#healthy seniors

[genuinehomecarellc]

Maintaining a clean home is crucial for the well-being of seniors. For those receiving home care in Lewiston, Maine, a tidy living space can significantly impact their health and happiness. Let’s explore why a clean environment is essential for seniors and how compassionate caregivers are.

[lookingforcactus]

A big cost and concern for many seniors in the U.S. is the price of prescription drugs and other healthcare expenses—and this year, thanks to The Inflation Reduction Act, their costs may go down dramatically, especially for patients fighting cancer or heart disease.

I learned about the new benefits because my ‘Medicare birthday’ is coming up in a couple months when I turn 65. I was shocked that there were so many positive changes being made, which I never heard about on the news.

Thousands of Americans on Medicare have been paying more than $14,000 a year for blood cancer drugs, more than $10,000 a year for ovarian cancer drugs, and more than $9,000 a year for breast cancer drugs, for instance.

That all changed beginning in 2023, after the Biden administration capped out-of-pocket prescriptions at $3,500—no matter what drugs were needed. And this year, in 2024, the cap for all Medicare out-of-pocket prescriptions went down to a maximum of $2,000.

“The American people won, and Big Pharma lost,” said President Biden in September 2022, after the legislation passed. “It’s going to be a godsend to many families.”

Another crucial medical necessity, the shingles vaccine, which many seniors skip because of the cost, is now free. Shingles is a painful rash with blisters, that can be followed by chronic pain, and other complications, for which there is no cure

In 2022, more than 2 million seniors paid between $100 and $200 for that vaccine, but starting last year, Medicare prescription drug plans dropped the cost for shots down to zero.

Another victory for consumers over Big Pharma affects anyone of any age who struggles with diabetes. The cost of life-saving insulin was capped at $35 a month [for people on Medicare].

Medicare is also lowering the costs of the premium for Part B—which covers outpatient visits to your doctors. 15 million Americans will save an average of $800 per year on health insurance costs, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Last year, for the first time in history, Medicare began using the leverage power of its large patient pool to negotiate fair prices for drugs. Medicare is no longer accepting whatever drug prices that pharmaceutical companies demand.

Negotiations began on ten of the most widely used and expensive drugs.

Among the ten drugs selected for Medicare drug price negotiation were Eliquis, used by 3.7 million Americans and Jardiance and Xarelto, each used by over a million people. The ten drugs account for the highest total spending in Medicare Part D prescription plans...

How are all these cost-savings being paid for?

The government is able to pay for these benefits by making sure the biggest corporations in America are paying their fair share of federal taxes.

In 2020, for instance, dozens of American companies on the Fortune 500 list who made $40 billion in profit paid zero in federal taxes.

Starting in 2023, U.S. corporations are required to pay a minimum corporate tax of 15 percent. The Inflation Reduction Act created the CAMT, which imposed the 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial statement income of any corporation with average income that exceeds $1 billion.

For years, Americans have decried the rising costs of health care—but in the last three years, there are plenty of positive developments.

-via Good News Network, February 25, 2024

[kodasea]

Ring down below

[lemonbombsfjl]

VP Kamala Harris will create an economy of care! 🫶💙

I know from personal experience how much this issue matters to you all.

Please share so others know this welcome change is coming!

[koicrimes]

so, i work with my grandma right? and she's apart of the senior team of ladies who've been there no less than 25 years. when i tell you, i went in with one grandma and wound up getting adopted by like 3 more....

[antisocialxconstruct]

BEHOLD.... the newest dogs. Alongside Electropup (purple) who up til now was the only Amp'd I owned and also! The very first idog I ever bought :o I love the Amp'd colorways because they are just sooooo inescapably 2008

The blue one has a tiny bit of discoloring on the body but otherwise it's in really good shape, I didn't take a picture but its little paw pads are so clean and vibrant pink and that's usually the first thing to get scuffed on these guys. Also my very favorite detail... the little ear flare.

This one's really interesting to me because I don't see this colorway very often, so I'm honestly not sure how much of the off-whiteness is aging and how much is just... that's the color it is. But the interior of the plastic is roughly the same color so I think maybe it's just meant to be sort of an ivory white... and if that's not the original color, it still looks really nice with the gold floral.

Anyway, here's the absolute cacophony of all three of their motors running while they headbop at the same time.

[megpricephotography]

Barney in 2022

I still can’t believe we celebrated Barney’s 16th birthday, at the end of October this year. He’s quite frail & wobbly & definitely needs some physical help but for his age, Barney is still energetic & so bright & alert ... he’s a tough old lad, that’s for sure. Love him so much ❤

[wildflowercryptid]

the fact they didn't let chase transfer to ever after high along with courtly... forever bs, he would've fit in so well at eah.

