Elder Mistreatment Investigations Buried No More: 50 Reasons Why Elder Care IQ is Needed

For decades, it has been very difficult to gain access to completed mistreatment investigation reports in Minnesota long-term care homes. Elder Care IQ was developed to bridge this major gap. The arti...

The Possibilities of Creating with Dementia

Often when we tell people we lead short-term groups for people living with dementia, care providers, and friends and family, we get comments such, “Oh, that must be so difficult and painful!” We’re no...

Older Adults Want Telemedicine to Remain an Option Alongside In-person Care

Older Adults Want Telemedicine to Remain an Option Alongside In-person Care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary Today the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a study about older adults’ views on receiving their primary care through tel...

Psychological Resilience May Increase Healthy Aging for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Psychological Resilience May Increase Healthy Aging for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently published a study about healthy aging for older adults with type 2 diabetes. The res...

An Agency in Need of Transparency: New York Health Department Must Release Mistreatment Investigation Reports in Adult Care Facilities / Assisted Living 

“By not asking for the data to which we are entitled, we sacrifice our ability to learn what our government is doing. Real transparency is more than waiting for the government to hand out data to us. ...

Everybody Knows

A poem about the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm and Medicare’s upcoming (April 11 2022) final coverage decision

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conducted by Telephone May Ease Arthritis-Related Insomnia

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conducted by Telephone May Ease Arthritis-Related Insomnia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study revealed that a talk therapy practice conducted by telephone could help older adults who have arthritis-related insomnia sleep b...

The Shadow Side of Service and Activism

Like age, service is structured in consciousness. That is, the quality of our service depends on our connection to pure awareness and to shadow awareness. Our stage of awareness determines how and why...

Trust at Stake: Alzheimer’s Association’s role in FDA’s approval of Aduhelm

* A reflection on STAT article: Joseph, A. (June 16, 2021). Q&A: The CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association on the approval of Aduhelm – and why critics should stop dwelling on the decision. Link: htt...

What’s the Best Way to Prevent Falls in Older Adults?

What’s the Best Way to Prevent Falls in Older Adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary An international team of experts compared practices that research has shown to help older adults prevent falls. Their new study, published i...