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Visit our wellness blog to learn more about Vaccinations and if they’re the right choice for your aging loved one: 

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Learn more on our wellness blog and join us weekly for content updates on healthy senior living. Our wellness blog is the perfect reading material for you or an aging loved one during this quarantine season. 

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From “What Now” to “What’s Next?”

For many years, most seniors have lived in the same day-to-day routine. Most of them worked for many of those years, others were raising kids, and some juggling both. In retirement, the regular schedule has now shifted, leaving them with a lot more free time. Seniors now have the freedom to do things they may have never gotten the chance to do earlier in their lives. The adjustment can be daunting, but it starts with answering a crucial question: what now?

Learn more on our wellness: blog: https://wellpathpartners.com/blog/2020/07/17/from-what-now-to-what-is-next/

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Retirement should be a time of liberation from work and other responsibilities. Visit our wellness blog to learn more about setting bucket lists and other ways to make the most of your golden years.

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In the fast-paced age of technology, financial predators are targeting seniors online. Visit our wellness blog to learn more about keeping your aging loved ones safe online. 🏡🔒🔑 #seniorcare #seniorhealth #seniorliving #care #health #love #staysafeonline #onlinesafety

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Excited to grow old? Over 80% of older Americans claim to feel happier in life the older they get. Visit our wellness blog to learn more about aging misconceptions I why you have a lot more to look forward to than you thought! 👒🍸🏡 #inspiration #oldandactive #agingwithgrace #seniorhealth #seniorliving #seniorcare #happy #love #aging #assistedliving (Link in Bio)

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In the fast-paced age of technology, financial predators are targeting seniors online. Visit our wellness blog to learn more about keeping your aging loved ones safe online. 🏡🔒🔑 #seniorcare #seniorhealth #seniorliving #care #health #staysafeonline #onlinesafety

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Seniors Embracing Sexuality with Precaution

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Intimacy knows no age! Visit our wellness blog to learn more about seniors embracing sexuality with precaution. 🏡💗💐 

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Should Miss Daisy be driving? When is your aging loved one too old to drive? Visit our wellness blog to learn more about active seniors and transportation. 🏎🏡🌴

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Seniors Behind Wheels: Keeping Mobile in Old Age

While driving helps seniors stay active and independent, the risk of being injured in motor vehicle accidents increases with age. According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately five hundred older Americans are injured every day in car accidents. In fact, seniors have a higher crash rate per mile driven compared to teenagers. This means that older drivers are more likely than younger ones to be involved in car accidents even though they spend less time on the road. A decline in cognitive function, slowed reaction times, and physical frailty are possible factors for the rise in these accidents for seniors. These can lead to mistakes like mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal, forgetting to indicate lane changes, and failing to notice oncoming pedestrians occur amongst the elderly. Mistakes like these have seriously endangered driving seniors, but also other drivers and pedestrians.

For these reasons, it is important for families to closely monitor their aging loved ones’ driving skills and habits. Luckily, there are alternatives to driving which can keep your aging loved ones safe and socially mobile. Non-medical transportation (NMT) refers to a Home and Community-Base Services (HCBS) waiver program provides transportation for disabled or elderly individuals who lack other means of getting to their destinations. The service is available through agencies or individual providers. To meet their needs, non-medical vans are often equipped with wheelchair lifts. Clients of non-medical transportation often require the use of medical equipment (like ventilators or power chairs), which would normally prevent them from accessing conventional transit options. In these cases, friends and family members might not possess the vehicles or vehicular adjustments necessary to transport them, but NMT vehicles are often equipped with excess storage space to house such medical equipment. Individuals have the option of riding mobility vans, wheelchair vans, and taxis. 

While non-medical transportation may seem like a lavish expense, there are also plenty of options to help you pay for NMT including social welfare programs and Medicaid. Not only that, but there are also more convenient and cheaper options through rideshare services like Uber or Lyft. The wait time for a trip nearby is significantly reduced for these services and drivers are normally very helpful. For those seniors who require wheelchair, walker, or collapsible scooter accommodations, uberAssist is another service that is catered to these needs. It is also encouraging that there is no difference in charge between uberAssist and regular Uber! All that is needed is a functioning smartphone to get these apps. 

While it may seem difficult to find a local driver and to file for funding opportunities, WellPath Partners has plenty of resources and experience to help you navigate your NMT options or rideshare services. 

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