News of the Week
News of the Week
Observations About Some Things That Caught My Eye
This 83-year-old just owned the Tough Mudder race
NYPOST - Mildred Wilson of Missouri is the oldest person to complete in the endurance 5K — and she ran her third race on May 1.
Seemingly torturous obstacles — like a giant ice bath, a 60-foot watery trench under a steel fence, a dash through 10,000 volts of electricity and a 12-foot wooden ladder with giant rungs named the “Ladder to Hell” — didn’t stop Wilson from participating in the competition once again.
On the other hand…More than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035 - report
Reuters - More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report.
The World Obesity Federation's 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years.
Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show re-creation turns Kentucky senior living residents into viral TikTok stars
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Lying to a Person With Dementia Can Help With Anxiety and Stress, but Not All Agree
Wall Street Journal - Lying to someone with dementia can be beneficial, say many healthcare professionals and caregivers, as well as those in the early stages of dementia. A person with Alzheimer’s who insists that a late mother is still alive may enter into a state of depression and relive a loved one’s death, or become agitated, if a caregiver tries to correct them. But the practice is also controversial. Others say deception can be manipulative and erode trust, especially if done routinely. And many people feel guilty about deceiving loved ones.
Observation - our colleague Brian LeBlanc is featured in this article. Wonder how Teepa Snow would weigh in.
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Who’s Spending $1 Million to Attack This Struggling Hospital?
NYT - Save Maimonides, may seem quixotic, fronted by paid canvassers and dwarfed by the whir and hum of Brooklyn’s largest independent hospital. But it has money behind it — at least $1 million so far — as well as a mystery: Who is spending all this money to disparage a hospital, and why?
$3M NIH grant will fund next steps of research on dance & brain health
Wake Forest News - Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine will receive $3 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help researchers take the next steps in nearly a decade of research that indicates dance can promote cognitive health.
The study is highly innovative in its research techniques and methodology. The team will test outcomes for different “doses” of dance. Participants will attend classes one, two or three days a week for six months and either learn four different styles of dance or be randomized to a music appreciation class control group.
Research on physical activity and its effects on older adults has traditionally focused on gym-based activities like treadmill walking or fitness classes.
Observation - we have two dance artists on our roster. Check them out.
Time in nature may help older adults with improved health, purpose in life
Penn State - Over time, research has demonstrated that spending time in nature confers psychological, emotional and physical benefits. To maximize benefits of spending time in nature for people over the age of 65, researchers from Penn State; National Open University, Taiwan; and Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, studied the attitudes, beliefs and actions of a group of elders — people over the age of 65 — who regularly spent time in a natural area. The researchers found that fostering social connections around nature-based activities may be connected to improved health and quality of life for elders.
Observation - another example of social prescribing.
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