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Building a Safety Net for Elder Care: More Home-Based Models are Needed
The St. Louis Today, reported on the need that our communities have to build a strong home-based and community-based system for those who can pay for care and those who can’t pay for it. Building a...
View ArticleTechnologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents
89% of Americans do not want to leave their homes when they age. Most of these people will be live alone and receive support from a variety of health and community-based providers, family caregivers....
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Exercise and the “Mediterranean Diet” the best options to prevent Dementia,...
In a recent article appeared on The Hartford Courant of Connecticut , the fact of Alzheimer’s disease being uncurable and sriking 1 in 8 of us alarmed many. Nonetheless, the article explains that...
View ArticleBrain Wellness À la Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As of August 2010, the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales and in December...
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International Symposium on Healthy Aging: Monday, September 13, 1pm-5pm
Co-Sponsored by: UCB School of Public Health; the UCB Retirement Center; the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley; UCB Resource Center on Aging; UCB...
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Chronic Disease and Improved Healthcare Outcomes Through Telehealth Monitoring
As healthcare costs continue to increase, the government’s primary focus has been geared towards inpatient hospital stays for acute or chronic conditions. Acute or chronic conditions that could have...
View ArticleIf you have Alzheimer’s you can have whatever you want: GIVING ALZHEIMER’S...
There are some caregivers -in family settings- or in nursing homes that have found that allowing people with dementia practically anything that brings comfort to them, improves the mood, decreases...
View ArticleNew Devices Help Seniors Stay Longer in Their Own Homes.
An article supporting Living Well’s high-tech – high touch approach, was published by Health Day: News for Healthier Living on January 18 by Dennis Thompson. The article stresses the importance of...
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“IF I ever need to go to a nursing home, kill me first”
Aging in Place: You do not need to leave your home! Given that 89% of people do not want to leave their homes, this statement featured on the article The Technology for Monitoring Elderly Relatives on...
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Dangers of Common Painkillers: There’s mounting evidence that regular use is...
A recent article on AARP states that “…Most of us don’t think twice about taking a nonprescription pain reliever to ease a headache or soreness that might follow a game of tennis, but there is growing...
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Anemia in Older Adults Might Increase Risk for Dementia
A new study published in Neurology suggests that older adults with anemia have an increased risk of developing dementia. Read more about the study and findings.
View ArticleTechnologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents
89% of Americans do not want to leave their homes when they age. Most of these people will be live alone and receive support from a variety of health and community-based providers, family caregivers....
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New Study – Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed through mental exercises and...
Alzheimer’s disease is a terrible thing. It destroys a patient’s mind, memory, and personality, leaving them just a shadow of the person they once were. It is a degenerative disease, and once someone...
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Pilot exercise program may help dementia patients
Researchers at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have developed and tested a pilot exercise program for dementia patients. The program,...
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Hearing Loss and Dementia
The estimates for people who are hard of hearing and/or deaf across America vary from 22 million to 36 million. The figures are based on statistics from The National Center for Health Statistics...
View ArticlePilot Study Tests Drug that Reverses Parkinson’s and Dementia Symptoms
In a pilot study at Georgetown University Medical Center, researchers found that small doses of the cancer drug nilotinib (used in the treatment of leukemia), appear to dramatically reduce symptoms in...
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