Consumer Reports National Research Center suggests that despite people saying the recession is over, consumers are acting as if it is not. And in the worst possible way – playing with their health. The percentage of consumers who said they didn’t fill prescriptions, took less medicine than a prescribed dose,...
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Consumers Putting Off Medical Care & Risking Health
Consumer Reports National Research Center suggests that despite people saying the recession is over, consumers are acting as if it is not. And in the worst possible way – playing with their health.æ The percentage of consumers who said they didn’t fill prescriptions, took less medicine than a prescribed dose,...
Hip Fractures in Women Deadly
Prevent falls. Prevent hip fractures.@Don Farral, Getty Images Hip fractures in women ages 65 to 79 are linked to in an increase in short-term mortality according to an ongoing Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research report. Investigators followed 1,116 women who had hip fractures and compared them with about 4,500...
Caregivers Have Bad Health Habits
Be Thankful to Our Caregivers This Season@Getty Images While this is a study from just one state, Calif., anecdotally I can report that its implications certainly apply to the country. The estimated 6 million informal caregivers in California show serious psychological distress and negative health behaviors such as smoking, according...
Medicaid – You May Need It so Know About It
The Perceived Medicare Safety Net According to reports from McKnights, very few retirees see Medicaid as having a role in their long-term care needs. 10% of pre-retirees and 7% of retirees think Medicaid will pay the majority of their costs for three months in a nursing home. Only 32% of...
Joint Commission Awards First Disease-Specific Certifications to Nursing Homes
Claremont Rehabilitation and Living Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois and Forest Villa Nursing Care in Niles, Illinois, became the first nursing homes in the country to be certified under The Joint Commissionäó»s Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.æ This is significant because it adds another level of quality that you can now...
Yoga Improves Balance and Reduces Falls
Regular yoga classes helped older male veterans who have had a stroke cope with their increased risk of suffering from a painful or deadly fall, according to a study by Indiana University funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Having a stroke quadruples a person’s chances of falling and...
Who Runs the Nursing Home? CNA’s
–> The following is a guest post from Elizabeth Oäó»Malley: With the advances in healthcare and surgery techniques, more adults are living into their eighties and beyond. Many are able to live independently or with families. However, for those who are physically unable to care for themselves, a nursing home...
Diabetes Doubles Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s
A study on the relationship between diabetes and dementia reveals that diabetes appears to double a personäó»s risk of developing Alzheimeräó»s disease or other dementias. A study published in the September 20 issue of Neurology showed that people with diabetes were more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other types...
Fall Prone Fail to Adjust Walking Speed
Seniors prone to falling might do so because they fail to adjust their walking speed to their vision impairments. Irish investigators from Trinity College in Dublin divided 17 participants into three groups and made them complete a walking course, once while wearing goggles that blurred their vision and once without...