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A Deficiency Of Vitamin B12 Can Lead To Many Serious Health Problems [Summer 1998]
A Dozen Daffodils [Summer 2000]
A Little Extra Caution Can Help Avoid Traffic Accidents [Spring 2002]
A Sense of Community [Winter 2001]
Adapting Home Environments for People with Disabilities [Spring 2000]
Advance Health Care Directive-Do You Need One? [Summer 2004]
Advice for Persons with Disabilities Concerning Power Shortages and Blackouts [Spring 2001]
Always Acknowledge A Person’s Ability....Merit....and Dignity [Fall 1998]
Am I a Safe Driver? [Fall 2003]
AMPUTATION: Things you might want to know and do [Fall 1998]
Are You Caught in the Controversy of Pain? FIBROMYALGIA [Spring 2003]
Are You, or Do You Know, a Victim of Abuse or Neglect? [Fall 2004]
Are You Prepared for Survival? [Winter 2006]
Are You Receiving Necessary Health Care? [Fall 2002]
Avoiding Falls - IMPROVING BALANCE [Winter 2000]
AVOIDING SPAM: And I'm Not Talking About Breakfast Food [Summer 2003]
Be Alert to Threats to a Senior's Financial Independence [Fall 2001]
Beware of Solicitation Contracts [Winter 2004]
Break-through in Treatment of "Wet" Macular [Winter 2006]
But Names Will Never Hurt Me [Fall 1999]
Can Frailty Be Treated? [Spring 2003]
Caregiver's Support Groups - What Do They Do? [Spring 2000]
Chemical Dependency: Intervening with Care and Compassion [Summer 2001]
Common scams that con artists use........ [Winter 2000]
Contagious Dependency Has Long-Term Effects [Summer 2003]
Crafts are Much More than “something to do” [Spring 2002]
Diabetes IS GUILTY of Racial Discrimination [Fall 2001]
Dialysis [Summer 98]
Digestive Enzymes May Help You to Feel Better.. [Summer 2000]
Do You Need A Lawyer to Write Your Will? [Fall 2001]
Do Your Feet Hurt? [Spring 2001]
Dreams: Can they be a meaningful experience? [Fall 2005]
Early Warning Signs of Gynecological Cancer [Fall 2005]
Eating Light for Summer [Summer 2005]
Emergency Planning for Family Caregivers [Spring 2005]
Estate Planning Can Prevent or Cause Elder Abuse [Fall 2000]
Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples [Spring 2001]
Eye Diseases and the Importance of Maintaining Social Relationships [Spring 2004]
Eye Disorders and Treatments [Spring 2004]
Fear of Falling IS a Health Risk [Summer 2004]
Fighting Back Against Abusive Sales Tactics [Summer 2000]
(Forgetful?) Is Something Wrong? [Winter 2001]
Have a Problem with Your HMO? Here's How to Get Help.... [Summer 2002]
Have You Been the Victim of a Consumer Crime? [Spring 2002]
Health Care: The Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities [Winter 2002]
Healthy Cooking Ideas [Summer 2004]
Healthy Eating for One (or two) [Spring 2004]
Help for Mobile Home Residents [Fall 1999]
Helping Someone Who is Depressed [Winter 2006]
Here’s Why Exercise is Good For You! [Summer 2000]
High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol NOW Suspect in Alzheimer's [Fall 2001]
How Much Do You Know About The Experience Of Aging [Summer 1999]
How to Avoid Telephone Carrier Fraud [Winter 2005]
How to Encourage Butterflies to Come to Your Yard [Spring 2001]
How to Handle Loss [Fall 2003]
How to Hire a Caregiver [Fall 2004]
How to Live Longer and Better [Fall 2003]
How to Maintain Your Brain [Winter2005]
How to Prepare for a Major Earthquake (or other disaster) [Spring 2001]
How to Protect Your Personal Safety [excerpt from 2002 video]
How to Provide Physical Assistance [Spring 2003]
How to Slow Cataract Development [Winter 2005]
How to Successfully Work with a Service Agency [Summer 2002]
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Pain [Fall 2002]
If Riding the Bus is Too Difficult [Fall 2004]
If Stroke Strikes.......... [Spring 2000]
Investment Scams Aimed at Seniors [Spring 2004]
Is Using Your Phone Difficult [Spring 2004]
Is Your Loved One Receiving Proper Care? [Winter 2003]
Is Your Medication Making You Sick? [Winter 2004]
"Journaling" - For Self Understanding and Growth [Spring 1998]
Joy, Perseverance and Productivity [Winter 1999]
Keeping Your Cool - Understanding Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke [Summer 2001]
Learning It's Alzheimers…Where Can You Turn? [Spring 2002]
Life can be "More Interesting Every Day"! [Fall 1998]
Living in a Nursing Facility [WINTER 2005]
Living Well [Spring 98]
Living With Bipolar Disorder [Winter 2004]
Living with Low Vision [Summer 2004]
Living with Post-Polio Syndrome….. [Winter 2003]
Long Distance Caregiving [Winter 2003]
Long Distance Caregiving Experiences [Winter 2003]
Lymphedema? Even Your Doctor May Not Know.......... [Winter 1999]
Making Your Home Safe to Care for an Alzheimer's Patient [Spring 2000]
Managing Difficult Behaviors in Older Adults [Summer 2004]
Managing the Stress of Caregiving [Summer 2003]
