The human brain weighs just three pounds, but it holds the sum total of all your memories… what you’ve done, who you’ve known, — in short, who you are. But the brain changes with age as you find yourself forgetting things more frequently or finding it harder to concentrate. The good news is that, no matter what your age, it’s [...]
Seniors with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those who retain their hearing, according to a study by Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. The findings could lead to new ways to combat dementia. Although the link between the two conditions is unknown, the research suggests that a common pathology may [...]
The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook By Diana B. Denholm Publisher: Hunter House Review by Ellen Whitlock, Executive Director of Senior Services of Guilford “For Better or for Worse, in Sickness and in Health.” How many have said those words of commitment with little thought to what might lie down the road. In the midst of love, often young love, little thought [...]
An article on a new direction in dementia care appeared in the May 30, 2013, issue of The New Yorker. It describes the way an Arizona nursing home, Beatitudes, offers dementia patients a unique program which promotes a less rigid schedule than the usual medical model of care. “Often, the advanced-dementia unit, with its pervasive quiet and slow-moving kindly staff, [...]
Two Senior Services staff members in Winston-Salem, Jean Small and Sandy Bellefeuil, received two of the three North Carolina Association on Aging awards in Raleigh on April 18. Jean Small Jean Small, who is vice president of Senior Services at the Tal Williams Adult Day Center in Winston-Salem, received the Supervisor of the Year–Management Excellence Award, in recognition of her [...]
1. Frequent “close calls” (i.e. near accidents). 2. Dents, scrapes, on the car or on fences, mailboxes, garage doors, curbs etc. 3. Trouble judging gaps in traffic at intersections and on highway entrance/exit ramps. 4. Other drivers honking at you. 5. Getting lost. 6. Difficulty seeing the sides of the road when looking straight ahead. 7. Slower response time; trouble [...]
Effective January 1, 2013, a new law requiring specific infection control training for staff at assisted living facilities in North Carolina took effect. The law, supported and advocated for by AARP North Carolina, was passed with bi-partisan support in the last legislative session. By the end of 2012, med. techs at facilities must receive a training course developed by the [...]
The Triangle Radio Reading Service connects seniors who are blind and print-impaired to each other, their community, and families by delivering news, information, and entertainment using the latest audio technology. The TRRS broadcast signal covers the entire counties of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, and Wake. TRRS loans out specially tuned SCA receivers, free [...]
The Boston Globe reported on March 27 that the Massachusetts healthcare industry, one of the largest economic sectors in the state, doled out more than $11.6 million on lobbying. And during the five years since the state passed its landmark health care overhaul, from 2007 to 2011, the total amount spent on lobbying by the industry topped $51.6 million, according [...]
Hal, a gentleman in his 80s, rushes through a doctor’s appointment so he can get to the nursing home to see his wife. He wishes she were still at home with him although she has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for more than five years. In the coming years as the ranks of the elderly increase twofold, more families will be [...]
