• Meeting Our Obligation to Caregivers - the REACH VA Study

    Updated: 2011-02-28 22:02:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Monday , February 28, 2011 Meeting Our Obligation to Caregivers the REACH VA Study I’m tired of innovative health care interventions targeted at those caring for the more than 5 million individuals living with dementia . It’s not that I don’t think they are important . Rather , I find it rather pointless work if these interventions can’t be translated into real world applications . Today , though , the Archives of Internal Medicine is publishing an important study that adapts and implements a multicomponent caregiver intervention into one of the largest health care organizations in the US the Veterans Health Administration VHA The study , authored by Olivia Nichols and colleagues translates the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health REACH II

  • Assistant Secretary for Aging Discusses CLASS at LTQA

    Updated: 2011-02-28 21:42:26
    Assistant Secretary for Aging, Kathy Greenlee, addressed a crowded room at the National Press Club on Friday, Feb. 25th, during the LTQA‘s (Long-Term Quality Alliance) Annual Meeting, stressing the importance of, and her role in, the proper implementation of the CLASS plan.  Sec. Greenlee shared that the Administration on Aging (AoA) has officially appointed an experienced [...]

  • Methodist Home’s New Addition Offers Person-Centered Assisted Living

    Updated: 2011-02-28 19:51:01
    Just down the street from LeadingAge headquarters is The Methodist Home of DC, one of Washington’s oldest organizations serving older adults. Founded in 1889, the Methodist Home started by serving 7 residents in a house.  Much has changed since this time, but one thing remains the same: the community’s commitment to meeting their residents’ unique [...]

  • House Introduces Short-Term Continuing Resolution to Prevent Federal Government Shut-Down

    Updated: 2011-02-28 15:54:00
    The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has introduced a resolution to continue funding for federal agencies for another 2 weeks in order to prevent a government shutdown. The current spending authority runs out on March 4. The short-term resolution would level-fund Section 202 senior housing and would make a small cut in spending on the Administration [...]

  • Today’s Aging-Services News

    Updated: 2011-02-28 14:39:22
    This post features a daily digest of news related to aging services as well as LeadingAge, our state partners and members. Have you seen a story that we should share? Please post in under “comments.” LeadingAge Members in the News Gainesville Times (AL), February 27, 2011, “Retirement Homes Compete In Cooking Event” Journal Times (WI), February [...]

  • March 3 Webinar Will Focus on Recruiting Nurses Into Long-Term Care

    Updated: 2011-02-28 14:33:20
    On March 3 at 1 p.m. Eastern,  the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, supported by the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign, will host a free webinar focused on attracting more nurses into long term care. This webinar is part of a series designed to encourage discussion about when and how to use nursing homes as [...]

  • Eskaton Adult Day Clients Rally Against State Budget Cuts

    Updated: 2011-02-25 19:16:19
    On Feb. 1, more than 3 dozen older and disabled adults, many in wheelchairs from Eskaton’s Adult Day Health Center (ADHC) program rallied at the California state capitol against a proposal to eliminate state funding for programs like the one that helps them. The participants held signs, shouted chants and most important, put names and faces [...]

  • Long-Term Care Improvement Guide Available Via Plantree

    Updated: 2011-02-25 19:05:58
    The Long-Term Care Improvement Guide, a free resource that encourages Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) to take steps to improve the quality of long-term care for residents is available to download from Plantree’s website. Funded by the Picker Institute, the guide consists of a self-assessment tool to help users navigate to relevant information, and three [...]

  • Active Social Life May Slow Disability in Seniors

    Updated: 2011-02-25 16:54:27
    It likely will come as no surprise to LeadingAge communities with busy social calendars that older adults who stay highly socially engaged are less likely to become disabled than their less active peers. Researchers from Rush University in Chicago studied 954 seniors, age 82 on average, whose activities of daily living were unhindered at the [...]

  • Today’s Aging-Services News

    Updated: 2011-02-25 13:46:48
    This post features a daily digest of news related to aging services as well as LeadingAge, our state partners and members. Have you seen a story that we should share? Please post in under “comments.” Caregivers Smart Money, February 24, 2011, “Best Careers for Family Caregivers” Nursing Homes Business Review (NY), February 23, 2011, “Report: NY [...]

  • Hearing Loss Tied to Dementia: Study

    Updated: 2011-02-23 22:35:05
    Researchers say they don't know if hearing loss is an early sign of dementia, or if it increases the risk of cognitive decline.

