Here is a guest blog I wrote for Advance in Long Term Care Management regarding medical tourism in the nursing home industry.
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Live to be 100? It May Be in Your Genes.
Scientists studying the genomes of centenarians in New England say they have identified a set of genetic variants that predicts extreme longevity with 77 percent accuracy. The centenarians had just as many disease-associated variants as shorter-lived mortals, so their special inheritance must be genes that protect against disease, said the...
Older Folks Watch More TV but Like It Less
From Long-Term Living: According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine concluded that older people spent a great deal more time watching TV than younger people did, yet they enjoyed the experience less. The study looked...
AAHSA Changing Name to LeadingAge
Read this post in McKnight’s about how the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSHA) is proposing a name change to LeadingAge. ÛÓ The brand promise is ÛÏinspire, serve, advocate.Û ÛÓ The brand ethos is ÛÏtransformational stewardship.Û ÛÓ The new mission is ÛÏexpanding the world of possibilities...
More Information on Fall Protection – Hey Put Some Shoes On!
From McKnights – Researchers from the Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research have found that seniors who go barefoot or wear only socks around the home are at greater risk for falls. Up to 52% of the seniors studied who reported a fall were barefoot, wearing socks without shoes, or...
Study Debunks Association of Brain Games and Cognitive Improvement
A new study debunks the theory that brain-training games help to boost people’s cognitive abilities. Participants in the BBC study got better at the games, but their general reasoning, memory, and planning abilities did not improve, the investigation found. The study followed 11,430 peopleÛÓthe largest ever investigation, according to BBC...
Apple Juice and Alzheimer’s
From McKnight’s – A new study reports that Apple juice could help soften the anxiety, agitation and delusions common to patients with moderate-to-advanced Alzheimer’s. Institutionalized Alzheimer’s patients were given 4 oz. of apple juice twice a day for the one-month duration of the study. After 30 days, caregivers reported no...
Older Adults Who Purposefully Lose Weight Live Longer
New research suggests that older adults who purposefully lose weight have a lower mortality rate. Wake Forest University researchers looked at data on 318 elderly adults enrolled in weight-loss-related trials in the 1990s. Half of those individuals actively lost weight through exercise programs, losing an average of 10.5 pounds over...
More Middle-aged Americans Reporting Mobility Disabilities
More older, middle-aged Americans are reporting serious mobility-related disabilities and difficulties performing activities of daily living than ever before. Researchers at the RAND Corporation and the University of Michigan looked at responses to the ÛÏ1997 to 2007 National Health Interview Survey,Û and found a significant increase in the number of...