Quality of life is the future of geriatric medicine and one of the keys is the improvement of muscle health. People are living longer, but what about how they live? Often the elderly are plagued with falls, broken hips and other bones as well as the loss of muscle. Scientists have long focused on this problem because if muscle health can [...]The latest craze among senior citizens is the senior citizen flash mob. We have chosen four of the best and most entertaining ones featuring seniors who are as young as 95. These vids prove our points that seniors can get out in their communities and show the younger people how to have a good time. [...]
Ikea design has nothing on KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Centre for Health and Building. The KTH Centre for Health and Building (CHB) undertakes Research and Design (R&D) projects in cooperation with universities, industrial companies, municipalities and county councils – always taking into consideration universal design. Every feature in the CHB Full Scale Living Laboratory [...]
The IAHSA and LeadingAge Housing with Services Study Tour was inspiring, informative and interesting. Each of the five communities we visited brought something new to the table and showed what dedication and commitment can do for senior living. The most important lessons we took with us are seldom taught, and less often shared. The leaders [...]
Recently on Twitter, one of our followers asked if there was a resource for global age-friendly cities. Well now there is! A new website has been launched this week to showcase the Age-friendly world. Organized by the World Health Organization and International Federation on Ageing (IFA) this e-portal will become a central resources for developing, [...]
The books listed here are: Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation (2nd edition) Gowers et al. (eds.), The Princeton Companion to Mathematics Koller & Friendman, Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques Sethna, Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity Russell & … Continue reading →
This notion of offering specialized culture-specific hospice and palliative care programs is spreading quickly. There are many communities that already offer culture-specific teams to care for particular ethnic groups or those sharing common languages, religious affiliations or traditions. Now, Hospice of the Good Shepherd in Boston, Massachusetts, is accommodating Russian-speaking residents by offering a Russian-speaking [...]
New research shows that a lack of sleep is a growing health problem around the world, and not just in developed countries. It was found that Bangladesh, South Africa and Vietnam have extremely high levels of sleep problems. On the other hand, India and Indonesia reported relatively low levels of sleep problems. Sleeplessness has been [...]
My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old. - Epicurus A recent study in the American Heart Association’s Journal Circulation, found that heart health can be improved by [...]
For your enjoyment, some recent whiteboards at the Singularity Institute…
Next week, William (Bill) T. Smith of Aging in America will attend the Open Ended Working Group 3rd session in New York on behalf of IAHSA, where the Committee on Ageing will be presenting to the government delegations, a list of nearly 100 endorsements on a call to action. IAHSA is one of the many [...]