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Arts and creativity interventions prove cost-effective for enhancing older adults' health and well-being
NewsMedicalLifeSciences - Participating in arts and creativity programs was generally cost-effective and offered a return on investment. Furthermore, ACIs positively impacted physical, social, and psychological health and well-being outcomes.
Understaffed and neglected: How real estate investors reshaped assisted living
WAPO - Surveillance video captured a 97-year-old woman’s death outside the locked doors of a high-end Colorado home, a symptom of deeper problems in the $34 billion industry.
Best line - "We are trying to increase our profitability,” said one former Balfour executive, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. “Care is an ancillary part of the conversation.”
Argentum responded to the article and the one below on resident wandering HERE.
One thing no one addresses is the lack of oversight for these communities. If they were to be regulated like skilled nursing, the industry would be quaking in their boots, something they clearly do not want. And when you have real estate trusts running the show, expect remarks like the one above where care is an ancillary part of the conversation.
Great tag line. Assisted Living. Where profits matter and your loved ones don’t. Callous remark from the former Balfour executive.
‘I just loved to sing!’: Brenda Lee on inspiring Elvis, Lennon and Taylor Swift – and topping the chart at 78
The Guardian - She has just become the oldest person ever to top the US chart, with the classic she recorded at 13 – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. She recalls touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, forming a bond with the king of rock’n’roll and what she learned from Judy Garland.
Speaking of Singing - ‘A mega-mechanism for bonding’: why singing together does us good
The Guardian - Carols and choirs are enjoying a boom in popularity, and science is showing how they improve lives. In some ways, Sage Stream is encouraging group participation and sing-a-long when we are live in real time.
Largest nursing home in St. Louis closes suddenly, forcing out 170 residents
AP - The largest skilled nursing facility in St. Louis has closed suddenly, forcing about 170 residents to be bused to other care centers. Many left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.
The abrupt shutdown of Northview Village Nursing Home on Friday came after workers learned they might not be paid and walked out, confusing residents and their relatives. Many family members gathered through the day Saturday outside the facility on the city’s north side. Some didn’t immediately know where their loved ones were taken.
At 90, Minnie Payne oldest person to ever earn master's degree at UNT
CBS - Thousands of graduates will take the stage at the University of North Texas this weekend to celebrate earning their degrees.
One of them completed a master's program at 90 years old.
"My grandson will accompany me across the stage," said Minnie Payne, who's graduating with her master's in interdisciplinary studies 73 years after she graduated from high school.
Cumulative loneliness a risk factor for mortality, serious illness: study
McKnight’s - Loneliness significantly increases serious illness and mortality risk in mid to later life, supporting public health initiatives to reduce it, according to the results of a new study from University of Michigan researchers.
Award-winning ‘Music With Movement’ program arms caregivers with tuneful tool to treat dementia
McKnight’s - Older adults don’t need to have spent decades in show-business to benefit from a late-stage softshoe routine. One recent music and movement intervention program designed for seniors combines a number of different technologies, including augmented reality, to help them combat depression and anxiety from their condition, researchers say.
Fewer young adults smoke today than in 2011. That’s not true of seniors.
WAPO - Just 5 percent of young adults in the United States smoked in 2022, down from 19 percent in 2011, according to research published in JAMA Health Forum. By comparison, smoking prevalence among the oldest adults (those 65 and older) increased slightly, although less than 1 percent, to about 9 percent. (OMG)
DOZENS OF ASSISTED-LIVING RESIDENTS DIED AFTER WANDERING AWAY UNNOTICED
WAPO - Since 2018, more than 2,000 people have wandered away from assisted-living and memory-care facilities unnoticed or been left unattended for hours outside. Nearly 100 have died, and state inspectors frequently found evidence of neglect.
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