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Palliative Care: A Holistic Approach to Caring for Older People with Diabetes
As a result of the major achievements of modern civilization, people are now living longer than at any other time in history. In a pre-modern ...
Brain Games: The Newest Addition to the Daily Workout Routine
Population ageing along with urbanisation and migration are the great demographic definers of our time. While healthy life expectancy is slowly increasing, between 10 to 20% of ...
Older aged and all alone. What is the impact of being childless in the time of COVID-19?
The coronavirus pandemic has impressed upon the world the dreadful impact of isolation on mental health and overall health and wellbeing on populations of all ...
Combating loneliness in the “caged” life
Although the rapid implementation of physical distancing and self-imposed quarantine is necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus, it has left many people, and particularly ...
For the Hard of Hearing, COVID-19 Poses Special Challenges
The impact of COVID-19 is widespread, and has impacted every individual and sector around the world in different ways. Professors are having to transition to ...
Towards an Age-friendly World
Despite the significant attention given to dementia, brain health and ways to improve cognition little attention has been given until now on environmental exposure as ...
Baylor Gerontology Expert Shares Tips to Care for Aging Population During Coronavirus Pandemic
“This is not a vacation from caring; it is a time when caring is needed most of all,” social work professor says The Center for ...
Needs Based Planning for Long Term Care Verses Political Imperative
Long-term care must be designed to facilitate the dignity, autonomy and personal wishes of older people while keeping them connected to their community and social ...
You Heard It Here First: Hearing Is Critical to Healthy Ageing
A recent Washington Post article reports that hearing loss can increase risk of dementia, depression and falls. Why? One theory is that hearing loss can ...
How Can Lighting Be Used to Improve Sleep, Cognition, and Memory?
In August, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a new five-year grant totaling $3.8 million to Mariana Figueiro, professor and director at the Lighting Research ...
