tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post4191373156276116798..comments2024-03-04T02:43:55.168-08:00Comments on better with age: Aging in America 2015 conference highlightsawe somehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17131574629868374726noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-57791900391625622972021-06-16T07:41:17.140-07:002021-06-16T07:41:17.140-07:00Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing knowledge wi...Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing knowledge with us. This site is fantastic. I always find great knowledge from it. <a href="https://www.smartpropertyprojects.com.au/preventative-maintenance/" rel="nofollow">Aged Care Maintenance</a> <br />Micheal Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475927639200371365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-18938124163537416102018-01-07T02:17:12.201-08:002018-01-07T02:17:12.201-08:00For those people whose relative are suffering from...For those people whose relative are suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and maybe reading this, I find it hard that people are still ignorant of herbal medicine when it comes to treating Alzheimer’s Disease.<br />I have been through many phases over the last couple of years since my father's diagnosis, he was 53 years old and had Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and his diagnosis changed my life in many ways, I spend most of the time in denial and I keep thinking the tests were wrong. But deep down I knew they were correct. Though sharing his story is very difficult. He was always very successful in being able to accomplish anything he set his mind on doing. Alzheimer’s is a bitch of a disease. It began by robbing his recent memory, but it didn't stop there. It continues to steal, taking the most recent memories until it has pilfered all but the oldest memories, he experienced a decline in his ability to think, remember and make decisions. I feel a need to express my thoughts and feelings about how it affected his day to day living and how its deteriorated since despite the help of some wonderful medics and medicine.<br />I remind myself how lucky to come across Charanjit rychtova's herbal medicine which is able to control this disease without any side effect, I felt a moment of relief hoping that he is free from this ailment, and nothing compares to the healing power of nature. Now I believe almost every health problem can be addressed in one natural way or another. The only thing I wanted was for him to feel better. I’m proud to say my Dad is Alzheimer’s free. You can also contact him for advice and more info. charantova@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802332928157495767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-51050316117336424902017-03-24T23:25:36.050-07:002017-03-24T23:25:36.050-07:00With Age Comes a Mouthful of Trouble
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TH...With Age Comes a Mouthful of Trouble<br />Paula Span<br />THE NEW OLD AGE MARCH 23, 2017<br />…Medicare has never provided dental care, except for certain medical conditions, and California’s Medicaid program covers only some services, at reimbursement rates so low that most of the state’s dentists do not accept Medicaid patients at all.<br />…Many Americans find it difficult to obtain adequate dental care, but the problem is particularly acute among older Americans… Fewer than half of Medicare beneficiaries have visited a dentist in the past year, a rate that sinks to 26 to 28 percent at lower income levels.<br />At the West Center, where the average patient lives on $850 a month, “they often haven’t seen a dentist in 10 or 20 years,” Dr. Becerra said. “They’d end up in the E.R. when the pain got unbearable.” She has seen patients who have pulled their own teeth.<br />About 20 percent of Americans over age 65 have untreated cavities, the National Center for Health Statistics has reported, with cavities much more prevalent among blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Among those over age 75, a quarter have lost all their teeth.<br />Still, better hygiene and fluoridation means more older people have more teeth to preserve, over lengthened life spans, than in the past. Decades back, “losing your teeth and getting dentures was the expectation,” said Dr. Stephen Shuman, who leads the Gerontological Society of America’s oral health group.<br />Yet dental health gets more challenging at older ages. Gums recede, exposing roots to decay, and bone loss makes teeth less stable. Older people produce less saliva — particularly because they often take drugs that produce dry mouth — which also leaves teeth vulnerable to decay.<br />Decades-old fillings and bridgework can crack or crumble. Regular brushing and flossing sometimes pose physical and cognitive challenges. “People who have worked a lifetime to maintain their teeth find them falling apart,” Dr. Shuman said.<br />These difficulties arise precisely when most Americans are leaving the work force and losing employer dental insurance, if they had it. Medicare offers no help, and Medicaid, varying by state, generally pays skimpily for limited procedures.<br />Preventive care actually lowers costs in the long run, researchers at the University of Maryland Dental School have reported. Though older people who receive preventive care like cleanings make more office visits, their care costs significantly less overall because they are less likely to develop problems requiring expensive treatments like root canals, said Dr. Richard Manski, a study co-author.<br />Even patients with dementia can maintain their teeth, a University of Minnesota study has found. With treatment, education and follow-up care, older adults with dementia are no more likely to lose teeth than those without dementia.<br />So efforts to bring more dental care to older adults are advancing on several fronts. “There are lots of pots bubbling right now,” said Dr. Shuman. “Oral health is an essential element of healthy aging.”