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		<title><![CDATA[When a friend becomes a caregiver]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived
across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more
neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally
having coffee.

Then, last October, Wood ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When a friend becomes a caregiver]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived
across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more
neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally
having coffee.

Then, last October, Wood ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4299994</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A tiny fish’s behavior suggests aging may happen in stages, study finds]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tiny fish that lives only four to eight months is revealing that
aging may unfold in distinct biological stages rather than as a slow,
continuous decline — findings that could help scientists better
understand how people can age better.

By ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4298471</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago woman shows it’s never too late to reach a goal, especially when it comes to education]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Englewood neighborhood native Deniece Rogers didn’t
celebrate her 2011 bachelor’s degree, or her 2015 master’s degree.
But when she crossed the finish line with her doctorate, she threw a
party for herself because “that one, she...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4297701</link>
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    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago woman shows it's never too late to reach a goal, especially when it comes to education]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Englewood neighborhood native Deniece Rogers didn’t
celebrate her 2011 bachelor’s degree, or her 2015 master’s degree.
But when she crossed the finish line with her doctorate, she threw a
party for herself because “that one, she...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4297575</link>
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    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[People can sense mental decline, says new research powered by smartwatches]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Older adults may be better judges of their
moment-to-moment mental sharpness than scientists once assumed,
according to a UC Davis study — which relied on familiar technology:
the smartwatch.

The study found that when an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4295840</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why older pedestrians fare worse in car crashes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On an August morning two years ago, Meredith Melville was crossing
Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, to meet a friend at a cafe.
While in the crosswalk, she noticed a car some distance away.

Perhaps she misjudged its speed, she said, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4295067</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why older pedestrians fare worse in car crashes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On an August morning two years ago, Meredith Melville was crossing
Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, to meet a friend at a cafe.
While in the crosswalk, she noticed a car some distance away.

Perhaps she misjudged its speed, she said, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4294918</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A bird-watching video game could improve dementia patients' memory]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Can a bird-watching video game help train dementia
patients' memory? A recent training program suggests it could.

Bird Watch, a neuroscience-based cognitive training game developed by
a University of Texas at Dallas neuroscientist, was...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4291243</link>
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    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grab bars can help older adults avoid falls. Why won’t Medicare cover them?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. — Grab bars are commonly recommended to help older adults avoid potentially life-altering
falls, but basic Medicare does not cover them — a policy a new
lobbying campaign hopes to change.

Grab bars — rails attached to walls...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4291242</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: Cuddle up at The Cove]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[You could call my brief but blissfully unhurried interlude at The
Cove in Islamorada, Florida, a midweek work break or a microcation
reset. But I call it pure sensory salt-air delight—the kind that
arrives quietly, like sunset stealing across ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4291241</link>
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    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What geriatric emergency departments do differently]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in
May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks in a
rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I
didn’t bounce back too well.”

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4289555</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What geriatric emergency departments do differently]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in
May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks in a
rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I
didn’t bounce back too well.”

...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4289334</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinatown elders need groceries. These teens go door-to-door delivering them]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Lynn Nguyen had just begun working at the Chinatown
Branch Library in 2019, when she learned that Ai Hoa and G&G markets
were shuttering. As the last two full-service grocery stores in
Chinatown, these closures left a gap in food
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4277462</link>
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    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinatown elders need groceries. These teens go door-to-door delivering them]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Lynn Nguyen had just begun working at the Chinatown
Branch Library in 2019, when she learned that Ai Hoa and G&G markets
were shuttering. As the last two full-service grocery stores in
Chinatown, these closures left a gap in food
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4277278</link>
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    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Experts uncover potential cause of common type of stroke]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Researchers have pinpointed the potential cause of a type
of stroke suffered by hundreds of thousands of people around the world
every year, which could explain why widely used treatments do not
work.

The discovery could also help pave...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4276288</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New to weight training? How to get started over 60]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — New research suggests that doing 90 minutes to two hours
of weight training per week can slash the risk of an early death.

The new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine,
involved 147,374 people who were asked every...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4276287</link>
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    <pubDate>Aug/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wills Eye retiree George Spaeth, 94, reflects on his award-winning research and humanistic approach to medicine]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — As a resident training at Wills Eye Hospital, George
Spaeth was perplexed by a seven-year-old patient’s symptoms.

Her legs angled inward, her hair was straw-colored with an odd
consistency, and she had intellectual disabilities...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jul/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: American Cruise Lines’ Mississippi River cruises celebrate Mark Twain and 150th anniversary of 'Tom Sawyer']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two major milestones converge in 2026, a serendipitous occasion that
is, as Mark Twain described coincidence, “a delightful thing”: the
150th anniversary of the publication of "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer" and the nationwide commemoration of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4265380</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[To afford aging in place, older adults turn to ‘Golden Girls’ housing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shirley Jennett, a retired nurse, loves her spacious ranch-style
house in Denver, with its big backyard and gazebo.

“I want to stay here,” she vowed. “And die here.”

She might pull that off. In relatively good health, Jennett still
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4263676</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/29/2026</pubDate>
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