Funding issues hit the spotlight as nursing home advocates gear up for Aging Committee hearing
Mar 03, 2009
The Senate Special Committee on Aging will convene tomorrow to discuss the inclusion of improvements to long-term care as part of overarching national healthcare reform.
Come again? Hearing loss among elderly may be linked to brain function
Feb 18, 2009
New research finds that age-related hearing difficulties are, in some cases, the result of structural changes in the brain, not just normal hearing loss.
House passes Silver Alert Act, arbitration act reintroduced
Feb 18, 2009
The ball is back in the U.S. Senate’s court on the issue of financing a system to help find missing seniors. The House last week passed the National Silver Alert Act (H.R. 632), which would establish...
Dementia type helps determine rate of cognitive decline, study finds
Feb 13, 2009
The rate of dementia-associated cognitive decline varies depending on the type of dementia a person has, new research suggests.
House passes elder abuse legislation
Feb 13, 2009
Economic stimulus legislation hasn’t been the only item on Congress’s plate lately. The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a bill that would fund elder abuse prosecution and establish...
Medicare coordinated-care pilot programs fail to live up to expectations, study finds
Feb 12, 2009
Most Medicare test programs designed to cut costs and keep elderly patients with one or more chronic conditions out of the hospital have failed, according to a recently published analysis of such programs.
Brain protein could help halt Alzheimer’s disease
Feb 10, 2009
The key to slowing, or even stopping, the progression of Alzheimer’s disease may lie in a naturally occurring protein produced by the brain, according to recent research.
Fall prevention training shows positive results in research environment
Feb 05, 2009
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have been working on a way to “inoculate” seniors against falls. Those efforts appear to be paying off, according to recent reports.
Flu season less harsh than last year, but bacterial infections still pose threat
Feb 05, 2009
Although this flu season is shaping up to be milder than last season, health officials are still worried about the rate of potentially fatal influenza-related bacterial infections.
Education cannot protect against Alzheimer’s, study finds
Feb 04, 2009
Advanced levels of education do not protect against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study that contradicts a number of earlier reports on the topic.