The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has launched a new site that can help you find information, tools, and consumer advice to use and protect the value in your home. Get custom advice for your life situationÛÓeven if you need help now. It was created by the nonprofit National Council...
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9% of 60+ Live Below Poverty and Missing Out on Benefits (VIDEO)
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9% of 60+ Live Below Poverty and Missing Out on Benefits
Many seniors are missing out on benefits of which they are entitled according to the National Council on Aging. In a recent brief they cited lack of awareness about benefits, perceived (real or otherwise) complexity of applications, the stigma associated with receiving entitlements, and not understanding who may be eligible....
Seniors May Benefit from Moving into a Community
Atria Senior Living and the International Longevity Center (ILC-USA) recently published the results of a six-month survey looking at satisfaction of seniors living in independent and assisted living communities. The study suggests that seniors in congregate living situations can experience greater subjective well-being in this type of setting. Keep in...
Person Centered Care Program Gets People Back to Home from Nursing Home
As much as they’d like to think it’s possible, elderly residents in long-term care facilities have come to accept that a nursing home might be the last place they will call home. But a new pilot project, called Project Home, helped 60% of project’s participants transition from long-term care facilities...
Beyond Dementia – Reasons for Nursing Home Admissions and What You Can Do For Your Elders
The Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged examines predictors of nursing home admissions among seniors without a dementia diagnosis. It is one of the first analyses that don’t consider dementia. 1,024 elderly adults over 75 without dementia were interviewed six times on average every 1.4 years, according to the report....
Fall Prevention Needs to Be Stepped Up
Fall prevention (not the season – I love fall!) needs to be stepped up. In fact, the long-term care arena and smart administrators should adopt fall prevention as a strategic cause. Here is more reasons why. Three in 10 elderly patients who sought care in an emergency room after a...
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,...
Guest Blog in Long-Term Living Magazine
Read and view our guest blog in Long-Term Living Magazine.
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...