More Information on Fall Protection – Hey Put Some Shoes On!

From McKnights – Researchers from the Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research have found that seniors who go barefoot or wear only socks around the home are at greater risk for falls. Up to 52% of the seniors studied who reported a fall were barefoot, wearing socks without shoes, or...

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Free Strategic Marketing Audit

At Fast Forward, we are passionate in helping healthcare organizations understand what they need to be marketing and how best to market it. We typically help steer hospitals through a comprehensive marketing audit that involves on-site work, extensive interviewing, review of campaigns, relative statistics and so forth. We can even...

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Study Debunks Association of Brain Games and Cognitive Improvement

A new study debunks the theory that brain-training games help to boost people’s cognitive abilities. Participants in the BBC study got better at the games, but their general reasoning, memory, and planning abilities did not improve, the investigation found. The study followed 11,430 people‰ÛÓthe largest ever investigation, according to BBC...

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Apple Juice and Alzheimer’s

From McKnight’s – A new study reports that Apple juice could help soften the anxiety, agitation and delusions common to patients with moderate-to-advanced Alzheimer’s. Institutionalized Alzheimer’s patients were given 4 oz. of apple juice twice a day for the one-month duration of the study. After 30 days, caregivers reported no...

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Older Adults Who Purposefully Lose Weight Live Longer

New research suggests that older adults who purposefully lose weight have a lower mortality rate. Wake Forest University researchers looked at data on 318 elderly adults enrolled in weight-loss-related trials in the 1990s. Half of those individuals actively lost weight through exercise programs, losing an average of 10.5 pounds over...

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More Middle-aged Americans Reporting Mobility Disabilities

More older, middle-aged Americans are reporting serious mobility-related disabilities and difficulties performing activities of daily living than ever before. Researchers at the RAND Corporation and the University of Michigan looked at responses to the ‰ÛÏ1997 to 2007 National Health Interview Survey,‰Û and found a significant increase in the number of...

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30% of Seniors Will Need Support for Making Healthcare Decisions

From McKnight’s – Researchers at the University of Michigan reviewed the records of 3,746 people aged 60 and older (the average age was 80) who died between 2000 and 2006. Nearly 30% of those individuals at some point prior to death became unable to make health care decisions for themselves,...

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New Consumer Checklist Available for Choosing Nursing Homes

The Advancing Excellence in America‰Ûªs Nursing Homes Campaign‰Ûªs Consumer Tip Sheet provides nursing home residents and family members basic information and 10 questions they should be asking to better understand resident care planning, staffing, important care issues and the significance of measuring resident and family satisfaction. In a typical year,...

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Having Caregiver Support Not Always Comforting to Elders

From McKnight’s – Some groups of elderly people actually report being more afraid of death if they have a strong family network of caregivers. Researchers at the University College London interviewed roughly 1,000 people from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds‰ÛÓincluding Indian, Pakistani, black Caribbean, Chinese and white‰ÛÓfor their study...

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