Behavioral health care — not drugs — for dementia
For the treatments to help dementia patients, turn to behavioral health solutions, not antipsychotic drugs. Just like others around the world.
Home sweet home — in the right mood
Moving is always exciting to me. This isn’t because I enjoy the stressful process of apartment hunting and packing my life away into boxes like a real-life game of Tetris, because, let’s face...
Psychotropic medication, exercise and sleep
Working with behaviors in nursing home residents can be challenging. Research has shown antipsychotic medications do very little to help residents with behaviors other than sedating them.
Senior living dining is part of a revolution
If you walk into our dining room at Village on the Green in Longwood, Florida, it might take you a moment to realize you’re at a senior living community.
Feeling threatened at work? You’re probably a woman
Who has the most dangerous jobs in America? Police officers? Fire fighters? Loggers?
The connection between social interaction and Alzheimer’s
Social interaction helps senior stay mentally stimulated.
Medicare Open Enrollment: An autumn tradition?
The benefit of vast choice actually creates frustration and confusion for many and may cause “decision-making paralysis.”
Nursing shortage might not be as dire as feared
For the past decade, healthcare experts, including those in long-term care, have been drumming the beat of a looming nursing shortage. A new study details why the shortage might not be as terrible as feared.
Left with the geraniums
Some things probably shouldn’t require a law. Kittens shouldn’t be water-boarded. Toddlers shouldn’t have to work in coal mines, at least not in the dark or winter. Seniors in long-term...
A fresh take on community outreach
At Mather LifeWays, we’ve pioneered five unique, replicable channels in which effective outreach can be done:
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