Assisted Living Community Guide

Approximately 10 million Americans have long-term care needs;1 including 2 million community-based elders who suffer impairments akin to those of the nation’s 1.6 million nursing home residents.2 In light of projections regarding the growth of the elderly population in the coming decades, particularly those over 85, the size of the elderly population requiring long term care who also have complex chronic conditions will likely double in 30 years. While the population most in need of specialized geriatrics care is going to increase, the supply of geriatricians has been declining.

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The stress of caretaking can lead to depression, illness, or a feeling of being emotionally worn out.

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Although it’s the deadliest cancer, notall smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors areone step closer to understanding why some patients develop lungcancer while others do not.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Although commonly taken to improve memory, new research suggests that the herb ginkgo biloba won’t help prevent dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

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Three fifths of adults would like to see hospitals and healthcare providers penalised for failing to help older people in pain according to a report released recently. The report also highlighted a lack of confidence in health professionals that can alleviate pain and a dismissal of pain in older people. It is unacceptable that more than half the people polled by Help The Aged felt that health professionals dismiss pain in older people as “old age”.

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Supplementation with Ginkgo biloba is not effective in decreasing dementia among elderly patients with normal cognition or those with mild cognitive impairment, according to research published in the Nov. 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Having a normal body massindex (BMI) doesn’t necessarily mean you’re free of dangerous bodyfat. New research shows weight around your waist that may escape aBMI test could be deadly.

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Reuters - Although often billed as a memory and cognition enhancing product, the medicinal herb Ginkgo biloba does not stave off cognitive decline or help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week.

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Behavioral risk factors have a significant effect on cancer risk in the U.S. elderly population, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. Understanding these factors may allow clinicians to make specific recommendations for their elderly patients in order to reduce their risks of future cancers.

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