Caregiver Stress Relief
Mary Maxwell reminds group of senior care professionals that laughter can be the best medicine:
Social Networking Use Doubles for Boomers-Email Still Rules
While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.
MetLife Unveils The Future Of Aging in Place
AIPatHome.com Advisor Louis Tenenbaum wrote us about a report he helped prepare: “Aging in Place 2.0 Rethinking Solutions to the Homecare Challenge” released earlier this month…
Our Rapidly Aging World
Interactive chart showing our aging worldwide population. According to the United Nations, the elderly population of the world is growing at its fastest rate ever.…
AIP Housing: Is An ADU Right For You?
When looking at remodeling options to better age in place the addition of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) could be a worthwhile consideration. It is…
Gibbons’ First Five Health Technology Trends for 2010
Chris Gibbons, Associate Director, John Hopkins Urban Health Institute: "If we are serious about developing technology solutions for healthcare problems, we must have a greater focus on the users (patients, caregivers as well as providers) and their problems, issues, needs and concerns. We must then use this information to develop effective technology solutions for user defined needs." Following are his first 5 predictions for 2010 healthcare technology trends:
Old Brains Can Learn (and remember!) New Tricks
Long held views of disappearing brain cells and related information, knowlege and learning have been replaced with the belief that all that data is just buried away in the nooks and crannies of our brains.
Blogging Seniors Catching Up With Teens
Overall, the number of unique visitors who are 65 or older on social networking and blog sites has increased 53 percent in the last two years alone. 8.2% of all social network and blog visitors are over 65, just 0.1 percentage points less than the number of teenagers who frequent these sites.