Your Emergency Toolkit: Being Prepared with a Chronic Condition

Living with a chronic condition means navigating a world that is not always predictable. Daily routines — taking medications, attending appointments, managing symptoms and practicing self-care — often depend on infrastructure working the way it is supposed to. Electricity powers things like medical devices and refrigerators. Transportation makes it possible to travel to pharmacies, schools, workplaces and healthcare providers. Telecommunication devices help you get in touch with emergency contacts or essential services when something goes wrong. When an unforeseen circumstance disrupts these systems, the impact of a power outage, road closure or a downed phone line can be much greater for someone managing a long-term health condition…  full article (pdf)

Caregiving for Chronic Illness: Practical Strategies for Comfort, Compassion and Companionship

Caring for someone with a chronic illness is not a race to the finish; it’s a long, evolving journey marked by resilience, adaptability and deep connection. Supporting a loved one through chronic illness means embracing an ongoing process — one that calls for patience, flexibility and unwavering emotional support. Unlike acute medical events with defined beginnings and ends, chronic conditions unfold over months and years, reshaping routines, expectations and identities. Caregiving in this context is not only about tasks and treatments; it’s about building a life that accommodates shifting symptoms while preserving dignity, agency and connection…  full article (pdf)

Daily Exercises Seniors Can Perform at Home

Movement can be the key to a life well lived. It increases longevity, improves health and contributes to happiness and a sense of fulfillment — even for those advancing in years! In fact, older adults are throwing away outdated notions of “ageism” and embracing “ableism” instead, overcoming perceived negative barriers of what vibrant aging should look like by pursuing purposeful and enjoyable exercise that keeps them active and engaged. They are increasingly embracing this special stage of life with a positive, can-do attitude… full article (pdf)

Diagnosing and Treating Good’s Syndrome

In 1954, Robert Good, MD, PhD, wrote a paper for the Bulletin of the University of Minnesota Medical School describing a patient who had both a type of thymus cancer and an unusual immunodeficiency, leading to frequent infections. This combination of conditions is now known as Good’s syndrome (GS) — although the specific relationship between the cancerous growth and the lack of immune cells remains unclear… full article (pdf)