This webinar has already taken place.  You can view the webinar recording and find the presentation slides here. Making End of Life Decisions: A Planning Checklist featuring Jane McNamara, Accredited Attorney with the Veterans Administration and Board Member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association. During this webinar, Attorney Jane McNamara shares everything you… Continue reading Webinar: Making End of Life Decisions – A Planning Checklist

A disability conference took place at Southeast High School in February, 2016 By Tamara Browning for The State Journal-Register The keynote address that author and blogger Courtney Westlake gave Saturday at a conference on disability at Southeast High School gave college student Abigayle Jankauski a parent’s perspective. Jankauski, a University of Illinois Springfield elementary education major, said she was… Continue reading Disability Conference Provides Perspective

UCLA students have the option to enroll in a class to learn about growing old

CMS has announced in a February 22nd blog post that it will be increasing its frequency of site visits, part of ongoing measures against Medicare fraud. 

Colorado improved its prenatal and early-childhood health indicators in the past year but slipped in its care for seniors ...

Researchers in the UK have discovered a way to get a healing mineral from crustacean shells into a wound dressing. Crab shell bandages could soon be on...

Zika Virus and Microcephaly: 4 family blogs offer a bright perspective on parenting a child with microcephaly. Read FAQs on Zika virus and more.

The 6th annual Feeding Tube Awareness Week® will be celebrated worldwide February 7-13, 2016! ​Feeding Tube Awareness Week® was created by the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, to increase awareness of feeding tubes and enteral feeding.   Here’s how you can participate in ​Feeding Tube Awareness Week®:   Join the Conversation on Social… Continue reading Feeding Tube Awareness Week 2016

The Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services recently released an Incontinence Supplies RFP seeking a single supplier for all Medicaid beneficiaries

Originally published by Medline Plus - learn about how only 1 in 4 adults aged 45 or older discussed memory problems with a health care professional