A new report finds that feelings of apathy among seniors may signal degenerative changes to the brain. Such changes can have a significant impact on an individual’s behavior. According to researchers at Bethesda, Maryland’s National Institute of Aging at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), apathy may be a sign that the brain is undergoing […]
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If you got the flu shot this winter to protect yourself from the flu, chances are you may have still fallen ill. A study from the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has found that this year’s flu vaccine did little to protect seniors (individuals 65-years of age and older) from influenza A strain H3N2, […]
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Older people, especially those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, are prone to fractures and injuries due to falls. However, researchers at the University Health Network in Toronto, have uncovered a disturbing trend in broken bones and bruises in senior radiology patients that signal elder abuse. “There’s a typical distribution of [fractures and soft tissue] injuries…around the […]
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A new program from Winnipeg, Canada will see the reintroduction of doctors making house calls. The doctors will be in a team, including a home-care worker and either a nurse or a nurse-practitioner. They will be caring for 100 senior patients. There are two teams planned, called the “hospital home teams”. One will work from […]
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Your eating habits, exercise routine and alcohol consumption now will have a huge impact on your senior health later in life – according to a new study out of England this week. The study followed 5,100 men and women aged 42 to 63 for approximately 16 years. All participants were deemed healthy (free of cancer, […]
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