<br />• The West Center, which expects to treat 1,000 people at sliding-scale fees its first year, demonstrates the possibilities for public/philanthropic alliances….<br />•…dental hygienists and dental therapists operate in a variety of settings, at lower costs, when state legislatures allow them sufficient autonomy...In 39 “direct access” states... But the permitted practice locations vary: Hygienists can work in nursing homes in Washington and Utah, but in Wisconsin, they cannot — yet. Some states allow them to visit homebound patients; others do not.<br />• Dental school programs can help fill the gap…monthly screenings in senior centers in low-income neighborhoods.<br />• Technology could also play a role….<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/health/dental-care-older-americans.htmlAwe somehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797628220774590891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-29641294660601307592016-12-10T23:29:26.000-08:002016-12-10T23:29:26.000-08:00‘To Age Is a Sin’: In Blunt Speech, Madonna Confro...‘To Age Is a Sin’: In Blunt Speech, Madonna Confronts Bias in Various Forms<br />By ELI ROSENBERG<br />DEC. 10, 2016<br />In the world of pop music, women are enjoying a moment of dominance. Beyoncé, with her towering album and short film “Lemonade,” rewrote the playbook (again) in April. Adele’s album “25” has soared since its release about a year ago, selling more than 10 million copies in the United States alone.<br />The two artists will square off in the top categories at the Grammy Awards in February.<br />But in a lacerating speech on Friday, Madonna — the highest-grossing female touring artist of all time, who in March wrapped up a tour that took in $170 million — resisted the notion that all was well and fair for women entertainers, particularly as they get older. Accepting a Woman of the Year award at the Billboard Women in Music 2016 event, the 58-year-old musician brought a hush over the crowd as she spoke in deeply personal terms.<br />In the speech, Madonna said she had faced sexism, misogyny and “constant bullying and relentless abuse” over the more than 30 years of her career. She spoke about being raped on a rooftop with a “knife digging into my throat” when she first moved to New York many years ago, an experience she first discussed publicly in 2013.<br />She also took pride in her ability to persevere in an industry that she said did not look kindly on older women singers. “People say that I’m so controversial,” she said to the crowd. “But I think the most controversial thing that I’ve done is to stick around.”<br />In the world of music, she said, “to age is a sin.”<br />“You will be criticized, you will be vilified, and you will definitely not be played on the radio,” she added. (Beyoncé is 35 years old; Adele is 28.)<br />In substance, the speech was not, of course, entirely new for Madonna. She has challenged sexual norms through her music, image and writing since the start of her career, pushing for, as Camille Paglia — a cultural critic who has both supported and rebuked Madonna over the years — wrote in 1990, “young women to be fully female and sexual while still exercising total control over their lives.”<br />Candor has always been one of Madonna’s hallmarks. In recent years, she has become something of a warrior against age discrimination, publicly rebelling, with few subtleties, against the notion that age should slow her down.<br />…On Friday, in her speech, Madonna spoke about the rules of “the game” — the established ideas that she said women are pushed to abide by.<br />“You are allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy, but don’t act too smart. Don’t have an opinion,” she said. “You are allowed to be objected by men and dress like a slut, but don’t own your sluttiness and do not — do not, I repeat — share your own sexual fantasies with the world.”<br />Another unspoken rule for women, she said, even more important than satisfying the expectations of the men in their lives, was to “be what women feel comfortable with you being around other men.”<br />Toward the end of her speech, she mentioned other groundbreaking musicians, including Prince and David Bowie, both of whom died this year. “But I’m still standing,” she said. “I’m one of the lucky ones.”<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/arts/music/madonna-billboard-awards-speech-ageism-sexism.html Awe somehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797628220774590891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-62358817564156284582016-06-25T04:15:48.140-07:002016-06-25T04:15:48.140-07:00Many landlords are terrified to even think about r...Many landlords are terrified to even think about raising rents on their single-family home, apartment complex, retail center, and self-storage investments.<br /><a href="www.pinehillestates.com" rel="nofollow">mobile home park Massachusetts</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996199012063205236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-9403550836231920002016-05-15T10:53:55.858-07:002016-05-15T10:53:55.858-07:00No more shuffle board or horseshoes will be found ...No more shuffle board or horseshoes will be found in today's modern retirement communities. <br /><br />Instead, the focus is on the active adult, over 55 years of age, who is looking for a minimal <br /><br />maintenance home offering functional, open floor plan highlighting their independent social <br /><br />lifestyle. see more : <a href="http://pinehillestates.com" rel="nofollow">55+ adult community</a><br /><br />Linda Murphy<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898544102521669529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-69713766817674925262016-05-11T21:02:01.892-07:002016-05-11T21:02:01.892-07:00Horticulture therapy brightens the days of dementi...Horticulture therapy brightens the days of dementia patients on Sunshine Coast<br />ABC Sunshine Coast <br />By Kylie Bartholomew<br />Posted 4 May 2016, 3:03pm<br />Five older folk sit huddled around a patio table on a sunny Thursday morning. From the outside they look like any group of keen gardeners.