Seniors

Q: Is it true that there is a strong relationship between age and reported hearing loss? A: Yes According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 30% of adults 65-74 years old and 47% of adults 75 years old and older...

Michael O’Donoghue, M.D., a dermatologist with Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City, discusses facial aging and skin cancer during a recent Listen Up, Ladies! event at Pottawattomie Country Club in Michigan City. The free program was...

The public is invited to attend the July 10 meeting of the Franciscan Senior Promise group. The topic will be rehabilitation and will be presented by Barb Smith, manager of inpatient therapy services at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at...

The Franciscan Senior Promise club was formed at Franciscan St. Margaret Health in the fall of 2011 to help provide people aged 55 and older up-to-date information on health issues and on how to make healthy life style choices. It also offers...

On Thursday May 1, Woodland Park was the location for the 2014 Senior Health Fair. Brought to the public by the Mayor's Senior Advisory Committee, the health fair had lots of great information to offer to seniors in the area. "This event is geared...

Gloria Smokvina and Carolyn Fetsch-Sojka believe they are part of lasting sisterhood formed at a young age and born of close ties and challenges as students at the former St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing. Now, decades hence, they are among the...

An Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Group will be held for those caring for someone with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia on May 14 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. The group will meet at Hartsfield Village, located at 10000 Columbia Ave., Munster, Ind....

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