Category: mobility

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3/5/2013 - Fear of Falling

by on March 5, 2013 5:21 pm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one of every three adults older than 65 years will fall each year (Jong’s Isadora would be 69 this year), and in that demographic, falls are the leading cause of injury death. For many seniors, the real risk and potential complications of falls can be exceeded by the… Read more 3/5/2013 - Fear of Falling
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3/3/2013 - Aging parents worry about adult children with disabilities

by on March 4, 2013 6:20 pm
Across the country, according to U.S. Census figures, 20 percent of adults below age 65 have developmental or physical disabilities – and almost 70 percent of the families of special-needs adults in a recent MetLife survey said they worried about their offspring’s future. Read the full article at The Sacramento Bee.
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3/1/2013 - Why Can’t I Live With People Like Me?

by on March 4, 2013 5:40 pm
Urban planners, mindful that most Americans live in sprawling, car-reliant suburbs, are designing more elder-friendly, walkable communities, far from “real” cities. Houses and apartments are built around village greens, with pockets of commerce instead of distant strip malls. Some have community centers for congregate meals and activities; others share gardens, where people can get their… Read more 3/1/2013 - Why Can’t I Live With People Like Me?

2/28/2013 - For the Elderly, Medical Procedures to Avoid

by on February 28, 2013 9:03 pm
The Choosing Wisely campaign, an initiative by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation in partnership with Consumer Reports, kicked off last spring. It is an attempt to alert both doctors and patients to problematic and commonly overused medical tests, procedures and treatments. Among the 18 new lists released last week are recommendations from geriatricians… Read more 2/28/2013 - For the Elderly, Medical Procedures to Avoid

2/25/2013 - Health effects of retirement have proved hard for researchers to assess

by on February 26, 2013 7:15 pm
When people stop working, everything about their weekday schedule changes. Their lives may move more slowly and be more relaxed. Losing work-related stress may come as a huge relief — and be good for your health. But losing your everyday movement and social interaction can also harm your health. So what is likely to happen… Read more 2/25/2013 - Health effects of retirement have proved hard for researchers to assess
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2/15/2013 - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Aging: An Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker's Conversation-Starter on Women and Aging

by on February 15, 2013 11:52 pm
Ten years ago, when I began work on the short documentary that would become Kings Point, issues of aging weren’t really a part of the public discussion. In a way, that helped me: because they were not talking with one another or their children, the subjects of my film—my grandmother’s friends and neighbors in her… Read more 2/15/2013 - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Aging: An Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker's Conversation-Starter on Women and Aging
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2/15/2013 - Sun City It’s Not

by on February 15, 2013 8:20 pm
When the co-op conversion wave began in New York City in the 1960s, singles and young married couples flocked to the Upper West Side hoping to get a piece of the action. Some of those people, now in their 70s, are still there, cemented in place by apartments bought for a song or equally treasured… Read more 2/15/2013 - Sun City It’s Not
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2/5/2013 - In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs

by on February 5, 2013 6:29 pm
Research shows that the ties which lead adult children to become caregivers — depending on how much contact they have with parents, how nearby they live, how obligated they feel — are weaker in stepchildren. Money sometimes enters the equation too, if biological children resent a parent’s spending their presumed inheritance on care for an… Read more 2/5/2013 - In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs

2/4/2013 - Therapy Plateau No Longer Ends Coverage

by on February 4, 2013 5:01 pm
The settlement of a class-action lawsuit last month now means that Medicare is prohibited from denying patients coverage for skilled nursing care, home health services or outpatient therapy because they had reached a “plateau,” and their conditions were not improving. That will allow people with Medicare who have chronic health problems and disabilities to get… Read more 2/4/2013 - Therapy Plateau No Longer Ends Coverage

2/2/2013 - Weighing the End of Life

by on February 2, 2013 4:26 pm
When asked whether it was time to put Byron “to sleep,” our vet said he used the 50 percent rule: Were at least half of Byron’s days good days? Or was it two bad days for every good? When you get to the latter, he explained, it’s time. Of course, we can’t have a 50… Read more 2/2/2013 - Weighing the End of Life