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The tastes of home
One food item I miss from my pre-nursing home days is sandwiches made on toasted bread. I got used to eating sandwiches on toast when I lived on my own. In order to keep whole-wheat bread fresh, it was...
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Dining with dignity
Most people can enjoy a hot cup of coffee without thinking about pain or spills. But arthritic knuckles, Parkinson’s shakes and the impaired vision associated with dementia can cause frustration and...
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Hydration project
When I first came to this facility, they didn’t serve water as a matter of course on the meal trays. Most of the trays had Kool-Aid (more than one glass), some had milk, and others had coffee. Every...
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Dining with dysphagia
Twenty-six percent of Japan’s population is age 65 and older, the highest in the world. The United States ranks second with about 15 percent. Japan is working to address concerns felt by its aging...
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Refusing to be spoon-fed
People who abhor the thought of being kept alive with feeding tubes or other types of artificial nutrition and hydration have, for years, had a way out. They could document their wishes to halt such...
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Wellness coaches help seniors not only survive, but thrive
Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach’s office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a trying year, enduring a hernia operation and two emergency room...
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The right times to raise concerns in a nursing home
Dear Ombudsman: My older sister is recently moved into a long-term care home. It seems to us that the staff was very attentive and very nice when she first arrived, but they aren’t so much anymore. We...
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Speaking up: tech firms and AARP partner on voice tech for seniors
Pillo Health and Orbita are planning to study diabetes-care management for AARP members who are 50-plus in the Boston area this summer, according to Medical Marketing & Media. The companies will...
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Thinly staffed nursing home causes residents to miss meals, lack cleanliness
A Manlius nursing home without enough staff to clean, feed and toilet residents has been fined $22,000 by the state, according to Syracuse.com. An inspection of the Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation...
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Active Aging Week expected to have record participation numbers
Back for the 16th straight year and expected to be bigger than ever, Active Aging Week was started in 2003 by the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA). The campaign is part of ICAA's mission to...
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Food Safety Best Practices
Keeping residents safe from food-borne illnesses is one of your most important tasks. One of life’s greatest joys is eating delicious food. Senior care facilities that offer a better gustatory...
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CDC: Diabetes rates on the rise
The number of Americans with diabetes rose by more than 1 million in just one year from 2014-2015, placing the new high at 30.3 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Detecting muscle and bone loss
The Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA) questionnaire is a valid predictor of a resident’s risk of age-related muscle and skeletal loss called sarcopenia, notes new research in the Journal of...
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The benefits of dysphagia evaluations
Swallowing disorders, known as dysphagia, can occur at any age and can have very serious consequences for older adults. Dysphagia may result from dementia, Parkinson’s disease or stroke and can cause...
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The tastes of home
One food item I miss from my pre-nursing home days is sandwiches made on toasted bread. I got used to eating sandwiches on toast when I lived on my own. In order to keep whole-wheat bread fresh, it was...
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Alcohol Abuse Among Seniors
Has a habit become a problem for any of your residents? Though many of us associate excessive alcohol consumption with young people — think frat houses and keg parties — the truth is alcoholism can...
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Battling Dehydration Among Seniors
How to address this sometimes hidden health threat in your residents. According to a 2015 study in the Journal of Gerontology Nursing, between 20% and 30% of older adults are chronically dehydrated....
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Use Caution with Heartburn Medications
// By Lauren Sandford // As a leader in the senior care space, prescribing or distributing medications may be a part of your daily routine. As much as daily medications are designed to benefit the...
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