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October 17, 2019

Untreated Hearing Loss Linked To Loneliness And Isolation For Seniors

There may be no easy fix for the loneliness epidemic plaguing the nation, but helping people cope with hearing loss [...]

September 16, 2019

Home Health Companions Among Fastest-Growing Private Companies

This year’s edition of Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. featured a [...]

September 4, 2019

Researchers Explore Why Women’s Alzheimer’s Risk Is Higher Than Men’s

Scientists are beginning to understand why Alzheimer’s disease affects more women than men and why the disease seems to progress [...]

September 2, 2019

Cognitive Decline: A Personalized Approach Could be Key

Researchers have designed a brain aging model to investigate the factors that contribute to cognitive decline, borrowing principles from precision [...]

August 21, 2019

Home Health Companions Named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Home Health Companions, a licensed home health provider, announced it has been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 as one [...]

August 2, 2019

“They understand the client”

Home Health Companions was honored to hear how Richard Eiseman valued the caregivers and caregiving services delivered to his mom, [...]

July 16, 2019

New Markers For Alzheimer’s Disease Could Aid Diagnosis And Speed Up Drug Development

Alzheimer’s disease begins altering the brain long before it affects memory and thinking. So scientists are developing a range of [...]

July 14, 2019

A Late-Life Surprise: Taking Care Of Frail, Aging Parents

As life spans lengthen, adult children in their 60s and 70s are increasingly caring for frail, older parents — something [...]

June 10, 2019

Age of Fraud: Are Seniors More Vulnerable to Financial Scams?

Changes to the brain and loneliness may make seniors prime target for financial fraud. In this series, Marketplace explores the [...]

June 10, 2019

Study: Falling for Phone Scams Could be an Early Sign of Dementia

Every year, $3 billion is stolen or defrauded from millions of seniors, according to the US Department of Justice. Sometimes, [...]

June 10, 2019

Seniors and Financial Scams

The adoption of electronic banking and credit card transactions have made financial services easy to manage 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, often from [...]

May 12, 2019

Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

A prescribed drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and forms of [...]

April 24, 2019

Yoga versus Traditional Treatment Methods for People with Parkinson Disease

A recent study has found that weekly yoga sessions may be as effective as traditional stretching and resistance training exercises [...]

April 24, 2019

New Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease

The progressive nature of Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the nervous system, can be confusing and frustration. Symptoms may start [...]

March 15, 2019

Special Nutrient Needs of Older Adults

Eating right and staying fit are important no matter what your age. As we get older our bodies have different [...]

March 15, 2019

Meals On Wheels: VNA Helps Seniors to Remain At Home

One in six Dallas County seniors struggles with hunger and many seniors in Dallas County are homebound, as nearly 25,000 [...]

February 26, 2019

Understanding How Aging Affects the Heart

The body’s circulatory system moves blood, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hormones, around the body. The heart is at the [...]

February 26, 2019

The Connection between Heart Disease and Falling

When a loved one falls, it is commonly considered to be just part of aging. But statistics show that more [...]

January 22, 2019

Home Health Companions Receives 2019 Best of Home Care®–Employer of Choice Award

DALLAS, TEXAS – Home Health Companions has announced that it has received the 2019 Best of Home Care – Employer [...]

January 20, 2019

1 in 3 Adults are Lonely, Survey Shows

By David Frank, AARP, September 26, 2018 One in 3 U.S. adults 45 and older are lonely, according to a [...]