People who tend to be confrontational, especially those who are competitive and aggressive, run a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Researchers examined 5,614 residents of four villages in Sardinia, an Italian Mediterranean island. People who...
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Technology Allows Disabled to Use Nose to Communicate and Maneuver
A technological breakthrough could allow the severely disabled to use their noses to communicate and even maneuver wheelchairs. According to the Weizmann Institute research team, cranial nerves in quadriplegic and other severely disabled individuals are seldom damaged so the brain is still able to send signals to the soft palate...
Are Your Care Providers “in the Moment”?
The following is a guest blog from my colleague Nancy O’Brien. You may first want to view this video that prompted her to speak out.It is time for leaders to embrace a new form of efficiency – human efficiency – especially in healthcare and it starts with the awareness that...
Many ED Visits from Nursing Homes Preventable
From Mcknights – A large percentage of nursing home residents’ emergency department (ED) visits are avoidable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using data collected for the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, the CDC found that roughly 8% of nursing home patientsÛÓroughly 123,600ÛÓhad an ED visit in...
Tips for Those Concerned About Older Loved One’s Driving
[embed_youtubep style=”margin-top: 0pt;”>Driving demands good judgment, quick reaction times and split-second decision making. A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease alone is not a reason to take away driving privileges. But due to the progressive nature of Alzheimer’s, a person with the disease will eventually be unable to drive.[embed_youtube/p> [embed_youtubep>It’s often difficult...
Alzheimer’s and Aging – Why Our Brains Go Down the Drain with Age
This following is a guest post by Shannon Wills, who writes on the topic of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools . She welcomes your comments at her email: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Many of you are familiar with the horrifying statistics regarding Alzheimer’s Disease: · Over 5.2 million Americans are affected and the number...
Study Suggests Assisted Living Affordable Only to Wealthy
David Stevenson, an assistant professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School in Boston has been studying assisted living facilities and has found, not surprisingly that assisted living facilities are most often located in areas with higher levels of income, education and home values. The findings indicate that people with...
Don’t take quality of care and quality of life for granted
Guest video blog in Long-Term Living Magazine – don’t assume quality of care and quality of life.
Intergenerational Programs – Kindergarten in the Nursing Home
Loneliness, helplessness and boredom – 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 – these are just three of the things that plague society. So what better way to start...