Archives: September 2012

Jogging Adds Years to Life & Makes You Happier

Danish researchers have found that those who jog at least an hour a week can add an average of six more years to their life. According to Dr. Peter Schnohr, chief cardiologist from the Copenhagen City Heart study, there is an “age-adjusted survival benefit of 6.2 years in men and...

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Alcohol Abuse a Growing Problem for Older Adults

The Administration on Aging and The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration issued a brief on Alcohol Misuse and Abuse Prevention. Community surveys have estimated the prevalence of problem drinking among older adults from 1 percent to 16 percent, depending on the definitions of older adults, at-risk and problem drinking,...

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CMS Updates Nursing Home Compare Site (Again)

The government’s Nursing Home Compare website now includes more information about surveyor inspection findings and antipsychotic medication usage. The site is intended to give consumers and others a detailed look at nursing homes’ operations and performances. The site is continually being tweaked and that is good news for consumers even...

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Study Suggests Association Between Sleep Patterns and Nursing Home Placement?

Older women with disturbed and fragmented sleep were three times more likely to be placed in a long-term care facility than elderly women with healthier sleep patterns.Using statistics from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, investigators studied data of older women who wore devices that monitored sleeping patterns for three days....

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Assessing Family Caregiver Needs Important

The AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) has released a new fact sheet, Assessing Family Caregiver Needs: Policy and Practice Considerations. The fact sheet explains why it is important to assess and respond to family caregiver needs, highlights the fundamental principles of caregiver assessment, and describes why assessments have an important...

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