A new web site, Age and Experience is attempting to engage employers to use older people in the workforce. They launched the site because of their frustration with what the perceive happens to workers of a certain age – furloughed, discriminated against, etc. The organizers run their own manufacturing business...
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See Click Fix – An Idea for Aging
See, Click, Fix is an interesting societal experiement that connects citizens to each other and city hall to get things fixed. Through their platform, anyone can report and track non-emergency issues anywhere in the world via the internet. In the process this empowers citizens, community groups, media organizations and governments...
Sing a New Song – Songwriters Work Educational Foundation
I came across a great find that might be of interest to you. Songwriting Works䋢 Educational Foundation serves hundreds of elders, families and practitioners by pairing professional songwriters with elders to compose original songs. To date, 3,000 participants have composed 300 songs. In their workshops, participants collaborate with professional songwriters...
Exposure to Loud Traffic Noise Can Increase the Risk of Stroke
Exposure to loud traffic noise can increase the risk of stroke in people over the age of 65.æ Danish researchers found that for every 10 decibels that noise went up, the risk of stroke went up 14 percent. Prior studies have linked traffic noise with increased risk of heart attack...
Aerobic Exercise Can Increase Brain Size
Aerobic exercise can increase the size of the aging brain’s hippocampus, the part that houses memory and spatial navigation, researchers report. Researchers studied 120 older adults (ages 55 to 80) who didn’t normally exercise regularly, over the course of a year. Half of the group was assigned to an aerobic...
Hospice Provides Alternative Therapies
Approximately 42% of U.S. hospices are offering alternative therapies such as massages or pet therapy, which are considered äóìcomplementary and alternativeäó therapies that don’t fall under the rubric of standard care. Almost 72% of American hospices that offer alternative therapies now offer massages, while 69% provide support group therapy and...
Blood Test for Alzheimer’s. Would You Want to Know?
Scientists have developed an antibody-screening blood test that may one day be used to detect diseases such as Alzheimer’s. The test allows scientists to identify biomarkers for any disease to which the immune system reacts. Additional testing needs to be conducted before this can be introduced into mainstream medicine. Independently,...
Physician Compare Now on CMS Site
CMS has released a new resource:æ Physician Compare.æ It is required by the Affordable Care Act. The Physician Compare website is designed to people locate health professionals in their communities.æ By simply choosing a zip code and specialty, the website provides contact information for offices, whether the professional speaks a...
Jack LaLanne – What Can You Say – Incredible Role Model
Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru died January 23 at age 96. Lalanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, his agent said. His advice is timeless: “The only way you can hurt the body is not use it,” “Inactivity is the killer and, remember,...
Oxygen Therapy for COPD Has Other Consequences
Individuals on long-term oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been found to face greater risk of death from other diseases, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers enrolled 7,600 patients who had oxygen therapy and studied them...