Age Wave, a research and consulting company focused on the lives and needs of the age 50+ population, launched a new study sponsored by Vi an operator of ten continuing care communities (CCRCs). This report was developed to better understand how older adults decide to move to a CCRC, and...
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Look Out for These Medicare Scams
Beware Medicare Scammers The web site Medical Billing and Coding has published Medicare Scams that you should be on the lookout. The Poser Scam One of the more common ways criminals scam those with Medicare is by posing as Medicare employees, health care practitioners, or insurance representatives, something many may...
MRI Can Detect Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Patients
An MRI scan that detects atrophy patterns in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients also can detect cognitive decline in Parkinson’s patients. Thirty patients with Parkinsonäó»s disease and 22 control subjects underwent 3-T magnetic resonance imaging. Compared with control subjects, patients with Parkinsonäó»s disease displayed significantly higher imaging resolution. These findings...
Sexual Satisfaction for Elderly Women Linked to Quality of Life
Write whatever you would like here! @Jacobs Stock Photography, Getty Images The University of California at San Diego published a study we should all like. It’s about sex. Sex when you get older. In elderly women, successful aging and positive quality of life indicators are linked to sexual satisfaction even...
For-Profit Nursing Homes – Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...
For-Profit Nursing Homes ÛÒ Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...
For-Profit Nursing Homes äóñ Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...