Updated September 2025 Do you worry that your aging mother may fall and hurt herself with no one is there to help her? Or maybe that your elderly father will wander off and no one knows where he went? Worry no longer. Technology has come to the rescue. With today’s technology, falls can be detected […]
Updated December 2025 Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey suggests that Americans are experiencing an “epidemic of low bone mass” in the femoral neck, lumbar spine, or both. The problem increases with age, affecting 47.5% of Americans who are 65 and over (and 51.5% of women in that age range). Low bone […]
Good nutrition is important for everyone, and good nutrition for older adults is especially crucial to maintaining their health and independence and improving recovery time from illnesses and injuries. How older adults get their nutrition varies widely. On the federal level, there are Nutrition Programs authorized and funded in part by the Older Americans Act. […]
The work pressure at any hospital is so great that doctors and nurses go without adequate sleep or food. They have little time with a patient before the pager beeps, calling them somewhere else. When working with such distractions and stresses, oversights occur much too easily. The complexity of modern medicine and the constant handoffs among […]
As people live longer, the incidence of bedsores is increasing in this older population. Bedsores, or pressure ulcers, develop when bare skin rubs against an object (most often bed sheets or a wheelchair seat) or when an individual fails to move for several hours at a time. Areas that support weight and have a bony […]
The fear of falling is something that many seniors have but few discuss, even though the fear keeps them needlessly homebound and inactive. However, there are ways that seniors can overcome their fear and get their lives back on track. Improve Balance and Strength Loss of balance causes most falls and feeling unbalanced adds to […]