Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Frequent Use of Technology Slows Cognitive Decline: Empowering Seniors to Thrive in a Digital Age

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A recent Newsweek article  boldly declared: "[o]lder adults who frequently use digital technology may experience slower rates of cogni...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

American Heart Association Updates Recommendations for Age-appropriate Heart Disease Care

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As bodies age, heart muscles and arteries can change in ways that increase the risk for heart disease. A ccording to the American Heart Asso...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

CDC Reports that LTC the Overwhelming Source of Legionnaires' in Healthcare Facilities

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Legionnaires' disease tends to be more common and deadly within post-acute care facilities than others — and providers need to do mor...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Facial Injuries in Nursing Homes Underappreciated and Contribute Significantly to Healthcare Costs

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A recent study illustrates yet another reason that consumers should plan to "Age in Place," and avoid unnecessary and avoidable...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Can Aging be Stopped and/or Reversed?

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An intriguing article, " Purging the body of 'retired' cells could reverse ageing , " published in the Guardian , reconsi...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Considerations in Crafting Health Care Proxies or Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care

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The most important document in your estate plan is the document appointing a health care proxy.  In Ohio and in Missouri this document is ca...
Monday, July 25, 2016

There is a Shortage of Health Care Professionals Capable of Serving the Elderly Population

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There is a troubling shortage of health care professionals specializing in treating and caring for the elderly, according to an article p...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Parents May Be Refused Details of Adult Child's Medical Care

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Michelle Andrews, from Kaiser Health News , has penned an excellent article explaining why many adult children should execute health care...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Nursing Home Residents Twice as Likely to Suffer Fractures

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A Canadian survey has revealed that older adults living in long-term care facilities are more than twice as likely as their peers living at ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Trouble With Advance Directives

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Where are your advance directives?  Are they up-to date? A recent article in the New York Times highlights two major problems with ...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Autism Patients Share Common Pattern Of Brain Inflammation

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From Sarah Klein , Senior Editor, Health and Fitness, for the Huffington Post; While science has yet to pinpoint the exact cause of ...
Monday, September 1, 2014

Hospitals Referring to Fewer SNF's

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According to Jeff Terkowitz , senior manager with Avalere , between 2009 and 2012 – the most recent year for which CMS has released compreh...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Medicare Home Health Care Benefits

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One common objective of estate and financial plans is the avoidance of institutionalization. Most folks prefer home care, or "aging ...