Morning exercise can improve older adults’ decision-making throughout day
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2019
Here’s information your residents and employees can use: Moderate-intensity exercise in the morning improves cognitive performance, such as decision-making, in older adults throughout the day compared...
Aging successfully is not a game
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 15, 2020
Coming this summer wherever video games are sold: A product equally offensive to both millennials and senior living residents.
Shareholder plans vote against Capital board slate to ‘send a simple message’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2019
Capital Senior Living shareholder Cove Street Capital plans to vote against all three people up for election or re-election to the senior living company’s board at its May 14 annual meeting of stockholders...
Study: Cognitive assessments important in those with Parkinson’s
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2016
Having the cognitive ability to keep up with conversations often is more of an issue for those with Parkinson’s disease than are physical speech problems, according to new research.
Proposed border wall would affect senior community
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2017
A senior community in southern Texas has put a $1 million expansion plan on hold as it waits to learn more about the federal government’s plans for a border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Dr. Bill Thomas’ tiny house prototype now available for rent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 01, 2018
The prototype of a tiny house introduced about a year ago by Dr. Bill Thomas is now available for rent through AirBnB for those who would like to try it out.
Dementia diagnosis has ‘silver lining’ for many
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2016
A diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment may contain a “silver lining” for those with the disease, according to research presented Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International...
With a second round of stimulus checks on the way to many Americans, the Federal Trade Commission is advising consumers to report “grabby” assisted living and nursing home operators who try to take...
Another rant about language
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2019
It’s been a while since I’ve written about marketing or media messages that mischaracterize senior living or aging adults (and we’re all aging). A few uses of language caught my attention this past...
Medicaid block grants will help address ‘looming cost crisis’ due to aging population, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2020
The Medicaid block grant program announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services won’t directly affect elderly and disabled beneficiaries, CMS Administrative Seema Verma said, but...