Applause to FirstBaptistChurch in Jacksonville, N.C. They were featured on ABC News last night for their fight against AlzheimerÛªs Disease. During the week, some of the older church members, many of whom are well into their 80s, get together to exercise their hearts and minds. Congregation members take part in...
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Insurance for Your Insurance?
Is this called kicking you while you are down or anticipating that you will be down and weÛªll have already kicked you? United Health has rolled out a product called UnitedHealth Continuity. It is not insurance but the right to buy insurance should you find yourself without any, say losing...
Teens and Elder Abuse is Bad News
You would think that young people who work in nursing facilities would have a deep appreciation for older folks and want to give them their utmost respect. Right? Well consider that six, rather wholesome young women are accused of groping and taunting seven residents at the Good Samaritan nursing home...
Boomers Helping Parents with Medication Management
According to a new survey from Caring.com, baby boomers are playing an active role when it comes to decisions about their parents’ medications. Three quarters of boomers had some or a great deal of influence regarding the types of medications or other treatments taken by the person for whom they...
Bonus for Bad Work – Give Me That Job
As has been reported by many sources, The Des Moines Register is reporting that nursing homes throughout the country are eligible for hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bonuses despite past violations of basic health-and-safety standards. A review of 81 bonus payment programs in 36 states shows that some...
Hal is that You?
Aging in place. That seems to be the buzz word for growing older. And to help you will be….robots. As the little kid in the etrade commercial says about his clown – that’s a little creepy! Or is it? Robots will scoot from room to room to wake homeowners in...
Ann Nixon Cooper
Here is the portion of Obama’s transcript where he put it all in perspective through the eyes of 106 year old Ann Nixon Cooper. “This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast...
Internet Surfing Better Than Reading for Brain Stimulation
Researchers at UCLA are publishing a study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that finds that middle-aged to older adults who know their way around the Internet had more stimulation of decision-making and complex reasoning areas of the brain than peers who were new to web surfing. Reading didnÛªt...
Families Are Not Visitors But Advocates for Care
A Wall Street Journal article explores the notion that families are in the best position to be advocates for their loved ones health but can not be looked upon as mere visitors in the hospital but as Beverly Johnson, president of the nonprofit Institute for Family-Centered Care, puts it “allies...
Long-Term Care an Important Election Factor
A new study released today from Genworth Financial shows that eighty-four percent of baby boomers say the presidential candidates’ positions on long term care issues and funding will be an important factor in determining how they cast their vote in November. Of course finding their stand on this issue takes...