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Everyone ages differently. What do you need to feel your best? Whether you're looking to add more activity to your day or to get the right information to make an important health decision, this is a good place to start. You'll find the information, tools, and videos important to your health or to the health of someone you care for.

Get help making decisions or find how-to tips in topics such as:

Healthy Aging.
Hearing Loss.
Osteoarthritis.
Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging.
Fitness: Walking for Wellness.
Osteoporosis: Taking Calcium and Vitamin D.
Advance Directive: What to Include.

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Absorbent Products for Urinary Incontinence
Abuse in Vulnerable Adults
Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
Advance Directive: What to Include
Age-Related Hearing Loss
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Taking Vitamins
Agitation and Dementia
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Coping With Sundowning
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Making the Most of Remaining Abilities
Alzheimer's Disease
Anatomical Incontinence in Women
Apolipoprotein E-4 Genetic (DNA) Test
Artificial Sphincter for Urinary Incontinence in Men
Assistive Devices and Orthotics
Asthma in Older Adults: Managing Treatment
Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Behavioral Methods for Urinary Incontinence
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Bev's Story: Coping With Arthritis
Capsaicin for Osteoarthritis
Care at the End of Life
Caregiver Support: Talking About Advance Care Planning
Caregiving: Adult Underwear for Incontinence
Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
Caregiving: Preventing Rashes in the Groin Area
Caregiving: Skin Care for Immobile Adults
Cataracts
Cataracts and Ultraviolet Light
Cataracts: Eye Care After Surgery
Cataracts: Questions About Surgery
Catheters for Urinary Incontinence in Men
Choosing a Health Care Agent
Choosing a Nursing Home
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Syndrome
Classification of Osteoarthritis
Comparing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Complications of Osteoarthritis
Complications of Whooping Cough
Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
Constipation, Age 12 and Older
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Coping With Changing Sleep Patterns as You Get Older
Coping With Osteoarthritis
Cost-Saving Tips for Glaucoma Medicines
Dementia
Dementia: Assessing Pain
Dementia: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Dementia: Helping a Person Avoid Confusion
Dementia: Legal Issues
Dementia: Medicines to Treat Behavior Changes
Dementia: Support for Caregivers
Dementia: Testing How Well a Person Functions
Dementia: Tips for Communicating
Dementia: Understanding Behavior Changes
Dental Care for Older Adults
Depression in Older Adults
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drooping Eyelids
Dupuytren's Disease
Dupuytren's Disease: Surgery Complications
Elder Abuse
Eldercare Mediation
Electrical Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence
Exercising to Prevent a Stroke
Exercising While Sitting Down
Family Life Cycle
Fitness: Getting and Staying Active
Frailty in Older Adults
Functional Incontinence
Functional Incontinence: Timed Voiding and Prompted Voiding
Funeral Planning
Getting In and Out of a Car Safely
Glaucoma
Guidelines for Multiple Joint Replacements
Healthy Aging
Healthy Eating and Older Adults
Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss
Hip Fracture
Hip Fractures: What Increases Your Risk
Hip Injuries, Age 12 and Older
Hip Problems, Age 12 and Older
Hospice Care
How to Get Rid of Medicines
How to Get Up Safely After a Fall
Immunization Schedules
Importance of Immunizations
Joint Replacement: Realistic Expectations
Kegel Exercises
Knee Replacement Surgery
Laser Photocoagulation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Laser Surgery for Glaucoma: Pros and Cons
Live Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine, ZVL: What you need to know
Living Will
Long-Term Care Choices
Low-Vision Accommodations in Your Home
Male Risk for Osteoporosis
Medical History and Physical Exam for Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
Medicare Hospice Benefit
Medicare: What You Need to Know
Medicines for bone loss
Medicines That Cause Hearing Loss
Memory Problems: Issues With Driving
Memory Problems: Tips for Helping the Person With Daily Tasks
Memory Problems: Wandering
Meningitis
Meningitis and Group B Streptococci
Meningitis and Listeria Monocytogenes
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccines - MenACWY and MPSV4: What You Need to Know
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Needle Aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's Disease
Object Stuck in the Throat
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis: Heat and Cold Therapy
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis Screening
Overactive Bladder
Overflow Incontinence
Pain Control at the End of Life
Palliative Care
Parkinson-Plus Syndromes
Photodynamic Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Physical Activity as You Get Older
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Presbyopia
Preventing Falls in Older Adults
Preventing Falls in Older Adults Who Take High-Risk Medicines
Preventing Falls: Exercises for Strength and Balance
Prostate Cancer, Advanced or Metastatic
Questions to Ask Before Starting a Fitness Program
Recombinant Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine, RZV: What you need to know
Retropubic Suspension for Urinary Incontinence in Women
Rheumatoid Arthritis
RSV: Risk of Complications
Screening for Hearing Problems
Self-Care for Sjögren's Syndrome
Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging
Sharing Memories With Older Adults
Small Joint Surgery for Osteoarthritis
Staying Safe When You Take Several Medicines
Steve's Story: Coping With Arthritis
Stress Incontinence in Men
Stroke: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Stroke: Memory Tips
Substance Use Problems in Older Adults
Surgery for Glaucoma and a Cataract
Taste Changes
Tension-Free Vaginal Tape for Stress Incontinence in Women
The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care
Total Incontinence
Turning Off Your ICD
Urethral Bulking for Urinary Incontinence
Urethral Sling for Stress Incontinence in Women
Urge Incontinence in Men
Urinary Incontinence in Men
Urinary Incontinence in Women
Urinary Incontinence: Keeping a Daily Record
Urinary Problems and Prostate Cancer
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Older Adults
Using a Walker
Vaccine Information Statements
Vision Loss Evaluation
Warning Signs of Dementia
Warning Signs of Suicide in Older Adults
Writing an Advance Directive
Your Health Care Agent: How to Choose Someone

Advance Care Planning: Should I Have Artificial Hydration and Nutrition?
Advance Care Planning: Should I Receive CPR and Life Support?
Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?
Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Treatment That Prolongs My Life?
Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
Alzheimer's or Other Dementia: Should I Move My Relative Into Long-Term Care?
Arthritis: Should I Have Hip Replacement Surgery?
Arthritis: Should I Have Knee Replacement Surgery?
Arthritis: Should I Have Shoulder Replacement Surgery?
Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Hearing Loss: Should I Get Hearing Aids?
Osteoporosis: Should I Have a Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Test?
Osteoporosis: Should I Take Bisphosphonate Medicines?
Shingles: Should I Get a Shot to Prevent Shingles?
Stress Incontinence in Women: Should I Have Surgery?

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Current as of: October 9, 2017

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD - Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine

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