AAHSA is hosting a Congressional Call-In Day tomorrow, May 13, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern in an effort to get long-term services and supports included in upcoming health-care reform legislation. They believe health reform without long-term care services is not a comprehensive solution. I agree. Please call...
Archives: May 2009
Music Therapy Aids Dementia and Alzheimer’s Victims
My mission with seniors started when an avocation for singing turned into an advocacy for older adults. I still perform in facilities and use songs in my keynotes. I know firsthand the value of music therapy on dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. This NYT article validates it. When looking at a...
Pet Therapy in Nursing Homes
I came across this “obituary” for Boo. Boo was a therapy dog who made 3,000 visits to nursing homes during his career. Pet therapy is just one of many ways to be of service not just this week, National Nursing Home Week, but all year round. Let’s just hope that...
New Bill Would Protect Senior Citizens from Scams, Fraud and Abuse
Three Congressional representatives have introduced a new bill to protect senior citizens from scams, fraud, and abuse. The bill would give state and local governments more resources to combat elder abuse. Some measures included in the bill: Establish an Elder Justice Coordinating Council to coordinate activities of the Federal, State,...
Even Funeral Homes Understand the Experience
Did you catch the article about funeral home experiences in the NYT? Very interesting. Funeral directors are starting to understand that the experience even extends to the dead (and their love ones) as they customize the ultimate send off. Bike lovers pay an extra $200 or so to take their...
Price Transparency and Hospitals
Here is a guest post written for Health Leaders on price transparency in health care.
4 Secrets of Aging in a Healthy Way
This guest blog is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of phlebotomy technician salary at her blog Health Zone Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: katsanders25@gmail.com. Kat supports many of the things we contend on a daily basis in this blog...
Co-housing Yet Another Alternative for Senior Living
Came across this article in U.S. News on a novel but not new form of senior housing, sort of communal living where everyone in the community takes care of the other. Actually we have friends who are talking about this very concept. Who can we bring together to live with...
Eating Disorders on the Rise among Elderly
You don’t often associate anorexia and bulimia with the elderly. Here is some alarming information in Advance for Long-Term Living from research by Remuda Ranch, an eating disorders program. Eating disorders in elderly women have increased and the majority of deaths from anorexia nervosa occur in people over age 65....