Tamera Manzanares

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Aging Well: Aging field offers growing career options

While there is an increasing need for health care professionals skilled in aging issues, the growing number of adults 50 and older also is fueling demand for people to work with, or on behalf of, older adults in many other settings and roles.

Aging Well: Getting the most from nutrition labels

Fill your grocery basket with fresh fruits and vegetables and you know you're buying nutritious products. But choosing healthy processed foods, such as cereal, bread and yogurt, isn't so easy. Nutrition labels required on most foods are an important tool for determining the right choices.

Aging Well: Local programs help pay for mammograms, treatment costs

Most of us are guilty of putting off important health screenings or procedures. Often, that resistance has more to do with cost than laziness. It's important these women know there are local programs available to help them pay for breast cancer and other important screenings and even costs related to breast cancer treatment.

Aging Well: Medications blurring the line between helpful, harmful

Chronic pain, anxiety and depression are just a few problems that can send a person to their doctor's office for relief. Chances are, they will leave with one or more prescriptions for medications.

Aging Well: Taking control of arthritis

Jenny Thomsen held up a large can of anchovies as evidence of a change she's made in response to a big disease. Thomsen suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, a particularly debilitating form of arthritis causing chronic pain and joint damage.

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Aging Well: Discuss precious possessions sooner than later

Sometimes it helps to be outspoken when making important decisions. At least, that was the case for Bobbi Beall, who got together with her two sisters and mother to decide how to divide their mother's possessions.

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Aging Well: Age no match for local tennis competitor

JoAnn Lathrop is accustomed to being a decade or so older than her tennis peers, but only recently has she been comfortable revealing her age.

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Aging Well: Painting with fabric: Quilting can bring income, pleasure

A complex array of red, orange and rust tones mesmerize while telling the story of a devastating wildfire. The elaborate patterns are pieced together in a quilt inspired by the Hinman fire near Clark seven summers ago.

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Aging Well: Older adults guide housing alternatives

Imagine a cozy gathering of cottages for residents nearing or in the midst of retirement.

Aging Well: Haven happenings highlight community

This week, staff at The Haven and Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, which operates Haven facilities, is adding community programs focused on outdoor landscaping and gardening projects and a caregiver support group.

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