Week of April 20, 2015Just For Fun: Patriot's Day, the third Monday in May, commemorates the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. This battle began the American Revolutionary War. It also honors the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", that evening when Paul Revere rode through town warning the colonists that "The Red Coats are coming!" - Holiday InsightsMoney and Finance: Grandma Is Counting on YouAdministrators Association (NASAA), a professional association of securities regulators, had to form a special committee on senior issues and diminished capacity last August to help combat the problem. The US Senate held hearings in February on the issue in which Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) stated "Roughly 1 in 5 seniors will be a target of some form of financial exploitation, to the tune of billions of dollars of losses each year." - Paul Wannemacher, ForbesSenior Health and Safety: Elderly can improve health by sitting down lessA pilot study found that avoiding a sedentary lifestyle in our more advanced years can provide a wealth of benefits to general well-being. Older people spend an average of 8.5 waking hours a day sitting or lying down, according to the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle. Cutting back by just 27 minutes a day produced benefits, the US study suggested. - Mark Reynolds, Sunday ExpressCaregiving: Caregiving starts with caring for yourselfIn the event of a loss of cabin pressure, flight attendants instruct passengers to place the oxygen mask on themselves before they try to help their children or other passengers. Reason being: if someone passes out while administering help, neither the person helping or receiving help will benefit. Few can argue with this logic. - Nina Radcliff, Md-Rj Contributor, Las Vegas Review-JournalTechnology: New start-up Honor brings Silicon Valley spirit to elderly careUnlike existing elderly homecare services, which typically require a 3-hour-a-day minimum of in-home care, Honor will allow customers to receive as little as 1 hour a day. And the professional caregivers on its service will be paid a minimum of $15 an hour, said Sternberg, adding that it was higher than the average pay most professional caregivers receive today. - Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters
