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The influence of regular reading, internet use, and social attachment on maintaining health literacy skills during ageing in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:A26 doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204726.52 Oral Presentations OP49 LC Kobayashi, J Wardle, C von Wagner +Author Affiliations Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Abstract Background Health literacy (the capacity to process and understand basic health information) is essential to health management, although health literacy skills decline with age. Whether cognitively stimulating […]

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Death is too Medicalized: Death Midwifery and Home Funerals

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Victoria Brewster, MSW Social Justice Solutions | Staff Writer Posted: 12/01/2014 11:47 Death Midwifery and Home Funerals By Cassandra Yonder This piece is an excerpt from the upcoming book: Journey’s End: Death, Dying, and the End of Life, written, compiled, and edited by Victoria Brewster, MSW and Julie Saeger Nierenberg, MA Ed with an anticipated

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Alive Inside Official Trailer 1 (2014) – Alzheimer’s

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Click in the link for trailer preview https://www.aliveinside.us/#land Help Spread the Music and Give New Life to Someone You Love No one wants to end up alone and isolated in a nursing home. It’s hard enough to lose someone you love to Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. It’s terrifying to think you could end

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Lancement de Neuro-Ludus – FREE French and English Cognitives skill training game

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Neuro-Ludus, jeu d’entrainement du cerveau, amusant, gratuit, accessible partout, en tout temps. Démonstration de Neuro-Ludus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAYN0xTfihM Jouez à Neuro-Ludus pour briller! À la suite d’une catastrophe écologique, une bactérie primitive s’est attaquée au cerveau des humains et menace d’éroder la supériorité de la race humaine sur les autres organismes vivants. Sauvez la race humaine! Jouez

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Unsung Heroes: The Face Of American Caregiving

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The Huffington Post | By Ann Brenoff and Shelley Emling Posted: 11/03/2014 8:32 am EST Updated: 11/17/2014 7:59 am EST We are the nation’s caregivers. We have stepped up to the challenge of caring for our aging relatives and loved ones — providing services that, if paid, would cost upward of$522 billion a year, according to

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Medications and Seniors: Can Technology Help?

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Posted on Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 02:15 PM As caregivers watch their loved ones age, one thing they’re sure to notice is the growing number medications they’re required to take for a wide range of medical conditions. Each prescription added to a drug regimen makes it that much harder to track each pill

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Biggest surprises in retirement? The experts weigh in

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The Great Recession served up some nasty financial surprises to retirees – the housing crash, job loss and shrunken 401(k)s top the list of causes for the retirement insecurity that so many face. But retirement can bring lifestyle surprises, too. It’s one of life’s biggest transitions, and a major leap into the unknown. Hoping to

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Top 10 Ways to Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month

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The National Family Caregiver Association Over 50 million Americans are recognized this month during National Family Caregivers Month. The estimated value of the “free” services provided by these family members caring for loved ones who are frail, chronically ill or disabled is conservatively estimated to be $306 billion annually. BouquetSponsored each year by the Caregiver

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Older brains benefit from all types of exercise

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Last updated: 30 October 2014 at 3am PST Many studies have told us exercise is good for the brain. But does it depend on the type of exercise? New research suggests not – at least for seniors. A study of older people found the brain benefits from many types of physical activities – and you

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Canadian Seniors Dance To “Happy”

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Published on Jul 10, 2014 After watching the “Happy” videos published around the world for the International Day of Happiness we set out to capture happy moments with our senior residents and our staff. After two months of attaining song rights and one month of filming at our twelve locations this is what we put

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