College Students Create Online Platform to Connect Young People With Seniors
ONEZERO.MEDIUM.COM
College Students Create Online Platform to Connect Young People With Seniors
For our local Point Pleasant residents.
PTBORO.COM
Operation Reassurance
Living alone without social interaction is implicated in higher rates of cardiovascular disease, worsening dementia and Alzheimer’s and shorter lives.
WSJ.COM
Isolating the Elderly Is Bad for Their Health
Some nursing homes are taking residents' stimulus checks, FTC warns
CNN.COM
Stimulus check warning: Nursing homes are stealing residents' checks, FTC report says
The aging-at-home movement, well under way when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, will likely be stoked by the staggering number of related deaths at U.S. nursing homes and other senior communities as well as the surge in telemedicine use.
WSJ.COM
Senior-Housing Communities Face Higher Vacancy Rates Amid Coronavirus
As Death Toll in Nursing Homes Climbs, Calls to Redesign Them Grow.
Advocates are challenging layouts that are efficient and cost effective but that may allow the coronavirus to spread faster.
NYTIMES.COM
As Death Toll in Nursing Homes Climbs, Calls to Redesign Them Grow
How Home-Based Care Businesses Are Combating the Worsening ‘Senior Loneliness Epidemic’
HOMEHEALTHCARENEWS.COM
How Home-Based Care Businesses Are Combating the Worsening ‘Senior Loneliness Epidemic’ - Home Health Care News
We’ve entered an unprecedented market for aging in place
https://rockhealth.com/aging-in-place/?mc_cid=7409f00edf&mc_eid=46cd8a202e
Covid Spurs Families to Shun Nursing Homes, a Shift That Appears Long Lasting
“I don’t think we’re ever going to go back...the drive to get every patient home who can be home is going to continue.”
WSJ.COM
Covid Spurs Families to Shun Nursing Homes, a Shift That Appears Long Lasting
Nearly every older American is being prescribed medications that can cause a fall
STUDYFINDS.ORG
Nearly every older American is being prescribed medications that can cause a fall - Study Finds
What the world looks like to someone living with dementia
https://www.studyfinds.org/what-world-looks-like-dementia/
STUDYFINDS.ORG
What the world looks like to someone living with dementia: Photos show distorted reality, even in own home - Study Finds
