OK I admit I watch America’s Got Talent, even auditioned in Charlotte last year. Last night Sharon Osbourne, one of the judges, told a group of young singers and dancers that their material belonged in an elder folks home or something to that effect. Now even I admit that the...
Archives: July 2009
88 Year Old Mayor Can Teach Us A Lot About Life
This video will do more than anything I could ever say about aging. Thanks to my Facebook friend Angella Conrard who posted this video about a Canadian Mayor, 88 yrs young, 11 terms; city is debt free. As Angella says, our governments & politicians could take a lesson from this...
Music and Healing – Growing Scientific Evidence
I have witnessed hundreds of times in nursing homes how a seemingly incoherent person can come alive during a performance. Anecdotal and observational evidence of the healing power of music abound. But now science is catching up. (Check this article at CNN about musicÛªs therapeutic value.) The article states, “Music...
CMS Five Star Friend or Foe – Guest Blog
Read our guest blog at Advance in Long Term Care Management.
New Test Claims to Detect Early Alzheimer’s
Reporting in the June 10 issue of BMJ, researchers have developed a new self-administered cognitive test that is quick to use, examines 10 skills, and reportedly detects 93% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease. Lead researcher and neurologist Jeremy Brown, MD, from Cambridge, the United Kingdom says that the test can...
Changing the Health Care Experience Through Telemonitoring
A big push in healthcare will start to focus on prevention, stabilization of chronic conditions, coordination of care and self responsibility. In this blog, the author makes a great case for the importance of technology to the patient experience. In this case telemonitoring. To quote: “Telemonitoring, in and of itself,...