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December 2007

December 15, 2007

REVERSE MORTGAGE PRODUCT & INDUSTRY UPDATES

The FHA Modernization Act of 2007
Reverse Mortgage Product Features and Updates - You only have to be 60 years old for this reverse mortgage.

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December 14, 2007

Caregiving Stress -- Hazardous to Your Health and Sometimes Deadly

UNDERSTANDING CAREGIVER STRESS

A 2003 study of caregivers by a research team at Ohio State University has proven the off-repeated adage "stress can kill you" is true. The focus of the investigation was the effect the stress of caregiving had on caregivers. The team, led by Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, reports on a 6-year study of elderly people caring for spouses with Alzheimer's Disease. The study not only found a significant deterioration in the health of caregivers when compared to a similar group of non-caregivers but also found the caregivers had a 63% higher death rate than the control group.

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