Category: mobility

6/7/2013 - Fine Print and Red Tape in Long-Term Care Policies

One of the big reasons people buy long-term care insurance is to avoid burdening a spouse or grown children when they can no longer care for themselves. But some family members are shouldering another type of burden: one that involves piles of paperwork and repeated phone calls, as they are forced to navigate a labyrinth of requirements… Read more 6/7/2013 - Fine Print and Red Tape in Long-Term Care Policies

6/7/2013 - The Future of Home Sweet Home (Part I): Housing

An increase in older Americans deciding to ‘age-in-place’ has left many communities adapting to their ever-changing needs. Read the full article at AARP.

6/5/2013 - There's proof: Sunscreen reduces skin aging

It turns out sunscreen does more than protect you from cancer and painful sunburns — it offers a boost to simple vanity. A new study finds that regular sunscreen use protects against photoaging: the wrinkling, spotting and loss of elasticity caused by exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. Read the full article at CNN.

6/3/2013 - The Home Care Revolution: Robots and Eldercare’s Future

If you are 55 years old, you could wake up 30 years from now to the warm, affectionate voice of your personal care robot, asking what you would like for breakfast and why you slept for only 5.8 hours last night instead of your usual 7.3. Read the full article at New American Media.

5/31/2013 - Trapped in the Hospital Bed

Healthy older adults at home are on their feet more than six hours a day. But in this small study, hospitalized patients in their 70s spent 83 percent of their time in bed, according to the accelerometers attached to their thighs and ankles to measure movement. Read the full article at The New York Times.

5/31/2013 - The Family Caregiver Turns Pro

Everyone who thinks about the so-called work force problem for the elderly can see big trouble coming. Who’s going to provide care for the growing number of old people who, even with enormous efforts from family members, will most likely need more help? Or who don’t have families? And who prefer, overwhelmingly, to stay in… Read more 5/31/2013 - The Family Caregiver Turns Pro

5/30/2013 - Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says

Researchers have known for some time that life expectancy is declining for the country’s least educated white women, but they have not been able to explain why. A new study has found that the two factors most strongly associated with higher death rates were smoking and not having a job. Read the full article at… Read more 5/30/2013 - Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says

5/30/2013 - Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture

High Rates of Poverty, Disability and Mental Illness Haunt Elderly, Pose Growing Economic Challenge. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

5/29/2013 - Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future

It’s been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Older Americans Act (OAA) in the White House Rose Garden. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The legislation was written in response to concerns that there weren’t enough social services to support our country’s seniors. Read the full article at Public Broadcasting System… Read more 5/29/2013 - Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future

5/29/2013 - Parent lifespan tied to children’s cancer risk

The children of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer themselves and are 25 percent less likely to get cancer, research shows. Read the full article at Futurity.