​Night blindness or Nyctalopia can have several underlying causes. Typically It is due to your retina's rod cells, which are responsible for our eyesight, aging or getting damaged. If these are damaged, you'll have trouble seeing in low-lit places.

​Many seniors suffer from poor oral health due to forgetfulness and the inability to care for themselves and receive oral healthcare due to financial constraints. Aside from tooth loss, they also experience sensitivity and several gum diseases. If you are going to check in on your senior loved ones, make sure to include dental care as a priority. 

​Your Original Medicare plan has Part A and Part B, as you may already know. Part A pays for your hospital admissions, while Part B is medical insurance that pays for services from doctors, outpatient care, medical equipment, and other healthcare providers.

Private insurance companies typically run the other parts, so if you’ve heard about Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, that’s Part D.

​Patients typically go back to the same doctor for several reasons. The most common ones are that your doctor handled your concern well enough that you want them to be your doctor again for future concerns, or they weren't able to treat you during your previous visits efficiently, so you had to keep going back. 

Whether you want the same doctor or a different one, will you be able to choose who you consult with? And will that decision cost you more?