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What Is National Senior Citizens Day and How Do Bergen County Families Honor an Aging Parent on August 21?Blog
What Is National Senior Citizens Day and How Do Bergen County Families Honor an Aging Parent on August 21?
Most older adults are already living exactly where they want to be. A February 2026 Pew Research Center survey found that 93% of U.S. adults 65 and older live in their own home or...
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Can the Shingles Vaccine Help Alter the Progression of Alzheimer's? What Bergen County Families Should Know This Immunization Awareness MonthBlog
Can the Shingles Vaccine Help Alter the Progression of Alzheimer's? What Bergen County Families Should Know This Immunization Awareness Month
A vaccine given for one reason may be doing something bigger. A Stanford-led study published in Cell in December 2025 found that among people already living with dementia, becoming eligible for the...
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Is Bergen County Ready for the Next Flash Flood? The Six-Hour Test and What to Register For NowBlog
Is Bergen County Ready for the Next Flash Flood? The Six-Hour Test and What to Register For Now
As this is being written, a flash flood watch is in effect across Bergen County, with roads already closed in Hackensack and Paramus, according to the National Weather Service. It's the same...
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Is New Jersey Ready for Hurricane Season 2026? What Bergen County Families Caring for an Aging Parent Should KnowBlog
Is New Jersey Ready for Hurricane Season 2026? What Bergen County Families Caring for an Aging Parent Should Know
In the month after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012, all-cause mortality among adults 76 and older rose 10%, and by 13% over the following quarter, according to a peer-reviewed study of...
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Does Your Long-Term Care Insurance Cover Home Care in Bergen County? Here Is What Families Need to KnowBlog
Does Your Long-Term Care Insurance Cover Home Care in Bergen County? Here Is What Families Need to Know
Many Bergen County families are sitting on a benefit they have never used. Long-term care insurance policies, purchased years or even decades ago to protect against the cost of a nursing...
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Home Care After Hip Replacement in Bergen County: What Families Need to Know Before and After SurgeryBlog
Home Care After Hip Replacement in Bergen County: What Families Need to Know Before and After Surgery
Hip replacement is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, and Bergen County families have access to some of the best orthopedic surgeons in the country at Hackensack...
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Memory Care at Home: A Bergen County Family's Guide to Alzheimer's and DementiaBlog
Memory Care at Home: A Bergen County Family's Guide to Alzheimer's and Dementia
Alzheimer's disease almost never looks like what you expect when it first begins. The earliest signs are easy to misread as stress, ordinary forgetfulness, or the natural effects of a...
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From Hospital to Home: How Transitional Care Helps Bergen County Families Recover SafelyBlog
From Hospital to Home: How Transitional Care Helps Bergen County Families Recover Safely
Hospital discharge feels like the finish line. For older adults, it is often where the real risk begins. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, approximately one in five...
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Finding Peace at Home: Adding Care Management Into Your Personalized Care PlanBlog
Finding Peace at Home: Adding Care Management Into Your Personalized Care Plan
Taking care of loved ones, especially seniors, can quickly pile on stress, leaving families overwhelmed. Worries about managing appointments, medications, and daily needs can eat away at quality...
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How Care Management Eases Stress and Supports Families: A Guide for Greater HackensackBlog
How Care Management Eases Stress and Supports Families: A Guide for Greater Hackensack
Ever feel like caring for an aging parent or loved one is a juggling act—with one too many balls in the air? In Greater Hackensack, families just like yours are discovering relief through...