health insurance.” Couldn’t have said it better myself. Check out the whole speech below.