Loneliness, helplessness and boredom ÛÒ these are just three of the things that plague elders especially residents of long term care facilities. Lack of education about aging, interacting with elders, learning from elders ÛÒ these are just three of the things that plague society. So what better way to start...
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Preventing Chronic Conditions Adds Healthy Years
Chronic conditions affect up to 90% of seniors. A new study suggests something that should be somewhat obvious – preventing chronic conditions could both save significant amounts of money and add healthy years to the lives of the elderly. Duh! Chronic conditions include diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Researchers...
Emergency Alert Pendant Poses Hazard
The Philips Lifeline Personal Help Button Necklaces pose a possible hazard according to the FDA. There have been at least six reports of serious injury or death associated with the emergency alert pendants. The emergency alert pendant is designed not to break away when tugged; yet because of its durability...
Simple Test For Stroke Better Than MRI
According to Dr. David E. Newman-Toker of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a simple, one-minute eye movement exam worked better than magnetic resonance imaging to distinguish new strokes. People experiencing a stroke have eye-movement alterations that correlate with stroke-damage to various brain areas — and these are distinct...
Is Medicare Advantage an Advantage?
It would appear the Medicare Advantage programs, Medicare HMOs if you will, actually provide better care. Health plan industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans has released a study concluding that Medicare Advantage plans may be doing a better job of controlling costs and preventing harm to patients. AHIP looked...
Physical Activity Good At Any Age
In my Meaning of Life keynote I talk about eight things that I have learned from seniors about living an active, full, quality life. I use my 88-year-old mother’s schedule to show particularly how her ability to keep active and busy has contributed to her quality of life, still living...
Having a Point of View versus Standing Up for Something You Believe In
I had an engaging conversation with Kellyann Curnayn, author of A Good Day in Hell: The Flatlining of Nurses Across America. She is a dedicated, practicing nurse. She told me that nurses do not get paid to take care of patients. They get paid to fill out paperwork. Kellyann has...
New leadership methods could propel patient-/person-centered care
Read our guest blog in Hospital Impact.
World’s oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115
A nice tribute to a long quality life.
Medpedia – New Resource for Alzheimer’s Disease
The Medpedia Project is a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. The Alzheimer’s Disease Community has article pages, discussion boards, Q&A, links to related Communities of Interest on Medpedia, links...