by Julie Ann Anderson on January 23, 2012
Omaha Business Hall of Fame By Cindy Gonzalez WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER A former mayor, a publisher, a marketing expert, two husband-wife teams and the founder of a discount-store chain are to be inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame. The selections follow a nomination process that sought people whose accomplishments in business were historically [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 18, 2012
Committed to Quality Care In an effort to monitor and improve the experience of all of the Home Instead Senior Care network’s clients, the network has commissioned J.D. Power and Associates, a globally-recognized independent market research firm, to conduct periodic surveys of all of its valued clients. J.D. Power and Associates conduct surveys with clients [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on December 12, 2011
Seasonal Affective Disorder or Sad… Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you’re like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Treatment [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on December 8, 2011
ScienceDaily (July 29, 2011) — Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members. The research comes as hospice funding has received particular scrutiny in the debate over Medicare spending. “People [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on November 16, 2011
ScienceDaily (Jan. 10, 2011) — A large proportion of Medicare expenditures for nursing home residents with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, is spent on aggressive treatments that may be avoidable and of limited clinical benefit, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, published in the [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on November 14, 2011
Dementia Patients Face Burdensome Transitions in Last 90 Days ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2011) — A new study in the Sept. 29, 2011, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life, such [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on October 28, 2011
Alzheimer’s Wine Country Memory Walk 2011!. Hey Check out our video from this years 2011 Walk to End Alzheimer’s! Did you walk? IF so which walk did you do?
by Julie Ann Anderson on October 28, 2011
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: August 16, 2011 The researchers expected that seniors, when faced with mounting out-of-pocket costs, would switch to cheaper generics. In fact, that was one of the main arguments behind the coverage back when Medicare’s drug benefit was created in 2006. If seniors saw how much drugs cost, [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on October 10, 2011
Eyesight is crucial to our independence, mobility and quality of life. However, our eyes age right along with the rest of our bodies and need special care and consideration for long-term health. One in four people over 65 have at least early signs of age-related macular degeneration [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on September 30, 2011
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in American women behind skin cancer. Seniors are at an increased risk to develop breast cancer, so take time during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October to learn more about this deadly disease. Here are a few facts regarding [...]
