Gaps exist in studying impact of mental health hotlines
Oct 28, 2022
Veteran hotlines typically reached older men.
Communication, documentation key in COVID litigation defense, legal experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 28, 2022
COVID-19 continues to challenge senior living and other long-term care providers on various levels. But the message from the legal field remains consistent: communicate and document.
Low-carbohydrate diet yields greater decrease in HbA1c
Oct 27, 2022
Reductions in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and body weight at six months was greater with a low-carbohydrate diet versus usual diet in individuals with elevated untreated HbA1c.
Higher vitality means healthier residents, more productive workforce: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2022
Individuals with higher vitality experience a wide range of benefits, from better mental and physical health to higher job satisfaction and performance, and those aged 65 to 75 have higher levels of vitality...
Medically tailored meals could avert hospitalizations, yield savings
Oct 26, 2022
Implementation of medically tailored meals potentially could avert 1.6 million hospitalizations and yield net savings of $13.6 billion per year.
Middle market is ‘the future of life plan communities,’ providers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2022
Serving middle-income individuals is the future of life plan communities, Episcopal Retirement Services President and CEO Laura Lamb says.
Veterans nursing home system explores offering assisted living
By
Joe Bush
Oct 26, 2022
Mired in a 40-year-old system it no longer believes is effective, the Missouri Veterans Commission is pushing to expand the offerings its nursing homes to possibly include assisted living.
Heart failure mortality lower with healthier food environment
Oct 25, 2022
A lower county food insecurity percentage and a higher county food environment index were linked to a lower heart failure mortality rate.
One-year mortality 13.4 percent for seniors after major surgery
Oct 25, 2022
THe one-year mortality following major surgery increased for adults aged 65 years or older with frailty or probable dementia.
1 in 10 older adults have dementia, and that’s going to grow with aging population boom
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2022
The first nationally representative study of cognitive impairment and dementia in more than 20 years found nearly one in 10 US older adults has dementia, and 22% have mild cognitive impairment.