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Long Term Care Facilities - I Did the Math and It Doesn't Add Up

One simple question: On an ordinary morning, how long does it take you to do your basic morning care? Another simple question: How long does it take you to eat your largest meal of the day? Finally, how much time do you spend making your bed and picking up in your bedroom a day?

Study shows Internet use good for brains of middle aged and seniors - BBC NEWS - Health
Source: BBC News

For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests. A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.

Senior Citizens that Bring Companions to Medical Visits are More Satisfied with Care
Source: Senior Journal

Almost two out of every five Medicare patients age 65 or older appear for their medical visits accompanied by family members or companions, which seems to contribute to a greater satisfaction with their doctor and about everything else associated with the visit.

Ripe & ready: Women Over 50 Want A Lot Of Sex
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Women over 50 want sex. Lots of sex. Hot sex. And when they get it, they write about it so others, too, can learn how to get lots of hot sex.

A trio of stories to remind us not to mess with old people, they'll kick our ass
Source: dailyrecord.co.uk

MAN, 100 FIGHTS OFF MUGGERS A 100-YEAR-OLD man fought off three teenage muggers after being surrounded at a bus stop.

On The Road Again

We just arrived in beautiful down south Fulton, Texas. Properly, it is now called Rockport-Fulton and is a burgeoning little burg looking for methods of metropolitization.

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