Recent news about the high rate of Medicare patients being readmitted within 30 days should alert families to the importance of good follow-through and follow-up after any hospitalization. Eldercare Services, a Geriatric Care Management company announces a program for families and individuals that assists...
U.K. Cancer Centre Begins Innovative Radiotherapy Treatment With Four Elekta Systems
Think Memory Worsens With Age? Then Yours Probably Will
Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly on tests of memory actually score much worse than seniors who do not buy in to negative...
Continuity Of Care For Older Adults From Outpatient To Hospital Is Low, And Decreasing
The proportion of Medicare patients experiencing continuity of care between outpatient and inpatient settings decreased substantially between 1996 and 2006, with decreases occurring in all areas of the country and in all types of hospitals, according to a study in the April 22/29 issue of JAMA. Continuity...
Older People’s Lives Are Getting Worse, According To New Charity For Older People, UK
Older people feel their lives are getting worse according to a new report from leading older people’s charity, Age Concern and Help the Aged(1). One in four UK older people (24 per cent), the equivalent of nearly 2.5 million individuals, admit their quality of life has deteriorated in the last...
Vitamin D Supplements Associated With Reduced Fracture Risk In Older Adults
Oral vitamin D supplements at a dose of at least 400 international units per day are associated with a reduced risk of bone fractures in older adults, according to results of a meta-analysis published in the March 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “The...
Unexpected Side Effect: Makes You Happier
In a study published in The Journals of Gerontology (Medical Sciences), researchers found that a brain fitness program measured initially for its impact on cognitive abilities in older adults also had a significant beneficial impact on symptoms of depression. The findings are part of an ongoing study...
Research Scientists At Einsten Receive $10 Million NIH Grant To Focus On Processes For Healthy Aging
Four Albert Einstein College of Medicine faculty members were awarded a five-year, $10-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study autophagy - a fundamental cell process that may hold the key to aging. Autophagy (which literally means “self-eating”) refers to several surveillance...
Minister Hoctor Opens Home Instead Senior Care Office, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Máire Hoctor, Minister for Older People opened the office of Home Instead Senior Care at Racecourse Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Home Instead Senior Care was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 and in June 1995, the company began franchising. By 1998, Home Instead Senior Care had grown to 99 offices...
New Jersey Elderly Immigrants Increasingly Using Adult Health Day Care Centers
The number of elderly Hispanics, Koreans and Russian residents in New Jersey using adult health day care centers has increased to the extent that facilities are beginning to require the availability of culturally appropriate services, the Bergen Record reports. Seniors using such centers require daily...
Teaching About Financial Crisis Among Gerontology Meeting’s Highlights
The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America, will hold its 35th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference February 26 - March 1, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel-Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX. This conference provides...