Fall brings changing leaves, shorter days, cooler temperatures, and the upcoming holiday season. For many people, this is their favorite time of year. Halloween brings small ghouls, goblins, witches, and an occasional Batman. The great candy rush of October turns into the turkey fest of November and then Christmas is knocking at your door. Tis the season, right? Flights are booked, road trips are planned, and the cars are loaded with food and gifts. read more

The maltreatment of an elder including physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, confinement, abandonment, and willful deprivation of necessary things such as medicine, food, shelter, medical care, etc., is a significant public health problem. In the United States, nearly 1 in 10 persons over the age of 60 that live at home have been abused in such a way, and it remains likely that this is an underestimated statistic as it is likely that many cases may go unreported. The perpetrators are often adult children, spouses, or other close family members who are the primary caregivers. Abuse may commonly take the form of passive neglect, in which the lack of information or education leaves an elder exposed to poor caregiving skills. read more

In a recent survey administered by the Alzheimer's Society, only about half of the adult respondents stated that it is important to stay in contact with loved ones who are diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's. But advocates and researchers of those afflicted with these diseases disagree. They claim there is a great benefit of social contact for all seniors as they can still hold on to emotional memory despite the degrees of memory loss. Furthermore, there are significant impacts of emotional memory. read more

According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, in 2016, there were currently 20.4 million veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Roughly 2.5 million veterans served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nearly 6.8 million living service members from the Vietnam War era, 7.1 million from the Gulf War era, 1.6 million from the Korean War, and around 770,000 World War II veterans are still living. read more

The average yearly wages in 1938 was $1,730.00 and the cost of a gallon of gas was 10 cents. Early this June, family and friends from 10 different states and one foreign country made the journey to the Georgia mountains to celebrate an 80th birthday party for Lary, the mountain man. read more