[aropride]

my shirt that says "i don't have an eating disorder" has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

[bonafidehero]

my poor pup has been slowing down lately. We decided this year that we'd only take him in for his treatments when he seemed like he needed them (it was just a lot for us and him to go twice a week, he also got so many bruises and scabs from being poked all the time) and he's done well on this schedule so far, but he seemed like he needed one this week and it did give him some energy for a day or so, but his appetite still isn't fully back. He's had like one meal a day all week so far, and its a whole thing to get him to even eat that. He still hasn't eaten today, but I'm hopeful he will want to eat in a few hours, so far he's just been sleeping.

We decided we'd take him in again next week to see if that helps and if not, then ig this will be his new normal until it seems he's not happy. Despite it all, he still gets excited to go outside and on walks and he does like to eat our food and his treats lol we're also going to stock up on some meats so that we can have that when all else fails.

I'm grateful I've gotten two extra years with him, but I'm still holding out hope that we'll see his 15th birthday at the beginning of the year next year 😔 thats my secret little goal 🖤

[patheticgirlsteve]

stranger things rewrite where steve does cheer instead of basketball

[cuntwrap--supreme]

My dog has been having senior moments, such as randomly forgetting what she's doing or trying to walk into a street, and I've been calling her "Mr. President" when it happens.

Like, "No, Mr. President, we can't walk into oncoming traffic. That's how we get killed!"

[docileandlazy]

some of yall have very corrupted and sterilized senses of morality that have caused you to be unable to view any form of human interaction normally and it shows

[bandsanitizer]

okay shutting up now

[cookinguptales]

Hi! Just wanted to drop by and tell you that your Karabita fics are AMAZING they've brought me so much joy and comfort 🥺 as I'm sure you can tell since I probably spammed your notes endlessly with likes and reblogs and silly tags these past few days. But gosh, it was just SO GOOD you're an amazing writer and after so many hours of joy I just really had to let you know (again haha). Thank you sooo much for sharing your work!! It was simply lovely 😔💜

I've really enjoyed reading your tags!! I haven't really thought about karabita much in the past few years, so it was nice to kind of have a walk down memory lane. I found myself reading back through some of my old work as you were reblogging it, and it was really nostalgic.

I didn't actually realize how much karabita I wrote! I've just been going off my AO3 stats for years. But I had a tendency to put stuff on tumblr back then and I didn't always crosspost to AO3, apparently. Then again, there's also a lot of karabita that I put on AO3 and never put on tumblr. So it was wild to realize that, in addition to the 50+ karabita fics I posted to AO3, I apparently also had this whole mess of ficlets that were tumblr-only. I didn't remember writing most of them at all until I saw you reblogging them. lmao

Anyway... thank you very much! I'm really very genuinely glad you liked them. I didn't realize anyone was still reading those. I haven't seen most of s2 or any of s3 (I bounced off of s2 pretty hard) so I wasn't sure if that was still a ship that anyone cared about. It's nice to know people still care after all these years.

I also laughed a lot when I saw from your tags that my Osomatsu-san/Muppets crossover was the first Muppets fic you ever read, but I was glad you enjoyed it! I was even more well-known for Muppets than Osomatsu-san for a while there, which is why I assume someone asked for that. It really made me laugh when I realized that I'd accidentally reeled someone into Muppets from karabita; the two are just such wildly different fandoms. (Though... in other ways very similar...)

I'm not in karabita fandom anymore, but I'll admit that it was a really fun part of my life. I really enjoyed all of the unhinged stuff I wrote, and I really loved how collaborative the fandom was. I didn't remember until I saw your notes how many ficlets I wrote based on requests back then, or how much fanart was made of those fics.

Natsukashii... 🥺

[boxerbeans]

The high ALP I mentioned that Taylor has….is just a normal senior thing. The ultrasound vet said every one of her organs looks normal and perfect and that even if it goes into the thousands range she isn’t worried unless Taylor starts acting sick. She even said she’d recommend we not refill the denamarin and just let it run out because it doesn’t do much for the benign ALP levels.

Did I mention I also freaked out and thought Taylor had DM because she had…normal senior tremors? Specially when she’s excited/stressed/tired? My vet had to talk me down from the ledge with that too lmao

It’s just so weird having a senior dog with (knock on wood) no health issues that is just showing normal signs of aging. I’m used to either them just acting tired and no other signs of aging until they drop, OR getting chronic health issues early into senior hood. Having a senior dog that has all the energy of a four year old but has these quirks I just need to warn people are normal is weird