Assessments can help housing professionals address health issues: brief
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2016
Health impact assessments can help healthcare and housing professionals prevent falls and improve mental health in older adults, according to new issue briefs from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Fear, mistrust prevent residents in Medicaid-funded assisted living communities from having their mental...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2023
Fear of losing autonomy and mistrust of providers lead to unmet mental health needs of residents in Medicaid-funded assisted living communities, according to the results of a new study.
Past trauma tied to worse mental health during pandemic for aging women
Sep 24, 2021
A history of childhood abuse or intimate partner violence was linked to greater depression, anxiety and sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic among aging women.
Depressive symptoms increased among seniors during COVID-19
Dec 28, 2021
An increase was seen in the prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms accompanied by increased loneliness and worse quality of life.
Most older adults with COPD are doing well mentally
Dec 16, 2022
Being married and having a confidant, being physically active and having no lifetime history of major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder were associated with better mental health with...
Poll finds strong links between depression and lack of sleep
Mar 09, 2023
About 65% of adults who were dissatisfied with their sleep experience had mild or greater levels of depressive symptoms.
Tobacco, cannabis use tied to high rates of self-reported mental health Issues
Sep 15, 2023
Daily use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and cannabis was associated with both anxiety and depression.
AI ability to mimic empathy worries, rather than comforts, many researchers
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 04, 2024
Two studies evaluated AI’s use in two very important care contexts, mental health and cancer care, and noted concerns about mimicking empathy.
Assisted living workers say employers ‘fall short’ in mental health support during pandemic: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 07, 2021
The majority of frontline healthcare workers participating in a new survey have experienced adverse mental health effects from the pandemic, and 58% of assisted living and nursing home employees believe...