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Safe to Reduce Antipsychotics Says New Study
A recent article in McKnight’s Long Term Care magazine highlights a study that concludes it is safe in most cases to eliminate antipsychotic drugs.
Becoming Well-Known Through the Use of Technology
LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, Minn. has installed digital slideshows in their home with pictures of care partner employees, Elders, family members and activities.
Kids in Assisted Living: Everyone Wins
Caregiving | Home & Family | RelationshipsThere’s a children’s book series that has come out in the last year about a young girl named Carlyn and her visits to her grandmother in assisted living. It debunks the stereotypes about old people and long-term care. Here’s one line from Carlyn Meets Granny Girl’s New Friends: “Wow, this does not look like a place creepy people live, and I do not smell anything weird, either!” Carlyn said. There’s an even more interesting story behind the book. It’s written by …
Elder Susceptibility to Scams, Swindles and Fraud
It’s bugged me for years that conventional wisdom, along with the FBI and others, assert that elders fall victim to scams more frequently than younger people.
Diversity Drives Change
Let’s face it. Care that is genuinely person-directed can’t exist without a dedication to diversity awareness.
After the Diagnosis, the Get-Togethers
Three years ago, Kennard Lehmann walked out of a neurologist’s office in Sacramento, Calif., newly diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, a prescription in hand and absolutely no idea where to turn for help.
The doctor hadn’t given him a list of resources or discussed how Mr. Lehmann might go about finding them. Knowing nothing about Alzheimer’s, his wife swiped a magazine she had been reading in the doctor’s office to take home and read.
Thus began a journey all too familiar to people with Alzheimer’s — one that Mr. Lehmann, 75, describes as “being put in a box.”
Do Your Family a Favor and Write an Advanced Directive Pronto
Like most Americans, when your time comes, you probably want to go through the process of dying surrounded by those you love, in the comfort of your home free of pain.
Older, Homeless, No Family Caregiver — What Do They Do?
Caregiving | Home & Family | RelationshipsGet ready to see more older homeless men and women on the street. Since most don’t have families or are estranged from them, there’s no family caregiver. Here’s a TED talk that gives perspective on homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports there are 1.6 million homeless people a year on any given day. According to an NPR story, more than half of single homeless adults are age 47+. Younger boomers born between 1955-1965 are driving the aging …
Notes from The Green House Director: Achieving the Triple Aim of Long Term Care: Quality, Health, Affordability
Recently, I was honored to speak at the Michigan LANE (Local Area Network for Excellence) conference in East Lansing that was attended by close to 300 dedicated leaders of skilled nursing facilities. It was there that I was reminded of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Triple Aim – 1.) Improve the persons’… read more >>
Martin Bayne Talks about Life on the Inside
Today’s must read is an interview that Martin Bayne recently gave to the New York Times.
Coming of Age — Again
Most readers know that I endorse a developmental perspective on age and aging. Here are a few of the data points that led me to hold that position.
College Debt
What is going to happen when my generation reaches retirement age after paying the equivalent of two mortgages worth of debt?
Facilitating Empowerment is a Full Continuum Experience
Feeling empowered is vital to our continued growth and development, no matter who we are, or where we live or work.
Gardens Support Care
Check out what Design for Generations has to say about the unique impact gardening can have in care environments in his article, “Incorporating Gardens Care Planning.”
Call For Thought Leaders: Who is Changing Aging?
I need some help from ChangingAging readers to put together a list of the most dynamic, leading-edge thought leaders across the spectrum of aging services.
A Great White Whine
I recently had a conversation here about an idea that would simultaneously improve the quality of life for residents while saving the lives of rescue animals.
A 27-Year-Old Takes on the World of Elders – Part 2
Yesterday, Marcie talked about encountering elder paranoia, no free lunches, professionalism and differences in dress habits of the young and old. Here is Part 2:
Empowerment is Foundational to Success: Herzberg and The Green House Model
One of the subjects that have befuddled Long Term Care leaders over the years is worker motivation. One of the foremost researchers in this field is Frederick Herzberg, an industrial psychologist. It is Herzberg’s work on motivation and job enrichment that strikes at the heart of the success of self-direction concepts that are so foundational… read more >>
A 27-Year-Old Takes on the World of Elders – Part1
I generally don’t write about commercial enterprises but I was intrigued with the 27-year-old entrepreneur who developed a social network for 55+ communities.
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