Fitbits can be used to determine residents’ physical activity levels
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2016
A Fitbit activity monitoring device can be used to measure how physically active your residents are, a new study suggests.
This may explain why some residents live way beyond 100
By
John O'Connor
Nov 22, 2019
A healthy diet, regular exercise and adequate rest can help your residents live longer. But to reach 110 or more years, they may need a secret weapon. And that weapon appears to be a rare type of T helper...
Memo to the kitchen staff: Easy on the canola oil
By
John O'Connor
Dec 12, 2017
One of the world’s most widely used vegetable oils may contribute to memory loss and learning challenges. And it also could make your residents gain more weight. At least, those are the suggestions...
Moderate weight training tied to fewer strokes and heart attacks
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2018
How can you help your residents reduce their chances of a heart attack or stroke by up to 70%? Just have them participate in one hour a week of weightlifting, a new study suggests.
Let’s worry about real threats
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
We have far more to dread than an Ebola outbreak.
An easier and cheaper way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease may be on the way
By
John O'Connor
Mar 04, 2020
A simple blood test might soon be all that’s needed to confirm Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.
House budget takes aim at health spending
By
John O'Connor
Mar 17, 2016
House Republicans unveiled a 2017 spending blueprint Tuesday that dramatically trims outlays for Medicare, Medicaid and other other health services by more than $1 trillion over the next decade.
Tablets making seniors more tech savvy
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among elders has helped them break the barrier of the “digital divide.”
Floating an alternative to assisted living
By
John O'Connor
Oct 23, 2017
For bargain-hunting seniors in reasonably good health, cruise ships may be a more affordable housing option than assisted living communities. So claims a recent article in USA Today.
Negative beliefs about aging a self-fulfilling prophecy?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2015
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found that individuals who hold negative beliefs about aging are more likely to have brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.