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Veterans' Tribute/PTSD, Dementia Link
Pivotal study finds
link between PTSD and dementia...More
study needed to determine why veterans with
PTSD are more at risk than others...Results
of a study reported in the September issue
of the Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society suggest
that Veterans with post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for
dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even
those who suffered traumatic injuries during
combat...(click here to read rest of
story)
Environments for Aging/Cognitive Decline
Study
Brain Exercises may
slow Cognitive Decline initially, but speed
up Dementia later...New
research shows that mentally stimulating
activities such as crossword puzzles,
reading and listening to the radio may, at
first, slow the decline of thinking skills
but speed up dementia later in old age...(click
here to read rest of story)
Environments for Aging/Over 50 Attitude
Towards Young People
Over 50? You probably
prefer negative stories about young people...
When given a choice, older people prefer to
read negative news, rather than positive
news, about young adults, a new study
suggests...In fact, older readers who chose
to read negative stories about young
individuals actually get a small boost in
their self-esteem, according to the
results...And what about younger people?
Well, they just prefer not to read about
older people...(click here to read
rest of story)
Environments for Aging/Chinese Meditation
Helpful
Chinese Meditation
found to boost Brain Connectivity...
Just 11 hours of learning a meditation
technique induces positive structural
changes in brain connectivity by boosting
efficiency in a part of the brain that helps
a person regulate behavior in accordance
with their goals, researchers report...(click
here to read rest of report)
Environments for Aging/Walking Aids Brain
Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts
brain connectivity, function...
A group of “professional couch potatoes,” as
one researcher described them, has proven
that even moderate exercise – in this case
walking at one’s own pace for 40 minutes
three times a week – can enhance the
connectivity of important brain circuits,
combat declines in brain function associated
with aging and increase performance on
cognitive tasks...(click here to read rest
of story)
Cognitive Skills/Destination Amnesia
Older adults
experience 'destination amnesia'......and
over-confidence with false beliefs...Older
adults are more likely to have destination
memory failures – forgetting who they've
shared or not shared information with,
according to a new study led by Baycrest's
Rotman Research Institute...(click
here to read rest of story)
Caregiving/Home-based Intervention
Home-based
intervention may provide some benefit to
patients with dementia and their
caregivers...An
intervention that targeted modifiable
stressors in the home of patients with
dementia resulted in better outcomes for the
patients and their caregivers at 4 months,
but not at 9 months, although the caregivers
perceived greater benefits, according to a
study in the September 1 issue ofJAMA...(click
here to read rest of story)
In the
Community and Workplace/87-Year-Old
Physician Honored
Physician, 87 and
Blind, continues to do research...
France has named Dr. Harry L. Messmore of
Loyola University Health System a Knight of
the Legion of Honor in recognition of his
valor during World War II...Although
Messmore has been blinded by macular
degeneration and glaucoma, he continues to
do research on blood thinning medications...(click
here to read rest of story)
Boomers' News/Staying Calm about Retirement
Schwab Quarterly
Retirement Survey finds relative calm amidst
Pre-Retiree
Baby Boomers...
Charles Schwab, one of the country's leading
providers of savings, investment and income
solutions for people in or transitioning
into retirement, today released the findings
of its quarterly retirement pulse survey
which reveals that baby boomers approaching
retirement in today's rocky economic
conditions have maintained a surprisingly
stable view about their retirement
prospects...(click here to read rest
of story)
Seniors' Dietary/Healthy Eating Career
Impact
Healthy Eating is a
bigger issue than your waistline...
Eating healthy and living well is about more
than your waistline...Most people think
about the visible impacts that healthy
eating have on our lives, yet fail to
consider what poor dietary habits can do to
our careers...(click here to read
rest of story)
The
Virtual Family/Older Americans, Social Media
Older
Adults and Social Media...Social
networking use among internet users ages 50
and older has nearly doubled -- from 22% to
42% over the past year...While
social media use has grown dramatically
across all age groups, older users have been
especially enthusiastic over the past year
about embracing new networking tools...
Although email continues to be the primary
way that older users maintain contact with
friends, families and colleagues, many users
now rely on social network platforms to help
manage their daily communications -- sharing
links, photos, videos, news and status
updates with a growing network of
contacts...(click here to read rest
of story)
Rural Seniors/Luring Doctors Obstacles
Renewed effort to lure
Doctors to Rural Areas faces obstacles
Focusing on
the case of a young doctor at the Southern
Albermarle Family Practice in Esmont VA,
The
Washington Post reports about
efforts to bring young primary care doctors
to underserved areas, and the challenge of r
etaining
them once there...(click here to read
rest of story)
End-of-Life/Doctors' Religious Beliefs
