Choosing a Nursing Home 0
The decision is one of the hardest you will ever make. Your spouse, parent or another loved one needs care that assisted living or home health care simply cannot provide. You need to choose a nursing home. The horror stories…- Professional Medical
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The New Face of Caregiving 0
A 1997 survey conducted by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, a research and advocacy coalition, found that 27 percent of caregivers were men. By the 2004 update, that figure was almost 40 percent, with more male caregivers (60…- Professional Medical
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Call Your (Grand)Parents! 0
Older adults who lack family and friends, or who feel lonely despite having others around them, tend to be in poorer physical and mental health, a new study finds.
Researchers found that among roughly 3,000 U.S. adults ages 57 to 85, those with few social connections were less likely to describe their physical health as good or excellent. Meanwhile, those who felt socially isolated — even if they had friends, family and social activities — tended to report poorer physical and mental well-being.
The findings, reported in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, add to evidence linking social connections to older adults’ health.
But they also suggest that older people’s actual social support and their perceptions of that support each have independent effects, according to the researchers.
“Most older adults will experience significant changes in their social relationships due to things like retirement and bereavement, for example,” said lead researcher Dr. Erin York Cornwell, of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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Source: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, March 2009
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Caregiving from a Distance 0
About 7 million adults are long-distance caregivers, mostly for aging parents who live an hour or more away. And many feel guilty – about not being closer, not being able to do enough or not spending enough time with a…- Professional Medical
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