Cornell pilot program helps dementia patients manage meds … Vaccines 94% effective in protecting healthcare workers … New platform reaches vaccine-hesitant … Outset Medical joins home health coalition...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, May 13
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 13, 2021
Poll finds most unvaccinated adults don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine … Meditation and spiritual fitness may improve cognitive function of seniors … AMC Health launches home monitoring of Rhode Island...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, May 6
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
HomeWell grows revenues and franchisees in Q1… Prospero Health adds two home-based medical care leaders … Former retirement executive joins Senior Helpers … Ohio hospital pulls plug on home health...
Resistance exercise may be better for improving sleep
Mar 14, 2022
A self-reported increase in sleep duration was seen with resistance exercise but not aerobic exercise, combined exercise or no exercise (control).
Chronic kidney disease may be overestimated in the elderly
Sep 08, 2021
Using a fixed estimated glomerular filtration rate threshold rather than an age-adapted definition may overestimate the burden of CKD.
Arthritis may increase risk of falling into poverty
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2015
Researchers have identified another arthritis challenge: possible poverty. For women, the risk appears to be three times higher, they found.
Senior housing construction may outpace demand
By
Emily Mongan
Aug 12, 2015
The current boom in senior housing building may outpace demand and lead to trouble for real estate companies, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
More news for Thursday, Oct. 29
Oct 28, 2015
Developer of rejected assisted-living proposal sues zoners … Sued over tax rebate, city admits it underpaid senior living complex … Man gets prison for stealing TVs at senior complex …...
A 4-letter word, hope, can affect older adults’ wellness goals: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2022
Hope is a four-letter word, one that can make the difference in motivating older adults to move toward their wellness goals, according to the results of a new study from the Mather Institute.
Friendship through nursing
May 18, 2016
The Nightingales, a group of 40 retired nurses who live at Friendship Village Tempe, an Arizona retirement community, met May 6 as National Nurses Week began. Read how another community celebrated, too,...