Senior Digest News

Croatia ranked as a top vacation spot

February 25, 2012 8:16:06 PM by Administrator Account

Senior Travel Talk by Moe Rondeau

If you’re looking for a gorgeous historic Euro-pean destination that still feels a little undiscovered, try Croatia. Croatia was once part of Yugoslavia and fought a war for its independence during the 1990s. Today, this country on the Eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea is peaceful, thriving and welcoming more visitors each year.

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Early migrants confirm that spring is on the way

February 25, 2012 8:10:06 PM by Administrator Account

The Wild Life by Todd McLeish

The calendar may still say that it’s winter, but the early stages of spring migration are already upon us.

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Make fire prevention top safety priority

February 25, 2012 8:04:44 PM by Administrator Account

On Alert by Mark Sweberg

Did you know that people over the age of 65 face the greatest risk of dying in a fire? When you consider that more than 1,000 people older than 65 die in home fires each year and that more than 2,000 individuals in that age category are injured in fires every year, it should give you pause to think. It does me. Yet, it is comforting to know that there are special precautions we can take to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our homes from fire danger.

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Advisory group issues call to caring seniors

February 25, 2012 8:02:17 PM by Administrator Account

Commission on a Mission by Rick Ryan

The Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Aging wants you. While we are not asking you to join the armed forces, we are asking you to join us in advocating programs, services and policies that protect the dignity and enhance the independence of seniors and adults with disabilities.

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Reducing readmissions will save Medicare billions

February 25, 2012 7:41:24 PM by Administrator Account

By Joan M. Woods

In Rhode Island, more than one in four Medicare patients discharged from the hospital return within 30 days. Those hospital readmissions are not only a physical and emotional strain on patients, but they are also a costly strain on taxpayers here and elsewhere. Nationally, hospital readmissions cost Medicare more than $17 billion in 2010. The Medicare program and its participating health care providers are working together to identify the causes of those readmissions and to eliminate the ones that are preventable.

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