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Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Huntersville, North Carolina
I am a healthcare expert who fell into a mission for boomers and seniors through... Full Bio
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Elderly Parent Care Coach Helps Adult Children by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health --> The following is a guest post by Rhonda Caudell RN, CCM, CGCM, Elderly Parent Care Coach who can be found at www.EndlessLegacy.com. Follow ... Read on »
June 14 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health June 14 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). You can use this event to raise awareness by hosting a screening of An Age for Justice. Produced by NCOA and WITNESS, thi ... Read on »
Insomnia May Be Linked to Future Hospitalization, Increased Health Service Use by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Having trouble falling or staying asleep? Insomnia may be an important indicator of future hospitalization among middle-aged and older adults, according to a new study ... Read on »
Sandwich Generation Pressures Grow & Shifts from Boomers to Gen X'ers by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health --> A Pew Research study has revealed some disturbing trends regarding the infamous sandwich generation. Nearly half (47%) of adults in their 40s and 50s ha ... Read on »
Just for Fun - The Pina Colada Song by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I am going to start posting some of the music I have recorded, either audio or video, from time to time. I became involved in elder issues when I first started going to nurs ... Read on »
Seeing is Believing When It Comes to Saving for Retirement by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Stanford University scientists have found that younger people have trouble visualizing themselves as elderly, which can limit how much they invest in their retireme ... Read on »
Treatment With Antidepressant Results in Lower Rate of Mental Stress-Induced Heart Attack by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health According to a study in the May 22/29 issue of JAMA, patients taking six weeks of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram, compared with placebo, resulted in a ... Read on »
Psychologically Vulnerable Seniors More Vulnerable to Financial Exploitation by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Financial exploitation of the elderly is on the rise according to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and the numbers are expected to continue to grow as B ... Read on »
What Causes Age Stereotypes - Three Things by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Forever Young on TV Land Does a Good Job at Debunking Myths and Promoting Cross-Generation Learning Princeton University psychology professor ... Read on »
40+ Are Not Prepared and Misunderstand Long-Term Care Options by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health   The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research recently released “Long-Term Care: Perceptions, Experiences andAttitudes among Americans 40 and Old ... Read on »
AARP Says Trade Your Eye Doctor for an E-Book by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health According to AARP, citing a Robert Wood Johnson study, for people with eye diseases like macular degeneration, digital tablets increased reading speed by as much as 42 ... Read on »