Meal Planning for Diabetes Management [Fall 2000]
Medi-Cal Increases Allowances for Nursing Home Care [Winter 2006]
Medi-Cal Planning is Important [Summer 2005]
Medi-Cal Qualifying and Community Spouse Resource Limits [Summer 2002]
New Oral Agents for Diabetes - Are You A Candidate To Be Switched From Insulin? [Winter 1997]
Nursing Home Residents Have Rights [Winter 1999]
Patient Safety - Its Up to You [Summer 2003]
Paying For Nursing Home Care [Summer 1998]
Paying For Nursing Home Care - 2 [Spring 2005]
Personal Response Systems Support Independent Living [Summer 2004]
Pets for Better Health [Fall 2002]
Planning to See Your Doctor [Fall 2000]
Planning to Care for Your Parents [Winter 1999]
Planning To Protect Your Assets With A Personal Trust [Summer 1999]
Practical Aids for Persons with Arthritis [Winter 2001]
Preparing for Driver's License Renewal (California) [Spring 2004]
Probating Your Loved One's Estate [Winter 2001]
Protecting Pets and Animals from Heat Injury [Summer 2001]
Protecting Your Finances from Unscrupulous Relatives [Winter 2002]
Recognizing Symptoms of Illness [Spring 1998]
Retiring From Driving [Fall 2001]
Reward Yourself by Becoming Involved with a Senior Center [Summer 2000]
Sex and the Senior [Summer 1998]
Selecting Gifts for the Visually Impaired or Blind [Winter 2005]
Selecting a Wheelchair - PART I [Winter 2000]
Selecting a Wheelchair - PART II [Summer 2000]
Should Your Elderly Mom or Dad Come to Live With You? [Fall 2004]
Social Isolation: The need to turn to one another [Fall 2005]
Some Things You Can Do to Help Yourself Feel Better NOW [Spring 1998]
Specialized Phones Available FREE for California Residents [Spring 2004]
Special Supplement......Alzheimer's Info Network (Brain exercise; Sugar substitutes) [Fall 2000]
Stroke and You [Summer 2005]
"Tai Chi gives you longevity and a healthy body to enjoy it" [Winter 1997]
Taking Your Friends Along! (moving with pets) [Spring 2001]
Telemarketing/Sweepstakes Fraud [Winter 2001]
The Doctor is NOT Always Right [Summer 1998]
The Miracle of Cochlear Implant [Spring 2003]
The Thing to Do — If You Feel Lonely [Summer 2000]
The Warning Signs of Dementia [Spring 2005]
Time to BEE More Careful! (About Killer Bees) [Spring 2001]
Transfats - What Are They? Why Are They Bad? Where Are They Found? [Fall 2004]
Transporting Wheelchairs and Scooters [Spring 2003]
Treatment of Pension Plans in Medi-Cal Qualifying [Spring 2002]
Traveling with the Aging and Physically Challenged [Spring 2001]
Understanding Unusual Behavior [Fall 2001]
Walking is Easy and Effective Exercise [Spring 2001]
Wandering Behavior and SAFE RETURN... [Fall 2001]
Warning Signs of Physical Abuse [Summer 2005]
Warning Signs of Vision Loss [Winter 2006]
Watch Out for that Next Step! (Avoiding falls) [Fall 1999]
Ways to Get a Better Night's Sleep [Spring 2005]
Ways to Preserve or Rebuild Social Services Network [Spring 2005]
What Are Illegal Care Facilities? [Summer 2002]
What Are the Signs of Stress? [Spring 2004]
What Are the State-Mandated Rights for Persons in Care? [Winter 2002]
What Are the Transportation Needs of Seniors and Persons with Disabilities? [Winter 2002]
What Are Your Transportation Options? [Fall 2005]
What Can I Claim on My Auto Insurance WITHOUT My Rates Going Up? [Winter 2000]
What Do You Know About the Flu? [Fall 2004]
What Do You Know About the Sneaky Disease? [Fall 2003]
What Does "Funding a Trust" Mean? [Fall 2004]
What does the term "Long Term Care" mean to you? [Summer 2002]
What Every California Victim and Witness of Crime Should Know….. [Winter 2003]
What IF…...Accentuate the Positive: HOW TO BE HAPPY [Fall 1999]
What If Someone Asks for Your Social Security Number [Fall 2003]
What is.........A L T E R N A T I V E M E D I C I N E? [Winter 1997]
What is Assistive Technology? [Spring 2000]
What IS Elder Abuse? [Summer 1999]
What Is Hearing Loss? [Winter 2002]
What is “HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE” ? [Winter 2003]
What Makes the Golden Years Golden? [Fall 1998]
What to do About the Driving Challenges of Aging [Winter 2006]
What to do If Your Wallet or Purse is Lost or Stolen? [Summer 2001]
What to Do When Doctor Tells Me I Am Legally Blind [Winter 2004]
What To Do...When You Are Blue [Summer 1999]
What You Should Know About On-Line Pharmacies [Summer 2003]
When Hoarding Becomes a Community Concern [Winter 2002]
When to Place a Loved One? [Winter 2000]
Who’s in charge of your health? [Summer 1999]
Why the Americans with Disabilities Act is Good for Our Country [Fall 2000]
Wills and Trusts - Can You Live Without Them? [Winter 2000]
Would Your Kitchen Measure Up? [Fall 2003]
You See Floaters or Flashes of Light: IS IT SERIOUS? [Winter 1997]
Your Personal Health Record [Summer 2005]
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