Tagged: senior citizens

4:13pm

Tue March 19, 2013
Health

Deaths from Alzheimer's disease increasing in the region

More and more people across the country are dying from Alzheimer's disease -- and central New York is not immune to the trend.

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6:05am

Tue January 1, 2013
Technology

New technologies can help seniors "age in place"

Credit AgeLab / agelab.mit.edu

As the number of seniors citizens in America grows each year, the issue of how to make life easier for older people is growing in importance as well. One researcher, Joe Coughlin, has made it his passion to use technology to help people live longer and live better. WRVO's Catherine Loper spoke with Coughlin, who has roots in upstate New York, when he was in Syracuse this fall.

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9:55am

Tue November 27, 2012
Regional Coverage

Ambulance company starts fall prevention program for seniors

Credit Ellen Abbott/WRVO

An ambulance company in Onondaga County has started a program it hopes will help one of biggest causes of injury among the elderly.  The focus is on making senior's homes safe from falls.

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