Senate Finance Committee passes Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act … Fed votes to leave interest rates unchanged … Loneliness is a heritable trait, study finds … Can nicotine protect...
Older adults already are taking advantage of remote monitoring, smartphone apps and ambient computing to help them age in place, and they have the means to motivate technology companies to keep the innovations...
Public policy issues on agenda for Argentum ‘fly-in’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2016
Approximately 100 senior living CEOs, senior vice presidents, executive directors and other leaders, as well as Argentum staff members, are descending on the nation’s capital Tuesday and Wednesday...
Where your new residents are moving from
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2016
A new survey of visitors to senior care-related websites reveals where older adults are living and, when they are residing in senior living communities, where they moved from. Survey results also detail...
CDC: More than one-third of those 75+ not physically active
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that 26.9% of people aged 65 to 74 years and 35.3% of people aged 75 or more years are not physically active beyond the basic movements...
More news for Friday, Sept. 16
Sep 15, 2016
Program employs a handyman to upgrade low-income seniors’ health … Startup wants to be Airbnb for assisted living … NIH award expands landmark Alzheimer’s biomarker study …...
Adult children dread discussing senior living with aging parents: poll
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2016
The most-dreaded topic of discussion that adult children have regarding their aging parents involves the older adults’ perceived need for assisted living and long-term care, according to respondents...
People in the news, Sept. 13
Sep 12, 2016
Appointments, promotions and awards involving Life Care Services, Lutheran Senior Services, Plante Moran Living Forward, Sedgebrook, Senior Care Development and Watercrest Senior Living Group.