Silver-Haired and Shameless About Perks: Retirees Take Part-Time Work in the Travel Industry
NYTimes - Spend 15 hours a week loading baggage at the airport or passing out towels at the pool, and you can see Europe for a fraction of the usual cost.
Observation - this is brilliant!
Aging population boosts bottom line for senior living providers, data show
McKnight’s - Assisted living communities saw a 34.4% increase in revenues from 2013 to 2020 as adults aged, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released 2020 Service Annual Survey.
In assisted living, revenues climbed from $25 billion in 2013 to $33.6 billion in 2020, whereas continuing care retirement communities saw their revenues grow by 41%, going from $28.6 billion in 2013 to $40 billion in 2020.
Home healthcare services experienced a 50.5% increase in revenues in that time, jumping from $68.3 billion in 2013 to $102.7 billion in 2020.
Observation - “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina!”
FDA approves over-the-counter hearing aids, no exams required
McKnight’s - Say what now? The Food and Drug Administration has established a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that don’t require oversight by audiologists for purchase, according to a final rule announced Tuesday.
OTC hearing aids may become available in traditional retail and drug stores as early as mid-October, when the rule takes effect, the agency stated.
Observation - hopefully that also lowers the price. Will improve quality of life for many who CHOOSE to get them (vanity always an issue).
Pressure injury study hits at ‘misleading’ self-reported nursing home data
McKnight’s - Nursing home operators have underreported the number of pressure injuries in Medicare residents by as much as 40%, said University of Chicago researchers, who have joined a push for less provider-reported data.
Such underreporting makes the data unreliable, particularly for consumers using it to judge a facility’s quality, the authors of a new study asserted this week. They encouraged federal regulators to toughen the metrics they use to monitor and rate long-term care providers.
Observation - most self-reported data needs to be scrutinized. Ask the right questions when choosing for mom and dad. Bring a nurse along.
Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
McKnight’s - Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.
That was trailed slightly by administrators at 52%, further proof that the turnover threat at the highest in-building levels is all too real. The 2022 findings come as regulators are putting more emphasis on staffing consistency.
Paying for exercise coaching now keeps older adults out of hospital
Wake Forest News - simple, relatively inexpensive exercise and education program pays for itself by preventing major mobility problems and reducing the need for health care services.
Over the course of two years in the U.K., researchers with the Retirement in Action (REACT) randomized, controlled trial followed more than 600 adults with an average age of 77 as they undertook a 12-month program that included either regular exercise, education and socializing sessions, or three workshops on healthy aging topics.
At the end of the study, participants who exercised in REACT made significant gains in their physical functioning and used fewer health care services.
Observation - the UK is such a great model for utilizing social determinants, social prescribing and other trend setting ideas.
Almost half of cancer deaths globally are attributable to preventable risk factors, new study suggests
CNN - Globally, nearly half of deaths due to cancer can be attributable to preventable risk factors, including the three leading risks of: smoking, drinking too much alcohol or having a high body mass index, a new paper suggests.
The research, published Thursday in the journal The Lancet, finds that 44.4% of all cancer deaths and 42% of healthy years lost could be attributable to preventable risk factors in 2019.
Observation - yes sir!
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