Senior's Health Package

Over 200,000 words organized under 20 different topic areas with a focus on the health issues of most interest to our aging population. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, includes topics such as: care giving, advanced care directives, arthritis, diabetes, healthy aging, vision problems, home safety, hearing loss, heart disease, incontinence, memory, mental health, medication costs and safety and more.

ADVANCED CARE DIRECTIVES ARTHRITIS CAREGIVING DIABETES EXERCISE FALLS HEALTHY AGING HEARING LOSS HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

INCONTINENCE MEDICATION COSTS AND SAFETY MEMORY/ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MENTAL HEALTH NUTRITION OSTEOPOROSIS SAFETY SEXUALITY STROKE VISION PROBLEMS

Medication Costs and Safety

Medicare Part D: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
A guide to changes in Medicare with the introduction of Part D prescription drug coverage.

Better Prescriptions Needed for Prescription Success
Taking medications consistently can have a strong impact on how effective they are.

Finding Out About the Side Effects of Your Prescription Drugs
A guide to information available – online and in print – about the side effects of prescription drugs.

Bad Combinations
Drug interactions you and your doctor need to worry about, including Coumadin, ACE inhibitors, Digoxin, potassium supplements and more.

HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH

• A Dangerous Myth: If it's Over-the-Counter it Must Be Safe
• Are All NSAIDs Dangerous?