Music therapy uses music to address physical, emotional, and cognitive needs. Through activities like listening, playing instruments, dancing, or singing, it helps reduce stress, manage pain, and improve memory and communication. This … [Read more...]
Understanding Medicare and Disability
Medicare is the insurance designed for elderly individuals that are no longer in the workforce. It is a publicly funded type of health insurance designed to help ensure that people who are not provided health insurance through an employer … [Read more...]
An Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
A new study indicates that prolonged exposure to things like arsenic and lead may potentially be related to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Lead and arsenic are toxic to people. There’s a reason why there was a … [Read more...]
Brain Signatures Related to Chronic Pain
Researchers believe that they have identified the part of the brain that handles chronic pain. It is the first time that research like this has been conducted, and the researchers believe that they can use this information to make the lives … [Read more...]
Recognizing and Responding to Stroke
Do you know the warning signs that someone is in the early stages of a stroke? If you care for an older loved one, it’s important that you do. Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in seniors, but early treatment of a stroke can … [Read more...]
Does Where You Live Matter?
Recently, a team of researchers came to the conclusion that people that live near green areas like forests have a lower risk of stroke. Their research determined that people in these regions are 16 percent less likely to suffer from a … [Read more...]
Quality of Life During Senior Years Improving
A recent study indicates that not only are people living longer lives, they are living a higher quality of life while they live longer. This is good news for our older loved ones–and for those that will be older in the future. In short, … [Read more...]
Should You Get a Dog?
A new study looking at dog owners found that seniors who own a dog tend to be less likely to have a disability than seniors that do not own a dog. There are a number of factors that might influence this, the research team … [Read more...]
Understanding How Stroke Impacts Men and Women Differently
A new study looked at the differences between younger men and women and their likelihood to suffer from an ischemic stroke. What they found was that women who were aged 35 or younger were much more likely (44 percent) to have a stroke than … [Read more...]
New Study Examines Stroke Triggers
A new study has identified some of the big triggers for stroke, and not all of them are commonly associated with cardiovascular disease. Amongst the commonly known causes of stroke, the research team also found that anger, strong emotions, … [Read more...]
How Language and Communication Impacts Senior Care
Communicating with someone that speaks a different language than you do is never easy. If you’ve ever been in a different country and have tried to communicate with someone that doesn’t speak the same language as you, you have experienced … [Read more...]
A Better Understanding of the Origins of Alzheimer’s
A gene known as BMI1 has long been known to play a role in the aging of the brain by researchers. But recently, a team of scientists from the University of Montreal has found that there might be another role that this gene plays, one that … [Read more...]