This on CNN.com, a perfect reminder of the healing effects of music on hospital patients and the elderly.
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AT&T Testing Technology to Aid Fall Prevention
AT&T is experimenting with telehealth devices and a communications network that might reduce falls in the home. One of three people over 65 fall each year. Almost a third of these accidents require medical treatment, and 10% result in serious injury or death. Nursing homes experience a fall a day...
AT&T Testing Technology to Aid Fall Prevention
AT&T is experimenting with telehealth devices and a communications network that might reduce falls in the home. One of three people over 65 fall each year. Almost a third of these accidents require medical treatment, and 10% result in serious injury or death. Nursing homes experience a fall a day...
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Document Nursing Home Abuse In Order to Fight It
I came across a thoughtful blogger who documented his/her grandmother’s alleged abuse at a Virginia nursing facility after years of otherwise wonderful care in an assisted living facility. It is a very thorough documentation of abuse and that struck me. Unfortunately there was a bad ending to the story and...
Joan Rivers Celebrity Apprentice Win Should Be Noticed
Love her or hate her just as do with The Donald you nonetheless have to admire Joan Rivers for her energy and for doing older people proud. As she stated in this Larry King interview, “So many people in this country are counted out from the age of 60. When...
Call Congress for Long Term Care Reform
AAHSA is hosting a Congressional Call-In Day tomorrow, May 13, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern in an effort to get long-term services and supports included in upcoming health-care reform legislation. They believe health reform without long-term care services is not a comprehensive solution. I agree. Please call...
Pet Therapy in Nursing Homes
I came across this “obituary” for Boo. Boo was a therapy dog who made 3,000 visits to nursing homes during his career. Pet therapy is just one of many ways to be of service not just this week, National Nursing Home Week, but all year round. Let’s just hope that...
Music Therapy Aids Dementia and Alzheimer’s Victims
My mission with seniors started when an avocation for singing turned into an advocacy for older adults. I still perform in facilities and use songs in my keynotes. I know firsthand the value of music therapy on dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. This NYT article validates it. When looking at a...