Falls requiring medical attention tied to later dementia diagnosis
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HealthDay News
Oct 02, 2024
The authors say that the findings warrant cognitive screening after a fall resulting in an emergency department or inpatient encounter.
Your favorite columns of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
Just like last year, 2021 was dominated by the coronavirus. So also like 2020, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns this year when we examined...
Fighting the biggest threats to older adult health and wellness
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2023
Two toolkits are out to help senior living providers and others address some of the biggest threats to older adult health and wellness: influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, COVID-19 and falls.
Virtual technology could offer real solutions for clinical, social challenges
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2016
Senior living communities soon may be using virtual reality technology on a regular basis to help residents cross items off their bucket lists, engage with fellow residents and address physical issues.
Falls prevention is everyone’s responsibility — from care team to C-suite, speaker says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2019
From the CEO and the administrator — everyone is responsible for preventing falls and looking at what’s going on in the environment, what’s going on with residents, because they come in contact with...
CDC report details characteristics of assisted living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2016
A new report details ADL assistance needed and other characteristics of residents of assisted living and similar residential communities.
Technology that detects falls helps reduce ED visits by 80 percent, study finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
An artificial intelligence-enabled camera system helped senior living communities reduce visits from emergency medical teams by 75% and visits to emergency departments by 80% by detecting falls among...
Dementia, affordable housing advocates cheer spending bill provisions
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
Supporters of Alzheimer’s disease-related health promotion, dementia research, falls prevention and affordable housing are cheering provisions contained in a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page fiscal year...
Dementia drug helps prevent falls in those with Parkinson’s
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 13, 2016
A drug commonly prescribed to treat symptoms of dementia could help prevent falls for people with Parkinson’s disease, according to new research.
Keeping senior living residents safe with video and audio analytics
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Paul Baratta
Sep 15, 2022
Typically thought of as strictly security technology, today’s surveillance devices are proving that they go far beyond traditional “security” applications, contributing to overall resident safety...