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...

LIVE EVENT: Aging Magnificently Book Club

Sunday, Jun. 27th on zoom join Dr. Bill Thomas and discuss Aging Magnificently. Get the book and sign -up here Excerpt from Aging Magnificently The journey matters and it begins here. Learning how to ...

Heart Transplants: Age is No Barrier to Successful Surgery

Heart Transplants: Age is No Barrier to Successful Surgery

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that survival rates after heart transplant surgery are simi...