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May 13, 2019 Nursing Home Compare revisions deserve only 2 stars Steven Littlehale (https://www.mcknights.com/author/steven-littlehale/) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released improvements to Nursing Home Compare (https://www read more...

Adapting Activities for People with Alzheimer's Disease Doing things we enjoy gives us pleasure and adds meaning to our lives. People with Alzheimer's disease (https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-alzheimers-disease) need to be active and do things they enjoy. However, don't expect to read more...

TRENDING NOW: Older Adults Are Learning to Age Well from Podcasts By Ajla Basic, Nov 29, 2018Categories: Technology (https://www.matherlifewaysinstituteonaging.com/category/technology/) Older adults have access to a new medium for information and directed activities to help read more...

Dementia May Never Improve, but Many Patients Still Can Learn In “cognitive rehabilitation,” therapists train patients in simple tasks that can make daily life much easier. By Paula Span (https://www.nytimes.com/by/paula-span) Jan. 4, 2019 He was a retir read more...

Laugh It Off: Exercise + Laughter Equals Benefits for Older Adults By Roscoe Nicholson, Jan 16, 2018Categories: Aging & Wellness (https://www.matherlifewaysinstituteonaging.com/category/aging-wellness/) In light of research that suggests enjoyment is a predictor of phys read more...

The 2018–2019 flu season isn’t over in the United States but already has set a record, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in its weekly flu report. Data through April 13 indicate that levels of flu-like illness have been elevated for 21 weeks, one week longer tha read more...

'It's the dementia, it's not me': How this woman finds resilience in the face of memory loss Wendy Mitchell thinks dementia shouldn't be seen as an ending, but as the start of a new life Out in the Open January 4 Wendy Mitchell likens her factual memory to a ve read more...

Can Someone with Alzheimer’s Learn Something New? Published on Mon, 01/07/2019 - 8:00pm Lantern Lifestyle (https://lanternlifestyle.com/), to create a unique “learning” environment at his three assisted living/memory care communities in the Cleveland area (Madison, Chagrin read more...

The Green House Project Announces New Initiative to Broaden the Reach, Deepen the Impact of the Movement to Eradicate Institutional Models of Care Elements Include New Services, Expanded Board of Directors, and Opportunities for All Providers Linthicum, MD (April 16, 2019): The GREEN H read more...

Caught on Camera: The Different Causes of Falls in Men & Women By Dugan O’Connor, Sep 26, 2018 Categories: Senior Housing (https://www.matherlifewaysinstituteonaging.com/category/senior-housing/) Most falls-related research has relied on self-reports to identify th read more...