Mid- to late-stage dementia patients will overwhelm and bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid and overrun the U.S. hospital system with end-of-life needs.
‘It is a first-of-its-kind composite measure fully specified for use with electronic health record data.’
‘The entirety of the caregiving spectrum can be daunting.’
‘We must rebrand the current image of aging seen in U.S. media and advertising.’
‘Up to 40 percent of dementia cases could be delayed or prevented by modifying 12 risk factors.’
‘The rebranding prepares the organization for new products and services.’
Even HHS moved with unprecedented alacrity.
Prior to the pandemic, up to one out of every two older adults was already at risk for malnutrition.
Remind black or brown clients that they are the expert of themselves, and the relationship is a partnership.
Artificial Intelligence decision-making software is used as a means of restricting access to healthcare.
‘The effects of these inequities compound with age.’
COVID-19 has greatly exacerbated contributing environmental stressors to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
‘ “It is an honor and a privilege to be in this role,” applies to me very literally as a white woman in this moment.’
Many older adults are learning the hard way that vaccine eligibility does not necessarily mean vaccine access.
Some 70 percent of older Southeast Asian American immigrants or refugees have been diagnosed with PTSD.
Why is housing a backburner issue, how does it determine health, what are the inequities and how might we fix it?
Forty-five percent of adults older than age 65 lack online medical accounts that could help them sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations.
‘You can just call me Phoebe.’
‘Disease-associated malnutrition in older adults is estimated to cost nearly $53 billion annually.’
‘Shedders are not slackers.’
