A Feb. 11 event at Harvard had many take-home messages for senior living communities and their residents.
Analysis: Senior living operators have leverage in efforts to save healthcare dollars
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2020
SAN DIEGO — A new analysis makes a case for senior living operators to leverage the value of their settings to work with payers and healthcare providers to improve resident health and save the healthcare...
LeadingAge on Wednesday urged federal policymakers “to address the needs of older adults living in other congregate and community-based settings” in addition to the needs of nursing home residents...
Study finds ‘digital divide’ with internet use among older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2020
Some older adults may be missing out on the health and wellness benefits that can result from internet use, according to the results of a newly published study, who noted a “digital divide.”
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...
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Nov 21, 2019
EEOC hears testimony about pay data collection from employers … House holds hearing on resident health and safety in HUD housing … For residents with back pain and sleep disturbances, yoga...
Strength training can reduce mortality
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 26, 2016
Older adults who participate in strength training twice a week lower their odds of dying compared with those who do not, and they even see benefits compared with those who participate in regular physical...
4 big issues for NCAL
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 06, 2015
National Center for Assisted Living leaders are watching an alphabet soup of policy and regulatory-related issues, which they detailed at an Oct. 6 session during the American Health Care Association/NCAL...
Older adults need outdoor spaces: research
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2016
New research touts the health benefits that older adults can realize from spending time outdoors at the same time that the authors of another study assert that neighborhood parks need to do more to attract...