_ Assisted Living3 Ways to Help a Loved One Receive Proper Nursing Home Care By Sondra Forsyth articleIt’s an almost weekly occurrence across the country. Nursing homes face lawsuits over patients who develop severe bedsores that in … Read More→
_ Alternative Health Medical Marijuana Senior Health7 Reasons Why More Grandparents than Ever are Using Marijuana By Katherine Grames articleThe legalization of medical and recreational marijuana across the country is changing the nation’s perception of what used to be … Read More→
_ How to Beat the Bad-Guy Rap in Discussions with Aging Parents By Jane Farrell articleAs two gray-haired gentlemen set their trays on the table next to me at Panera Bread, one of them asked … Read More→
_ What's Behind the Aging Process? By Jane Farrell articleResearchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, have made a breakthrough in understanding the origin of … Read More→
_ Assisted LivingHow Do You Know if an Assisted Living Community is Great, Good, or Bad? By Jane Farrell articleYou’ve probably heard the wise advice to make two visits each assisted living facility you’re considering – one scheduled visit … Read More→
_ Turning Back the Clock on Aging By Sondra Forsyth articleUniversity of California — Los Angeles (UCLA) biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine, turning … Read More→
_ Frailty and Older Men By Jane Farrell articleFrailty can have devastating health consequences in older adults: It raises the risk of falling, breaking a bone, becoming hospitalized, … Read More→
_ Understanding the Effects of DNA Damage in Order to Make Healthy Aging Possible By Sondra Forsyth articleThe heredity substance DNA is the blueprint of our life. Like an instruction manual, it contains all the information needed … Read More→
_ New Method Forecasts Which Long-Term Care Patients Are at Risk of Fracture By Jane Farrell articleA new way to predict the risk of falls in long-term care patients has been developed by researchers. The study … Read More→
_ Skin HealthFive Post-Summer Skin Problems and How to Solve Them By Jane Farrell articleAs we head into the cooler months, we may notice changes to texture, tone, perhaps some breakouts and overall ruddiness … Read More→
_ Suicide Rates for Men Over the Age of 70 Are Higher Than in Any Other Group of People By Sondra Forsyth article(Editor’s note: If you or your loved ones are in danger of committing suicide please call 911 or contact the … Read More→
_ Some Stem Cells May Control Aging By Jane Farrell articleNew research has pinpointed the exact cells in the brain’s hypothalamus that influence how fast physical aging occurs. The finding, … Read More→
_ Aging Could be Affected by Just Smelling Food By Jane Farrell articleAccording to new research, the goal of reasonable eating that extends lifespan may have as much to do with what’s “eating” you … Read More→
Study finds day-to-day experiences affect awareness of aging, mood By Jane Farrell articleA study of older adults finds an individual’s awareness of aging is not as static as previously thought, and that … Read More→
_ Centenarians and Better Health By Jane Farrell articleWhen it comes to aging successfully and remaining in good health, are centenarians the perfect role models? Or is extreme … Read More→
_ "Wise Elders" and What They Can Teach Us By Jane Farrell articleWhy do “wise elders” sidestep the cognitive decline associated with aging? New research may have the answer. An international team … Read More→
_ The Longevity Gene that Isn't Permanent By Jane Farrell articleVariants of a gene thought to be linked to longevity appear to influence aging into the 90s, but do not … Read More→
_ Geriatrics Experts Oppose Budget Cuts Affecting Older Americans By Jane Farrell articleThe American Geriatrics Society (AGS) voiced deep concern for proposed cuts to geriatrics health professions programs (which would be eliminated), … Read More→