In the early stages of the coronavirus, there were a lot of rumors going around about what could slow its spread. Some sources said that disinfectant could kill it, while others said that sunlight was the key to stopping its spread. Partly … [Read more...]
Reducing Feelings of Isolation with Increased Testing
During this pandemic isolation and loneliness have grown into serious problems for some people. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the senior citizen population. The elderly are at constant risk of being isolated and it has had a big … [Read more...]
Effectively Using Personal Protective Equipment
Parts of the country are starting to report increasing numbers of coronavirus cases as a second wave of the virus begins to take shape in certain places. Other parts of the world are seeing drastically reduced numbers of cases. It’s hard to … [Read more...]
The Long Term Impact of COVID-19
One of the surprising things that researchers have noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic is that there has been a dramatic decline in the number of people that have gone to the emergency room and have received treatment for ischemic stroke. … [Read more...]
Rethinking How Senior Care is Approached
Some experts are demanding that the U.S. rethink how senior care is approached on a larger scale. Because of the many care homes that have been hit so hard by the coronavirus, alternatives to the traditional nursing home model are being … [Read more...]
Socially Distancing from Loved Ones
During this time, everyone has had to make sacrifices to various degrees in order to keep other people safe. Some people are dealing with these changes in their lives better than others, but no one really wanted to have to socially distance … [Read more...]
How Canada is Revamping Senior Care
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, vowed that extensive changes would be made in the Canadian senior care system recently. This report came about because of military involvement in many of the care facilities across the country. … [Read more...]
Women are More Heavily Impacted by COVID-19
A report out of Canada has indicated that females are in more need of assistance because of the COVID-19 pandemic than men are. Women have lost jobs at a much higher rate than men have in Canada (and other parts of the world), and as a … [Read more...]
The Dangers of Being Short Staffed
One of the major issues that has been looming in the world of senior care for the last several years is that of an impending care crisis. As the population ages and and the Baby Boomer generation becomes more likely to require senior care … [Read more...]
Why are Nursing Homes Being Hit so Hard?
You may have seen on the news that nursing homes are being hit really hard by COVID-19. There are a lot of false stories going around about why this is, so I figured this would be a good place to talk about how the virus spreads and why … [Read more...]
New Brain Inflammation Therapy in the Works
New research from the University of Kentucky indicates that future research is warranted for a new therapy that might help to relieve inflammation in the brain. In this study, researchers looked at a small molecule referred to as MW189. … [Read more...]
Lowering the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study out of the University of Irvine here in California indicates that there might be more to Alzheimer’s disease than what researchers first believed. The toxic buildup of amyloid proteins in the brain has long been seen as the … [Read more...]