A new study on Alzheimer’s disease by researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health finds that a culture change is desperately needed for to help improve the quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients in nursing homes. Facilities also need help to prepare for the millions of patients expected to be diagnosed with the disease in the next few decades.
In the near future, successful care for older adults will depend on bold and creative collaborations.
That’s the message aging pioneer Ken Dychtwald gave last month’s Aging in America conference. Dychtwald, CEO of the consulting group Age Wave, might as well have been describing the “strange bedfellows” collaboration between two organizations often considered mortal enemies – a county aging services agency and a managed health care plan
A new review of studies on breast cancer and elderly women by researchers at UCSF and the Harvard School of Medicine suggests that doctors should focus on how long a patient is likely to live when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients rather than order them routinely. The researchers say their study shows that the harms of screening likely outweigh the benefits unless women are expected to live at least another decade.
When Misao Okawa recently blew out her 116th candle, she also nabbed the bragging rights as the oldest person in the world. She, like the previous world’s oldest person, who died last year at 116, is of Japanese descent.
A new study from researchers at the University of Gothenburg finds difficulty hearing may affect the personalities of older adults.
Activism among the aging can help the brain and the body stay young.
The National Institutes of Health has just launched a new internet resource tool, called the End of Life Module, on end of life care. The resource provides users with information about the most common issues faced by people nearing the end of life, and their caregivers.
Improving the coordination of care for elderly patients with chronic diseases cuts health-care costs, reduces use of health services and decreases medical complications, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization with headquarters in Santa Monica.
A new study finds that about three out of four older Americans have multiple chronic health conditions, and more than 20 percent of them are being treated with drugs that work against each other. The study authors say that the problem is a result of a current approach in the United States of treating conditions one at a time rather than looking at the conditions together.
Telemental health — offering computer-based therapy sessions — has a promising future for older ethnic adults who face an uphill battle accessing services for common problems like depression and anxiety.