Create a healthier senior living environment with destratification fans
By
Christian Avedon
Feb 08, 2024
In senior living communities, the health and well-being of residents are top priorities — and indoor air quality is crucial in those environments. Poor indoor air quality contributes to a variety of...
The importance of indoor air quality for prospective residents of senior living
By
Carolina Campanella, Ph.D.
Jan 20, 2022
Now is the time to listen to the concerns of prospective residents and their families and take actions to provide a safer, healthier living environment and raise consumer confidence.
EEOC rule would allow only minor incentives to encourage worker participation in wellness plans
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 12, 2020
Employers would only be able to offer minor incentives to encourage employees to participate in wellness plans, under a rule proposed Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Study finds irregular sleep patterns can double the risk of cardiovascular disease in older adults
By
John O'Connor
Mar 03, 2020
Senior living residents with irregular sleep patterns — those who have no regular bedtime and wake-up schedule, or they get varying nightly amounts of sleep — are almost twice as likely to develop...
19% of older adults don’t plan to get flu vaccine: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2019
Nineteen percent of people aged 60 or more years do not plan to get vaccinated against influenza this year, according to a new AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s top list of older adult death causes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2019
Heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease were the three leading causes of death for those aged 85 or more years in 2017, according to a newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Computers increasingly lure older adults to sedentary life, risking health
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2019
An increasing percentage of Americans aged 65 or more years have been spending time sitting at computers, despite public health messages that such inactivity increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease,...
Dementia-related deaths have more than tripled since 2000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 15, 2019
“If all four dementia causes were counted together, dementia would have been the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2017,” according to the authors of a new report.
CDC report updates profile of assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2019
Bathing is the most common activity of daily living with which residents of assisted living or similar residential communities need help, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
FDA-cleared wearables are the future of senior care
By
Jiang Li
Jan 10, 2019
Greater access to proven remote patient monitoring technologies can lead to safer and more effective healthcare among older adults while also reducing the cost and burden incurred through senior care.