Long term care planning is a difficult task to do because it does not just involve the individual, the decision also affects his or her loved ones. As part of their advocacy to encourage families to participate in long term care planning, ALTCP.org contacted 20 experts to share their thoughts...
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Bullies in Senior Living
Bullies in Senior Living – They Exist! (contributed by Gloria Hoffner) Bullies in senior retirement communities. They exist. In fact, I have heard senior living compared to being in middle school or high school. Sherry Barzak, ACC, President of the Pennsylvania Activity Professionals Association and Vice President of the National...
Ideas for One on One Activities for Seniors
How to Engage Residents One on One Who Cannot or Will Not Participate in Groups Activity directors work hard planning engaging programs for residents. Yet there are still residents who by desire or illness refuse to leave their rooms or cannot or will not participate in group activities. Here is...
It’s Nursing Home Week. Here’s What to Look For….from The Charlotte Today Program
It’s Nursing Home Week. Here’s What to Look For….from The Charlotte Today Program
Caring Stars of 2013 (VIDEO)
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Discharge From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Can Have Long-Term Consequences
@Photodisc, Getty Images A national study has shown that being hospitalized for a stroke or hip fracture can lead to long-term institutionalization in a nursing home. Direct discharge to a skilled nursing facility put patients at “extremely high risk” of needing long-term nursing home care. Researchers at the University of...
Videoconferencing Enriches Nursing Home Residents’ Lives
Using Internet-based communication tools from SKYPE or MSN, researchers in Taiwan helped 34 residents at 10 nursing homes communicate with family members via videoconferencing. All 18 women and 16 men reported that the experience enriched their lives. Each resident used the videoconferencing differently, with 12% of family äóìvisitsäó taking place...
The Sparks of Life Program More Evidence of the Healing Power of Music
Thanks to reader Laura Bramly who alerted us to this program in Australia. It is called the Sparks of Life program and uses music therapy, along with leaders trained as facilitators. Here is a link to a video. It shows two people with dementia who were unresponsive prior to taking...
Mentally Ill More Prevalent in Nursing Homes
According to a new article by the Associated Press the mentally ill are becoming more prevalent in the nursing home population. Younger, stronger residents with schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder are living beside frail senior citizens, and sometimes taking their rage out on them. Numbers obtained through the Freedom of...