Sitting around is a known risk factor for disease and disability. Yet, when older adults start to lose independence—becoming less functional physically or showing signs of cognitive impairment—they move into residences that may allow them to sit for 85 percent of their waking hours. As the baby boomer population ages, older people are starting to…
How to Improve Health and Quality of Life for Long-Term Care Residents
June 16, 2021
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As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength
June 2, 2021
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Ronald Lundquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped going out during the COVID-19 pandemic and spent most of his time, inactive, at home. “I found it hard to get up and get out of bed,” said Lundquist, who lives with his wife of 67…
Woman Who Pushed Florida to Reopen Elder Care Centers: ‘I Knew I Had to Do Something’
Mary Daniel’s husband has Alzheimer’s and is in a memory care center. In March 2020, she was barred from seeing him as Florida joined many other states in imposing harsh restrictions to try to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Daniel immediately started searching for a way to continue to see her husband, Steve, with added urgency…
USPS Worker Saves Elderly Woman’s Life After Noticing 3 Days’ Worth of Uncollected Mail
Noticing that an elderly woman on her delivery route hadn’t collected her mail for three days, a USPS worker grew increasingly concerned. However, the phone call she made next has been credited with saving the senior citizen’s life. Shonda Lemon, 34, has worked as a USPS mail carrier in Chicago, Illinois, for eight years. She…
Australia’s Medical Regulator Says No Causal Link Between Pfizer CCP Virus Vaccine and Elderly Deaths
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has cleared the Pfizer CCP virus vaccine for elderly patients, despite 30 out of 40,000 elderly people in Norway dying after receiving it. “The deaths were recorded among very frail patients, including some who were anticipated to only have weeks or months to live,” TGA said in a release on Feb. 2….
Elderly Woman Killed, 5 Others Hurt in Portland Car Rampage
PORTLAND, Ore.—A motorist repeatedly drove into people along streets and sidewalks in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, killing an elderly woman who was dragged beneath the wheels. The man then tried to flee on foot but neighbors surrounded him until police arrived and wrestled him into custody. Five other people were hurt and taken to hospitals….
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