  • Pew Internet Report Includes Dementia, Caregiving, Pain, End-of-Life Topics

    Updated: 2011-02-22 17:27:00
    , , , Pages Home About Videos Links Tuesday , February 22, 2011 Pew Internet Report Includes Dementia , Caregiving , Pain , End-of-Life Topics Earlier this month , Pew released its latest report on what Americans look for online when they are searching for health information Particularly exciting this time around : their survey included several new topic areas pertaining to geriatrics and palliative care . In particular , Pew found : that 17 of internet users look online for information about memory loss , dementia , or . Alzheimer’s 14 of internet users look online for information about how to manage chronic . pain 12 of internet users look online for information about long-term care for an elderly or disabled . person 7 of internet users look online for information about end-of-life .

  • Future of Geriatric Education is in Peril

    Updated: 2011-02-18 18:45:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Friday , February 18, 2011 Future of Geriatric Education is in Peril The House of Representatives is slated to vote this week on HR-1, a bill that would substantially reduce funding for geriatrics education programs . These include programs that are building the future of geriatrics academic faculty GACAs who also happen to be many palliative care junior faculty as well . It also will severely impact Geriatric Eduction Centers GECs and HRSA fellowships which supports advanced fellowship for dentists , nbsp Mental Health Professionals , and physicians The H.R.1 bill allocates 352.835 million for Title VII and Title VIII programs under which GACAs , HRSA fellowships , and GECs are funded representing a nearly 30 cut in funding 145.119 million below FY 2010

  • Clearing the Fog of Dementia Drugs

    Updated: 2011-02-16 20:08:18
    Most of us agree that nursing home reform is a critical need in the United States. Many times, difficult behavior from people with dementia is managed by giving them more psychotropic drugs. As a result of these drugs, sometimes people go into a “fog” including lethargy, seem detached from the world,  stop speaking and other [...]

  • Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug Offers Promise or Earlier Detection

    Updated: 2011-02-15 18:08:00
    Filter by APML Home Archive Contact Subscribe Log in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug Offers Promise or Earlier Detection by CHritz 15. February 2011 22:08 For more than 40 years , Interim HealthCare has been at the ground level working with Alzheimer's patients whether through our home care nursing , senior care or medical staffing services . We've seen the devastating affects Alzheimer's has not only on patients , but also their families as well . That's why we were so encouraged recently after reading that an advisory committee to the Food Drug Administration recommended unanimously the first test , a brain scan , which can show the characteristic plaques of Alzheimer's disease in a living person . Plaques are part of the criteria for the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer's . Without

  • Geriatrics Developing Community at AAHPM/HPNA annual assembly

    Updated: 2011-02-13 18:38:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Sunday , February 13, 2011 Geriatrics Developing Community at AAHPM HPNA annual assembly Going to be in Vancouver for the Annual Assembly Please come and help develop a Special Interest Group SIG in Geriatrics within the AAHPM . The Geriatrics Developing Community will meet Thursday February 17th at 5:15 PM at the Convention Center in Room 211. Network with your GeriPal peers . Your input is needed on what a Geriatrics SIG should be and your signature is needed too . The Geriatrics HPNA SIG meets Saturday February 19th at 7:15-8:15 AM . The Assembly Guide lists all of the HPNA SIG meetings at that time in Room 215-216. by : Paul Tatum Posted by Paul Tatum Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet Related Posts with

  • Your Patient Stories and JAMA Care of the Aging Patient

    Updated: 2011-02-09 22:04:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Wednesday , February 9, 2011 Your Patient Stories and JAMA Care of the Aging Patient The editorial team for the Journal of the American Medical Association series , Care of the Aging Patient From Evidence to Action invites you to contribute a patient story to inspire a future article . This series is produced by a UCSF Division of Geriatrics editorial team and appears bi-monthly in JAMA Contributors whose Patient Story is selected for an article will be acknowledged in JAMA and will receive a 500 honorarium . In addition , the editorial team can provide a letter confirming this peer-reviewed . contribution Click this link to find out more . Posted by Anna Chang Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Tweet Related Posts with

  • Antipsychotics for Dementia Drops After FDA Warning

    Updated: 2011-02-09 13:00:00
    A decrease in prescriptions for atypical antipsychotics accelerated after the FDA issued a black box warning about the risks of using the drugs to soothe behavioral problems in dementia patients, according to an analysis of VA system prescribing practices.

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