Patient Experience Moments from The Aging Experience

Perspectives on Patient Experience Way back in two thousand something, I published an article called The Chief Experience Officer, which became a partial impetus behind the Cleveland Clinic’s initiative to start an office of patient experience and hire the first Chief Experience Officer. I still believe in the concept but...

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Tips for Reducing Caregiver Stress

Tips for Reducing Caregiver Stress Caregiver stress – a topic often left unspoken, particularly with the emotions involved. Most especially for family caregivers, with guilt and confusion settling in when the line of duty and personal time seems to blur. Here are some tips from Senior Advice to help cope...

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Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia

Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia People who get less rapid eye movement (REM sleep) may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. This is the stage when dreaming occurs. There...

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THE BENEFITS OF GRATEFUL LIVING – Smilecast 122

Why It is Important to Be Grateful (from Sixty and Me) Kristi Nelson is the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living. I was particularly interested in the topic of gratitude because – of all the traits I observe in older adults living a quality life – that one consistently...

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Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers – Smilecast 121

Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers – Coordinating and Managing Finances for Loved Ones, and Spending $190 Billion on Them Annually A Merrill Lynch study, conducted in partnership with Age Wave, finds that the 40 million1 family caregivers in the U.S. spend $190 billion per year on their adult...

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