Researchers are still determining just what the lasting health impact of COVID-19 is for seniors and those that are at higher risk of health issues after they have recovered from the virus. A recent study analyzing data from … [Read more...]
Why We Need to Think Differently About Senior Care
The traditional model of senior care has been shaken up ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. It isn’t a surprise. The pandemic has changed how we think about a lot of things, why should senior care be any different? A … [Read more...]
The Pandemic’s Impact on Elder Abuse
The pandemic was a terrible time for everyone throughout the globe. But many people were impacted more heavily than others, with the senior population being hit hard because of the vulnerable position that seniors already find themselves … [Read more...]
What’s the Controversy with For-Profit Care?
Over the last several months, parts of the world have had a backlash against the for-profit senior care industry. But the reasons why aren’t always quite clear. And even though there are reasons why this stance exists, the reasons why are … [Read more...]
COVID’s Toll on Senior Care
Our country just surpassed one million deaths due to or related to the COVID-19 virus. Each one of these deaths is an unspeakable tragedy, but unfortunately, the senior population has been hit much harder than others. About three-quarters … [Read more...]
Steps for Reforming Elder Care
Ever since we started seeing the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on nursing homes and assisted living facilities, it’s been obvious that a lot of the things that many care services once took for granted would need to change. The … [Read more...]
The Urgency of Improving Senior Care
We all know that the pandemic has been hard on the senior citizen community. Nursing homes were hit the hardest by COVID-19 and the vast majority of people that lost their lives to the virus were elderly. This has led to a renewed sense of … [Read more...]
What to Expect from the Care Industry
The senior care industry is growing. Not only is the amount of services like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and in-home care growing, but other sectors are expanding to include the prevalence of senior citizens within our … [Read more...]
Fully Vaccinated Seniors May See More Restrictions Lifted
Recently, it was announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it was now safe for fully vaccinated seniors that are residing within nursing homes to resume a lot of the activities that were once okay before the … [Read more...]
Another Good Thing to Come from the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic. People have lost jobs, families have been divided, some people have even lost their lives. There has been so much loss and pain during this time. It can be very overwhelming, but for those of us … [Read more...]
New Guidelines Indicate that Seniors Can Do More Amid Pandemic
Very recently, the federal government issued a statement indicating that once nursing home residents have been fully vaccinated, they are once again allowed to hug their loved ones. Additionally, indoor visits are once again able to resume … [Read more...]
The Complexities of Depression in Seniors
About two-thirds of the elderly individuals in our country that experience depression do not seek any sort of treatment for it. That’s information revealed in a recent survey by the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor. And although this is a … [Read more...]
