AAHSA has a unique way to involve people at a grassroots level in the health reform debate as it pertains to long term care. You can do your part by throwing a Party with a Purpose. These community gatherings will serve as a platform for conversation and action around long-term...
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Physicians Try To Put Gag Order on Patients
In the past five years more than 40 Web sites have begun reviewing physicians. Questions about their usefulness have fueled debate. As a defensive measure, some physicians are requiring patients to sign broad agreements that prohibit online postings or commentary in any media outlet. Medical Justice, a company that for...
Language Skills, Social Networks Two Allies in Fight Against Alzheimer’s
People with more developed language skills as young adults may be better able to stay sharp well into old age, even if they develop Alzheimer’s-like abnormalities in their brains. The findings suggest that this may be in part because their remaining brain cells become extra large to compensate. According to...
Putting Person Centered Care in Perspective
Person Centered Care. Culture Change. A lot of jargon is being spewed in the continuum of aging services. What I have noticed though is that while the talk is good, the underlying tone is somewhat defeatist and negative and that can only spell doom for the industry. While embracing the...
Be Quiet Sharon Osbourne
OK I admit I watch America’s Got Talent, even auditioned in Charlotte last year. Last night Sharon Osbourne, one of the judges, told a group of young singers and dancers that their material belonged in an elder folks home or something to that effect. Now even I admit that the...
88 Year Old Mayor Can Teach Us A Lot About Life
This video will do more than anything I could ever say about aging. Thanks to my Facebook friend Angella Conrard who posted this video about a Canadian Mayor, 88 yrs young, 11 terms; city is debt free. As Angella says, our governments & politicians could take a lesson from this...
Music and Healing – Growing Scientific Evidence
I have witnessed hundreds of times in nursing homes how a seemingly incoherent person can come alive during a performance. Anecdotal and observational evidence of the healing power of music abound. But now science is catching up. (Check this article at CNN about musicÛªs therapeutic value.) The article states, “Music...
CMS Five Star Friend or Foe – Guest Blog
Read our guest blog at Advance in Long Term Care Management.
New Test Claims to Detect Early Alzheimer’s
Reporting in the June 10 issue of BMJ, researchers have developed a new self-administered cognitive test that is quick to use, examines 10 skills, and reportedly detects 93% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease. Lead researcher and neurologist Jeremy Brown, MD, from Cambridge, the United Kingdom says that the test can...
Changing the Health Care Experience Through Telemonitoring
A big push in healthcare will start to focus on prevention, stabilization of chronic conditions, coordination of care and self responsibility. In this blog, the author makes a great case for the importance of technology to the patient experience. In this case telemonitoring. To quote: “Telemonitoring, in and of itself,...