Many in the aging services professions are aware of the power of music in healing and particularly with dementia and AlzheimerÛªs patients. Many Alzheimer’s patients can remember and sing songs even in advanced stages, long after they’ve stopped recognizing names and faces. Dementia care homes often use music as recreation,...
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Nursing Home Complaint Centers Fields Your Calls for Deaths Around Sepsis or Septic Shock (VIDEO)
Nursing Home Complaint Centers Fields Your Calls for Deaths Around Sepsis or Septic Shock
Internet Use May Cut RetireesÛª Depression (VIDEO)
Internet Use May Cut RetireesÛª Depression
Coconut Oil May Prevent AlzheimerÛªs (VIDEO)
Coconut Oil May Prevent AlzheimerÛªs
Women Who Drink Milk Do May Delay Knee Osteoarthritis (VIDEO)
Women Who Drink Milk Do May Delay Knee Osteoarthritis (VIDEO)
Is There a Cancer Risk When Going to the Nail Salon?
Is There a Cancer Risk When Going to the Nail Salon? A JAMA Research Letter shows that using higher-wattage ultra violet (UV) lamps at nail salons to dry and cure polish was associated with more UV-A radiation being emitted, but the brief exposure after a manicure would require multiple visits...
Americans Pay Far More for Medications Than Anywhere in the World
Americans Pay Far More for Medications Than Anywhere in the World – The International Federation of Health Plans (IFHP) released its 2013 Comparative Price Report, detailing its annual survey of medical prices. The report examines the price of medical procedures, tests, scans and treatments in nine countries. This year the...
Internet Use May Cut RetireesÛª Depression
Internet Use May Cut RetireesÛª Depression say the authors of the article ÛÏInternet Use and Depression Among Retired Older Adults in the United States: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Spending time online has the potential to ward off depression among retirees, particularly among those who live alone, according to research published online...
Nursing Home Complaint Centers Fields Your Calls for Deaths Around Sepsis or Septic Shock
The Nursing Home Complaint Centers Fields Your Calls for Deaths Around Sepsis or Septic Shock The Nursing Home Complaint Center believes that, based on the calls they receive from family members, needless deaths caused by sepsis, or septic shock, is a much bigger problem than anyone knows. If your family...
Women Who Drink Milk Do May Delay Knee Osteoarthritis
Women Who Drink Milk Do May Delay Knee Osteoarthritis – that according to new research that reports that women who frequently consume fat-free or low-fat milk may delay the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Results published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research,...