El Niño Heat Risks for Older Adults: Staying Safe in Memphis Summers
Memphis summers already bring their share of sweltering days. But when El Niño makes headlines, those familiar hot spells can become something more in...
You keep track of the things that seem to matter most: the blood pressure reading, the cholesterol numbers, the orthopedic follow-up. But what if the health factor with the greatest untapped potential isn't something that shows up in a lab result at ...
Memphis summers already bring their share of sweltering days. But when El Niño makes headlines, those familiar hot spells can become something more in...
Retirement brings changes, not all of them good. For many older adults across Memphis and the surrounding communities of Germantown, Collierville, and...
You drove in from Germantown for a Sunday visit, and your parent greeted you at the door with a warm smile, same as always. But later, while helping c...
You've memorized the sound of your parent's voice so well that you can hear the difference between a good day and a bad one before they say a word. La...
Your parent's last doctor visit probably covered blood pressure, cholesterol, and medications. But health is so much bigger than lab results. It inclu...
The smoke detector goes off at your mom's house in East Memphis, and a neighbor calls you at work. It turns out she put a pot on the stove, walked int...
You weren't looking for it, exactly. But now you can't unsee it. The way your parent hesitated at the top of the stairs last Thanksgiving, or how the ...
The phone rings at 2 a.m. A neighbor found your parent walking down the street in a bathrobe, confused about where they were going. Your heart pounds....
When Dr. Thomas Crook, a clinical neuropsychologist who spent decades studying memory, was asked what single change older adults could make for their ...