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- Health insurance claim denial
- Hospital shift change - The most frequent medical error - Senior fraud schemes
- "Observation only" hospital stays
- Sleep issues in assisted living facilities
- Family mediation and senior issues
- Creativity and aging
- Sex, condoms, seniors
- Senior friendly products
- Common diagnostic tests
- Global dementia projections
- Beers list criteria
- Pre-authorization delays
- NC SHIIP
- Senior Pharmassist
- Poor nursing home pay
- The CLASS act
- Falls and Fractures
- Creative advantages
- Are we safer now? (hospital safety)
- Trauma center bias
- Nursing home practices
- Revocable Trust review
- Hospital discharge
- Home health agencies
- Geriatric MD shortage
- Bereavement counseling
- Hospital Re-admissions
- For-Profit Nursing Care Homes
- Reverse Mortgage Councilors
- Home Safety Checklist
- Health Care Literacy
- National Patient Advocacy Foundation
- 10 Ways you Get Smarter as You Age
- Driving Errors and Aging Drivers
Issue # 10
Most Drugs Don't Work for Most Patients
Six Steps to a Successful LTC Transition
Falls and Their Prevention
The Need for "At Home" Services
Issue #11
Hospital Safety Video
The Cost of Caregiving
The Hospital to Nursing Home Revolving Door
VA vs. Medicare Drug Price Comparison
Issue #12
Criminal Records in Nursing Homes
Consistent Assignment in LTC
The High Cost of Poor Nursing Care
The Culture Change Movement in LTC
Issue #13
What Are Old People for?
Hospital Comparisons
Medicare Enrollment
End of Life Discussion
Issue # 14
The Cost of Getting Old
$42 Million Gift
Discharge Planning
Thriving and Aging
Issue # 15
Friends of Residents Gala
Hospital Satisfaction Evaluations
The Green House Movement
Where Are the Geriatricians?
Issue #16
Overuse of Anti-Psychotic Drugs
Hospital Disability Syndrome
Nursing Homes and End of Life
News in Dementia Care
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Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs, MD has one of the first Emergency Departments in the nation to be designed especially for the elderly. Not only does it avoid the crowding, noise, and chaos of a regular ER, its staff, from physicians and nurses to radiology and respiratory technicians, are given geriatric training. In addition, the ED takes extra steps to keep patients informed and warm, two of the biggest complaints the elderly have when they are in the waiting room. With over 70% growth in the over 65 population in the next decade, these specialty Emergency Rooms may be a phenomenon we'll see more of in the future.
Most of us assume that its natural for people's brains to work more slowly as they enter old age. In many situations however, the brain of a 70 year old is as quick as a 25 year old's. In fact, decision making speed and accuracy is intact even to 85 or 90. In a study at Ohio State University and published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, researchers suggest that there is reason to be optimistic about the cognitive skills of seniors.
Gene Cohen is widely considered to be the father of the study of Aging and Creativity. His colleagues in the field of Gerontology credit him for single-handedly changing the image of aging from one of senescence to a period of creativity. Before he died in 2009, he delivered this lecture at the Linden Center for Creativity and Aging at Ithaca College. It is titled, "The Mature Mind and the Aging Brain: Positive Changes in Creativity"