All the Lonely People: How We Live Alone Past 65…

DURHAM — Clydie Pugh-Myers, one of the state’s first black licensed practical nurses, once drove a red Cadillac around Durham, sang in the choir at her church, and generally stayed busy.

These days, living with two knee replacements, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other ailments, she can no longer drive and sits at home alone a lot. She says even people from her church don’t come to see her much.

“Since I’ve gotten 84, it’s gotten tough,” Pugh-Myers said in her South Durham home.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/04/2871760/all-the-lonely-people-how-we-live.html#storylink=cpy

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When you can’t sleep, you know it. But what about when you can, yet you wake up feeling tired and achy or you’re groggy again a few hours later? What’s that about? All too often, it turns out, the problem is one that doesn’t keep you awake but does sabotage your sleep in more subtle ways, so the hours you spend in bed don’t refresh and revitalize you the way they should. Here are seven signs that you have a sleep problem that’s secretly stealing your rest.

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Genworth 2013 Annual Cost of Care Survey: At Home Care Costs Remain Flat in North Carolina

RICHMOND, Va., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — In its 10th year, the Genworth (NYSE: GNW) 2013 Cost of Care Survey shows the cost to receive care at home in North Carolina through a home health aide remained flat over the past five years. On a national level, the survey shows a dramatic increase in facility based care such as an assisted living facility or nursing home, while the cost to receive care at home through homemaker services or a home health aide is rising at a much more gradual pace.