Tai chi program enhances quality of life for seniors with dementia
A six-month tai chi program for seniors with dementia has helped participants maintain good quality of life measures.
A six-month tai chi program for seniors with dementia has helped participants maintain good quality of life measures.
The care of older adults is mired in misinformation, according to a new survey by WebMD and The John A. Hartford Foundation.
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The baby boomer generation has been a transforming force on all sorts of institutions throughout their lives, and now with 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, they’re transforming the long-term care industry as well.
An affordable, easily implemented relaxation technique could improve nursing home residents’ psychological well-being. It also could potentially boost their immune systems, according to recently published findings.
A nursing home’s staffing patterns and admissions trends are among the most important factors driving residents’ quality of life over time, according to recently published research findings.
How many clinicians (physical, occupational, and speech therapy) can honestly say that they have achieved full independence with 100% of every patient they have ever worked with? Unfortunately, I definitely cannot make that claim myself. But is that always the intention anyway?
How much time is spent providing assistance to the average assisted living resident? Are their lives at a point where “assisted living resident” is the best way to describe them?
Terminally ill cancer patients had a better quality of life when they could die at home and avoid intense life-prolonging measures, a new study finds.