Sentences with phrase «older adult»

This is important, since delirium increases an older adult's risk for functional decline, dementia, and even mortality.

«Future researchers should continue to explore the human - animal bond for older adult populations, particularly for those with cognitive, physical, and financial limitations.

Erie County Department of Senior Services completes an older adult needs assessment once every four years and we are currently in the process of gathering data for 2015.

On this page you will find multiple links to research on the older adult population, services that contribute to their well - being and ability to live independently in the community, and much more.

Erie County is home to many individuals, groups, non-profits, and public sector agencies that provide services to the older adult population.

The budget also allocates $ 100,000 for the Statewide Action Council Patients» Rights Hotline, $ 86,000 for the Foundation for Senior Citizens Home Sharing and Respite Program and $ 250,000 for the Older Adult Technology Center, which helps seniors better understand today's technology to remain in contact with younger loved ones, such as grandchildren.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - Forest Hills) and state Assemblyman Mike Miller (D - Woodhaven) took the stage at the Ridgewood Older Adult Center last Thursday to announce Weiner's endorsement of Miller in his re-election campaign.

The Older Adult Market at Schaumburg Barn, 231 S. Civic Drive, debuted Aug. 3 with more than 50 seniors coming to pick up fresh fruit, vegetables and other items.

Recreation programs and activities include: athletic leagues and classes for both youth and adults; health and exercise activities; cultural arts programming in dance, drama, and crafts; preschool programs; supervised before and after school programs; older adult programs; summer camps; aquatic lessons and activities; tennis instruction and league play; golf lessons, league and general play; special events; general interest programs; and historical programs and activities.

It is also a second - chance stage, when partially unfinished developmental tasks may be completed as a foundation for the life tasks of the three adult stages — intimacy (emotional and sexual) in young adulthood, generativity (being a generator or creator) in the middle years, and ego integrity (making peace with life) in the older adult years.

If 98 % of boys raped are raped by older adult men how is that not homosexual in nature?

Then, using an iPad app, aides record everything from vital signs to photographs of the older adult.

When it came to marketing, we often saw brands capitalizing on older adult's fear of life threatening situations, including a fall, loss of memory or motor skills, or other health related issues like a stroke or heart attack.

First and foremost, marketing to the senior market requires an understanding that older adults are leading longer and more active lives.

The research was focused on preventing cognitive decline and the development of dementia in older adults, specifically.

When Spreng read a Journal of General Internal Medicine study on elder abuse in New York that found more than half of financial exploitation is carried out by a person the victim knew, he wondered: Just how well are older adults navigating the complexities of their social environment?

Because of this shift, older adults have started to see technology as more than just a safety net.

The Omaha - Council Bluffs area has a big volunteer community, an affordable cost of living, a low poverty rate among older adults, many fitness centers, and short commutes.

But the city does not invest much in programs serving older adults.

A recent AARP survey found that 90 % of older adults nationwide want to stay in their homes for as long as possible.

«We know relatively little about why older adults decide to pursue self - employment in later life, the self - employment experience itself, and the individual and societal outcomes of this growing type of work,» Halverson and Morrow - Howell write.

This metro area's high - tech economy encourages an internet - savvy older population, a high employment rate for older adults, and a thriving small business climate.

Looking at 100 large metro areas, the researchers analyzed public data across nine categories, including housing costs, income equality, Medicare enrollment, the numbers of hospitals and households with older adults, and volunteer rates for older adults.

Older adults are biologically more distractible than young adults.

Still other work finds that older adults learn to let go of loss and disappointment over unachieved goals, and focus their goals on greater well being.

«Our main finding in this study was that, interestingly, older adults [focus on] relevant information as well as twenty - year - olds.

Where older adults suffered a deficit was in suppressing the irrelevant information... We discovered that their main attentional issue was that they are more distractible than younger adults.»

Older adults are one of the world's largest underserved populations.

This presents an alarming problem should older adults default on these loans — with results like garnished Social Security checks, wages and tax returns.

It's also working to roll out a new program that would help older adults physically transition from a hospital to their homes.

Older adults (67 % of respondents) are more likely than younger readers (23 % of respondents) to have received election news regularly from local daily papers.

With that in mind, Bruno launched Hometeam, a homecare technology startup that pairs older adults — many of whom suffer from diseases such as Parkinson's, dementia, or multiple sclerosis — with in - home health aides.

Even a brief course of brain exercises can help older adults improve reasoning skills and processing speed for 10 years after the training ends, according to a recent federally sponsored study on cognitive training.

The emergence of ties between the ridesharing companies and in - home care companies underscores a convergence of interests between the two segments: Ridesharing services can extend the ability of older adults to live independently while the 50 - plus demographic provides a lucrative market for tech companies.

Under the partnership, older adults can bypass the app and instead request a Lyft ride by calling Home Care Assistance.

Hometeam is a health care technology startup that pairs older adults with quality, in - home health aides.

Joe DeGutis, one of the study's coauthors, noted that younger people may have faster cognitive processing on their side, but older adults seem to win out when it comes to staying focused longer.

Retired from Life (16 percent): Older adults, many empty nesters, who are relatively removed from modern life.

And a recent study done on older adults out of University of California — San Francisco put it at 43 %.

(Keep in mind, medical professionals recommend more routine health screenings for older adults, such as mammograms and colonoscopies from age 50.)

Older adults, who are more likely to be morning people, reported greater positive emotion than their younger counterparts.

City Lit, a 96 - year - old adult education center in central London, is offering a four - week course this winter called «the art of self - portraiture.»

Older adults are much more likely to have pork and beans and canned beets in the pantry than younger adults.

Older adults (aged ≥ 51 y) obtained a significantly greater proportion of added sugars from stores than did younger adults.

Most older adults are satisfied with their sex lives, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging — whether they're sexually active or not.

Older adults who volunteered to help children with reading and writing tended to experience less memory loss and maintain greater physical mobility, one study suggested.

A significant portion of those with pre-existing conditions are older adults age 50 to 64.

There are also statistics for the «average» income of older adults.

Christine Benz: Yes, David's research is really interesting; and to me it syncs up with the experience that I've had with older adults in my life who have gone through retirement.

Saturday Night Live joined in the hype with a skit on «Silver Echo,» re-imaging how an Echo - like device designed for older adults would behave.