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‘A Grammy for caregiving’: VNS Health supports singer at key moment
McKnight’s - Winning a Grammy is a significant musical achievement, one that singer Falu Shah now can claim. But if she hadn’t been able to find home care for her elderly mother, Kishori Dalal, Shah never would have touched the Las Vegas stage earlier this year. Thanks to the efforts of caregivers and staff at VNS Health, Shah was able to attend the awards ceremony with her son while her mother cheered her on from the comfort of her couch.
Observation - nice, feel-good story for the week.
6 Ways Kindness Is Good for You
AARP - Volunteering at a food bank, mentoring a younger person, treating a friend to a cup of coffee — acts of kindness like these not only can combat isolation and make you feel connected to others but also can have a positive effect on your happiness and well-being.
That’s because doing something for someone else triggers hormones affecting our moods, our stress levels, our brains and even our lifespans. “A growing body of scientific research shows that helping others, including engaging in formal volunteering activities, is related to better health outcomes in later life,” says Jeffrey Burr, professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
RN charged with practicing with stolen license in senior living communities
McKnight’s - A woman who allegedly worked at seven senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities using a stolen medical license is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, as well as potential fines, in South Carolina.
Alyssa Beth Steele is accused of practicing medicine as a registered nurse without a license in facilities across three jurisdictions between Jan. 15, 2020, and Jan. 19, 2022. She allegedly used a Georgia Board of Nursing license number belonging to someone else to work at the facilities.
Observation - you may want to ask what the hiring and screening processes are at a community where you may be thinking about moving to or moving a loved one.
Nose Picking Could Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Neuroscience - Griffith University researchers have demonstrated that a bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the brain in mice, where it creates markers that are a tell-tale sign of Alzheimer’s disease.
Observation - create your own caption and conclusions on this one. I won’t nit pick.
Half of Americans Over 50 Are Now Caregivers
U.S. News - More than half of Americans aged 50 and up are helping an older adult manage tasks ranging from household chores to care for medical conditions, a new national poll shows. Of nearly 2,200 poll respondents aged 50 to 80, 54% said they'd helped an older adult with "care tasks" in the past two years.
Most often, that did mean helping with health care "encounters" — like making or attending appointments and communicating with medical providers. But people also commonly helped with home repairs, yard work, grocery shopping, making meals and managing finances.
Observation - I guess when you start categorizing people more broadly, everyone could potentially be a caregiver in some capacity. Still, that’s a big number.
Tunes with teeth: Edison might have left his mark on piano
AP - Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music. As someone played, the great inventor would lean in close to the instrument, right above the keys, and he’d bite the piano.
Pressing his teeth into the wood of phonographs and pianos helped Edison experience the vibrations in his skull. Or in his own words, it allowed him to “hear through my teeth.”
Robert Friedman recently showed off marks on a Steinway grand piano once owned by Edison — a cluster of shallow indentations roughing up the black lacquer above the keyboard. Friedman, who buys and sells Steinways, purchased the piano last year and says he was surprised by the toothy signatures left by the inventor of the phonograph. He’s now looking for the right home for the novel historical artifact.
This is the age when the average American realizes they are aging: poll
NYPOST - The average American begins to notice the signs of aging at the age of 42, but 15% noticed themselves getting older before age 35.
That’s according to a new poll of 2,000 Americans with representative samples for Gen Z, millennials, Gen-X and baby boomer respondents, where respondents believe they were at the peak of their health at the age of 34.
On top of that, 46% of Gen X were unaware they couldn’t engage in the same fitness or diet regimens as they could when they were younger until they were over 40.
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