Oldest seniors shift away from nursing homes: alternatives, such as...

Family Practice News;  January 1, 2007 ;     605 words ......that if all older adults (ages 65...continued to use nursing homes as they did...95 million older adults would reside in nursing homes today. Instead...twice as many older adults in 2030 as...demand for nursing homes continues...

Applying the 'Disaster Lens' to Older Adults

Generations;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......profound impact upon older adults, their families, and...delivery. For example, older adults constituted only 15...more than 700,000 older adults left their homes, their nursing homes, and their assisted...learn how and why older adults are rendered ...

On Belonging and Belongings: Older Adults, Katrina, and Lessons Learned

Generations;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......would take on the older adults of the region...rethink services to older adults in Alabama, Louisiana...WHAT HAPPENED TO OLDER ADULTS DURING THE HURRICANES...Census, 2000). These older adults are among our country...More than 700,000 older adults left ...

Psychosocial treatments for major depression and dysthymia in older...

Journal of Counseling and Development;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......The population of older adults in the United States...the population of older adults has more than tripled...meeting the needs of older adults and their families...health problem for older adults (Lebowitz et al., 1997...indicating that 1% to 2% of older ...

Oral health and older adults. (Short Report).

Journal of Dental Hygiene;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......attitudes or prejudice toward older persons Agerasia healthy...The overall percentage of older adults is anticipated to increase...data available regarding older adults: (1) * Seventy-four percent...men. Eight percent of the older adult population were divorced...percent of ...

Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place.(Brief...

Health and Social Work;  August 1, 2007 ;     260 words ...Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place...widespread problem and older adults are exposed to abuse not...Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place...addresses elder mistreatment in nursing homes and is an essential ...

Use of clinical and impairment-based tests to predict falls by...

Physical Therapy;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......incidence in older adults is costly in...life. Most older adults hospitalized...willingness of many older adults to participate...residents of nursing homes; however, these...of falls in older adults who have fewer...residents of nursing ...

Law on Nursing Homes May Change

AP Online;  April 20, 2002 ;     502 words ......practical nurse because of the Older Adults Protective Services Act. This...former criminals from working in nursing homes provides no exceptions for anyone...employee is not considered a risk to older adults as long as they remain with the...

Empowering the older adult through folklore.(services of nursing homes)

Adultspan Journal;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......those working with older adults in nursing homes to significantly encourage...of five studies of older adults in nursing homes, Bakes (1996) concluded...methods when working with older adults in nursing homes to significantly encourage...

Nursing homes shed bleak image.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  April 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......LONGVIEW -- The more nursing homes John Fite visited...innovators are making nursing homes less like hospitals...are compelling some nursing homes to try something...380 Texans, live in nursing homes. Those numbers have...where to live. Many older adults ...

Professional hope in working with older adults.(sociological research)

Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......structures that impact older adults. The authors...culture change in nursing homes as an emerging...professional hope in older adults' capacities for...to believe in older adults' capacities for...culture change in nursing homes, often described...the ...

K-State Experts Suggest Gifts for Friends and Relatives in Nursing Homes.

M2 Presswire;  November 16, 2006 ;     368 words ......Gifts for Friends and Relatives in Nursing Homes(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...of home are great gift ideas for older adults in nursing homes, according to faculty members in...important to remember that residents of nursing homes might feel uncomfortable if ...

P E L SERVICES INC. CAN HELP AGE-PROOF HOME FOR OLDER ADULTS

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  February 23, 1997 ;     700+ words ......age-proof their homes to protect the safety of older adult family members at a stage in their development...abilities are changing. Each year, one-third of older people in a community fall. About 5 percent of falls in older people result in a fracture. One of the disabilities...by healthy, middle-aged ...

Pennsylvania Department of Aging Has New Checklist to Help With the...

PR Newswire;  August 23, 2005 ;     445 words ......community-based services are helping older adults live at home as long as possible, nursing homes are still an important...outlines many factors older adults and their family members...Health, which regulates nursing homes, offers a nursing home...and select the link ...

Washington State Nursing Homes Wary over Federal Ratings.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......federal data that make this state's nursing homes, as a group, look a little worse...also intended to put self-focus on nursing homes. He added that the measures were...board but said it's possible some nursing homes will be treated unfairly. It's just...release data on each pilot ...