<br />But they are not. They have dementia. And this is horticulture therapy.<br />Horticultural therapist Cath Manuel is using gardening to enrich the lives of patients living with dementia on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.<br />Once a week she leads a group of up to six patients and two volunteers to plant seedlings or tend to a sensory garden at Carramar aged care facility at Tewantin.<br />"If they've gardened a lot in the past, we give them pots and tools and they know exactly what to do," Ms Manuel said.<br />"But some of the others in the group just need that help because from step one to two, they can sometimes forget what step one was."<br />Ms Manuel said having a carer to patient ratio of 3:2 ensured the gardeners were not overwhelmed, stayed on task and had a tangible item at the end of the session.<br />Volunteer Denise said gardening offered more than just therapeutic benefits.<br />"There's a social element too if people want that to happen, but there's also the ability to sit quietly and work on something," she said…<br />Ms Manuel said having the patients involved enabled a valuable sensory experience.<br />"I can see them really just enjoying being in the moment of digging in the dirt. We could stand there for five minutes and just dig," she said.<br />"I can see the change in them in their face, their smiles, and if there's a bird we'll stop and look at the birds or listen to the birds, or a plane will fly over so we'll talk about that.<br />"It creates opportunities then for other conversations, and I can really see the physical change in them.<br />"That's where I think that gardening is so beneficial. It's that connecting with nature."<br />Step-by-step the key to reducing stress<br />Ms Manuel said a step-by-step visual instruction card helped to mitigate any stress and was a handy reference tool for the gardeners.<br />The activity is carefully planned and strategic.<br />"Once all the pots are filled [with potting mix], we'll clean up the potting mix and then bring out the flowers, so that just helps to stop any confusion around any of the activities we're doing," Ms Manuel said.<br />"We just don't want to overwhelm our gardeners with giving them too much to do."<br />Increasing demand for therapy benefits<br />A horticulturalist of more than 17 years, Ms Manuel said seeing the benefits gardening had in her own life had led her to explore the role it could play in helping others, specifically dementia patients.<br />She completed an online course in Australia and pursued further professional development in the United Kingdom at the horticultural therapy organisation, Thrive.<br />Ms Manuel said the potential for how horticultural therapy could be used in the community was exciting.<br />"Gardening for dementia patients is a new, but a growing area because the number of memory support units is on the increase," she said.<br />Ms Manuel said the scope for horticultural therapy in the community was exciting, with potential vocational, social and therapeutic, and rehabilitation benefits.<br />http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-05/horticultural-therapy-helps-dementia-patients/7376424 Awe somehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797628220774590891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-77992594288406626742016-04-01T14:05:19.043-07:002016-04-01T14:05:19.043-07:00Relying on wherever you are reaching to construct ...<br />Relying on wherever you are reaching to construct a fifty five+ community you would love to be aware about the requirement for residence. folks who<br />decide to board community traits don't want to experience incommodious or as if they are dwelling on high in their buddies.<br />If you need to realize extra approximately over 55 community , you could visit:- <a href="www.pinehillestates.com" rel="nofollow">55+ adult community</a><br />manob jibonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403961844848539369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-14182056218370781412016-03-20T11:45:05.445-07:002016-03-20T11:45:05.445-07:00Over fifty 5 communities are especially designed f...Over fifty 5 communities are especially designed for precise features like golfing, tennis, swimming, fishing or opportunity social and sports sports.<br />in case you want to recognise extra approximately over fifty five network , you may visit:- <a href="www.pinehillestates.com" rel="nofollow">55+ adult community</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038524015955619555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-53334854815600708952015-08-31T18:22:13.961-07:002015-08-31T18:22:13.961-07:00More Than Three-Quarters of a Million Older Califo...More Than Three-Quarters of a Million Older Californians Are “Unofficially” Poor<br />August 31, 2015<br />Venetia Lai<br />Nearly 1 in 5 adults over 65 in California — more than three-quarters of a million people — live in an economic no-man’s land, unable to afford basic needs but often ineligible for government assistance, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. <br />The study, funded by the California Wellness Foundation, highlights the plight of the “hidden poor” — those who live in the gap between the federal poverty level and the Elder Index's poverty measure, which is considered a more accurate estimate of what it takes to have a decent standard of living. The Elder Index accounts for geographic differences in costs for housing, medical care, food and transportation. The national federal poverty level guidelines say a single elderly adult living alone should be able to live on $10,890 a year, while the Elder Index estimates that person in California on average requires $23,364.