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IOWA Hearing AID Centers, Hearing Loss/Assessment, Concept™ by ReSound, Iowa, Health Net
 We endeavor to achieve the desired outcome of successful hearing by combining the latest appropriate technology, our professional skills, and the highest level of personal concern.
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| Home Instead Senior Care, CAREGiver services, Waukee, IA
 The Home Instead Senior Care family network of locally owned franchise offices was developed with a passionate desire to be your trusted source in helping your family keep your aging mother, father, grandparents or friends in their home as they grow older.
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| Woodland’s Creek Senior Living Community
 Our community is designed to provide a beautiful home for our residents, while offering the care and services needed to maintain an active, quality lifestyle.
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| Great Plains Orthotics and Prosthetics
 Our products and services include: Orthotic Devices, Prosthetic Limbs, Compression Stockings, Custom, Orthopedic and Diabetic Shoes.
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Health Tip: Common immune system problems as you age
The inevitable changes brought on by aging include graying hair, wrinkling skin and weakening senses. Even your immune system isn't spared.
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Health Tip: When dementia is treatable
While dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease or brain damage from stroke are thought to be irreversible, some forms of memory loss may respond to treatment. The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of treatable causes of dementia.
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Health Tip: Keep seniors safe at home
If a loved one with dementia is living at home with supervision, it's still important to eliminate potential dangers. The Alzheimer's Association offers these suggestions.
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Health Tip: Aging hair and nails
Your hair and nails are no less prone to the effects of aging than your skin. The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of common changes to hair and nails due to aging.
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Health Tip: Choosing an assisted living option
Assisted living housing may be the ideal solution for an aging person who can't quite live alone, but who doesn't need the complete services of a nursing home.
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Health Tip: Fire safety for seniors
People 85 and older are five times more likely than younger people to die in a fire, the FireSafety.gov Web site warns. Here's the site's list of why seniors are at increased risk of death or injury in a fire.
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Health Tip: How a caregiver can help
If a loved one has become ill and needs your help, you may be overwhelmed by the responsibilities that now become yours. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers this list of common tasks that caregivers can help with.
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Health Tip: Alleviate caregiver stress
When you're a caregiver, you have a lot of responsibilities in managing someone else's health and personal matters. But it's very important not to neglect your own well being.
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Health Tip: Warding off age-related memory loss
Memory loss in seniors is common, but occasional forgetfulness doesn't necessarily mean dementia. Rotary International offers these recommendations for what you can do to help prevent memory loss.
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Health Tip: Benefitting from adult day care
(HealthDay News) -- Some seniors become lonely staying home alone all day, particularly if they can no longer drive. And for older people with memory or physical problems, staying...
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Arthritis Checkup
Sometimes regular aches and pains can be the sign of a disease such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. Find out how serious your symptoms may be.
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