How to Effectively Communicate with Your Doctor

We’ve all been there. After waiting endlessly for a doctor’s appointment, your physician breezes in and out of the exam room, seems rushed, and…

Summer Heat: How to Keep Seniors Safe

Summer is here and temperatures are heating up fast. For many of us, summertime is spent outdoors vacationing, partaking in leisure activities, and relaxing…

Resources for Your Next Doctor Appointment

Health care is a huge priority for Bethesda Health Group and Next Avenue — always, but especially right now. Specifically, how health care can…

Medication Therapy Management: A Little-Known Way to Manage Your Meds

Carla* (name changed) is a 92-year-old woman with congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and a pacemaker. Like many people who have…

7 Ways to Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

Between 1900 and 2000, the average U.S. life expectancy increased by nearly 30 years. That statistic addresses quantity, but what about the quality of…