<br />“Many of our older adults are forced to choose between eating, taking their medications or paying rent,” said D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, a UCLA graduate student researcher at the center and lead author of the study. “The state might be emerging from a recession, but for many of our elder households, the downturn seems permanent.”<br />According to the study, about 772,000 elderly adults in California who are heads of households belong to this group of hidden poor, which is more than double the number of elderly (342,000) who meet federal poverty level guidelines. Unlike the “official” poor, the hidden poor often do not qualify for public assistance. <br />The study, which used 2009-2011 American Community Survey data and the 2011 Elder Index data, showed that in terms of sheer numbers, whites make up more than half of elders in the financially pinched group (482,000). Proportionately, grandparents raising grandchildren, older adults who rent, Latinos, women, and the oldest age group (75 and over) were the groups most affected.<br />The invisible poor are throughout California<br />Geographically, the researchers found that in all counties, between 30 and 40 percent of elderly adults who are single and 20 to 30 percent of older couples are among the hidden poor.<br />The county groups with the highest proportion (40 percent or more) of hidden poor among households headed by single elders are rural: Nevada/Plumas/Sierra,Mendocino/Lake and Colusa/Glenn/Tehama/Trinity…<br />Groups with large proportions and populations of hidden poor:<br />• Grandparents raising grandchildren. Although a small subset of elder households, grandparents raising grandchildren are a particularly vulnerable group as neither the grandparents nor child is able to generate additional income to cover basic living expenses… • Older adults housing adult children. …<br />• Single women who head households. …<br />• Single elders head of households, age 75 and older … <br />• Single elders who are renters or homeowners: Housing is one of the biggest drivers of economic insecurity, particularly for single elders. Almost 70 percent of single older renters have incomes below the Elder Index and more than half of those are among the hidden poor…<br />The highest proportion of hidden poor among single elders who head households was found among African-Americans and Latinos (37.4 percent and 36.8 percent, respectively).<br />The authors have recommended ways to address the needs of those living in the gap between the federal poverty level and the Elder Index, including: increasing and protecting income as is proposed in Assembly Bill 474 and the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act; raising income eligibility limits for housing assistance and using former redevelopment funds for construction of affordable housing; helping seniors with the cost of health care by raising income eligibility to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, from 100 percent; and expanding and updating food benefits.<br />http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/press-releases/pages/details.aspx?NewsID=227 awe somehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131574629868374726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877642530753348186.post-84619863388164233552015-05-12T21:34:24.113-07:002015-05-12T21:34:24.113-07:00These Charts Show the Baby Boomers’ Coming Health ...These Charts Show the Baby Boomers’ Coming Health Crisis<br />Dave Johnson <br />May 11, 2015<br />Despite increasing life expectancy, the aging cohort is less healthy than the previous generation<br />American Baby Boomers are more stressed, less healthy and have slightly less health care coverage than people in the same age group did a decade ago, according to data from a new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<br />Exacerbating the potential for a crisis, those aged 55 to 64—the core of the Boomers—are living longer than their predecessors did 10 years ago…<br />Percent of adults aged 55-64 with select chronic conditions<br />Monitoring chronic conditions is essential for those aged 55-64 since diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol can increase the risk of illnesses like heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S.<br />Percent of adults aged 55-64 reporting mild to serious psychological distress by income group<br />Boomers at every income level reported an increase in moderate to severe psychological distress, except those making 400% more than those in poverty.<br />Percent of adults aged 55-64 with health care coverage by income group<br />Among those aged 55-64, the percentage with health care coverage slightly decreased in 2013 compared with the same age group in 2003.<br />Despite increasing public coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of those uninsured increased for all income groups — except those in the highest-earning group — due to losses in private coverage. Only the wealthiest saw an overall increase in coverage during this interval.<br />Top 5 causes of death, ages 55–64<br />For every 100,000 adults aged 55-64, there were 77 fewer deaths than the same age group 10 years ago. That’s an 8% decrease—despite increases in chronic conditions and stress.<br />While heart disease and cancer remain the two leading causes of death, they both claimed far fewer lives among adults aged 55-64 than 10 years ago. Chronic restrictive lung disease (CRLD) and diabetes saw smaller declines. Of the top five causes of death for Boomers, unintentional injury was the only to rise since 2003.<br />The seeming paradox of a decrease in the number of deaths and the worsening of health is explained in part by Americans’ increased use of prescription drugs. 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