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Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you age.
Housing for the elderly that fosters community, accessibility and care.
In our interviews with older people over the past 15 years, some have described the phenomenon of ‘tiredness of life’ in a matter-of-fact way – as though they are talking about the weather.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains harm the elderly and drain huge sums of money from facilities using opaque accounting practices while government doesn’t do enough to stop it.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains drain billions from facilities, hiding behind opaque accounting practices and harming the elderly as government, which has the power to stop it, falls short.
The care industry is tough work - making migrant carers’ lives harder will only worsen a deepening crisis.
By 2050, 25% of the UK population will be over 65, yet only 9% of the country’s current homes meet basic accessibility standards.
Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.
In clinical trials, lecanemab slowed disease progression by 27% and reduced the amount of plaque found in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
People living in sustainable dwellings may use less energy and water which leads to lower bills. But older people may suffer cognitive decline and struggle to use sustainable technology devices.
The deaths of huge numbers of the elderly in our care homes due to COVID-19 made clear the need to integrate our health and social care services. Here’s what needs to be done.
National policies could improve long-term care, but major party election platforms do not address the pressing needs of seniors in care, even after the catastrophic toll of COVID-19 in care homes.
The government proposes to fix social care and rescue the NHS in one go. The levy it proposes risks only scratching the surface
A series of studies shows people taking care of loved ones equate effort with love, making them feel guilty for using a product that reduces that effort.
Research on the catastrophic effects of COVID-19 in long-term care homes is shedding light on avenues for positive change.
A wider understanding of cultural values will be crucial to the successful implementation of contact-tracing technology across the world.
Even though the media exposed the negligence that led to so many elderly deaths, it continues to portray old people as faceless and voiceless, contributing to the insidious spread of ageism.
Have ‘Do Not Attempt CPR’ orders been misused under the pressures of the pandemic?
Top contributors
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Investigative Journalist, The Conversation
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Chair in Disability and Inclusion, Deakin University
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor in Gerontology and End of Life Care, University of Bath
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director of IMPACCT, Professor of Palliative Nursing, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law and Society, University of Birmingham
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Research assistant, Deakin University