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Diabetes is a serious issue affecting 24 million Americans. It’s a major health concern and mounting problem for the country as a whole, especially for the rapidly expanding senior population. In recognition of American Diabetes Alert Day coming up on March 23, Senior Helpers, a local and national leading provider of in-home care services for seniors, is asking families to think about ways to reduce the impact of the disease on the local senior community.

With the national unemployment rate remaining stubbornly high at 9.7 percent and more and more news of companies going under, where on earth can you find a job? Look no farther than your aging parents and relatives, who are creating one of the biggest economic booms this country has ever seen. In the coming years, two out of ten people in the U.S. will be age 65 or older and there just aren’t enough people to take care of them. That’s why care giving for the elderly is an exploding sector of the growing national health care industry. This year alone, the in-home care industry is expected to grow by 12.5 percent, adding more than 100,000 new jobs.

Through the brutal economic climate of 2009, most businesses found it tough to grow and prosper – but Senior Helpers, the nation’s fastest growing provider of in-home care for seniors, is a remarkable exception.

Senior Helpers, the nation’s fastest growing provider of in-home care for seniors, announced today their participation in the Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Early Detection Alliance (AEDA). Senior Helpers has become a “Champion” with the AEDA and will work to spread the word about the warning signs of Alzheimer’s.

The holiday season may be one of the few times families get together and realize their elderly loves ones are in deep trouble and need immediate help. Adult children who may not live nearby are often shocked to come home to a holiday heartbreak with deteriorating relatives they weren’t prepared to handle. So this holiday, the family might gather around the kitchen table – not only for turkey and treats - but instead for talk, a big talk, that maps out a plan how to care for ailing, elderly relatives.

Experts urge families to protect elderly after seniors left off vaccination priority list. Almost 10% of U.S. Swine Flu deaths occurred in people over age 65.

It’s an agonizing decision to take away the car keys and apply the brakes to an elderly loved one’s driving, especially in a culture where driving symbolizes freedom. But an increase in the number of car crashes involving senior citizen drivers this summer has the experts at Senior Helpers urging families to watch for signs their elderly loved ones can no longer drive and hire a caregiver to drive for them.

Experts call on families to monitor dad's physical and mental health