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Low Vision: Impact and Interventions
New technologies and innovative intervention strategies are helping older people with various forms of low vision to adapt and overcome those challenges and are enabling them to lead more enjoyable and independent lives.
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Creating a Welcoming Community for LGBT Seniors
In recognition of Pride Month, our June edition of Brookdale’s Optimum Life Continuing Education series focuses on LGBT seniors and the best practices that organizations may embrace to fully meet their needs.
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Four Tips for Combatting Loneliness in Older Adults
If you think a family member, friend, patient or resident is having feelings of loneliness, here are four tips for easing those feelings.
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Eight Simple Steps to Make Managing Medications Easier
Modern medicine can work wonders. However, in order to be effective, you have to take medicine safely and according to prescribing guidelines. In addition, patients and health care providers need to be vigilant about the dangers of drug interactions.
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More Than a Calendar of Activities: Three Tips for Resident Engagement
Just about any activity can be a good one for the right senior, but the truth is there's no single right mix of activities that will work for everyone. That’s why we believe there are three key components to successful resident engagement.
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Three Reasons Why Seniors Should Get a Flu Shot
Our immune systems naturally tend to weaken over time. That’s why an annual flu shot is a must-have for seniors.
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How We Partner With Our Residents Physicians to Improve Outcomes
The healthcare industry is seeing the potential positive impact senior living can have on patients. Here at Brookdale, we want to continue to grow and set the stage for a healthcare-focused assisted living environment. This is why we collaborate with primary care physicians across the country.
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6 Tips to Surf the Net Safely and Avoid Online Scams
Online scams may compromise your personal data or trick you into transferring funds for goods or services that you'll never receive. Here are some tips on how to avoid them.
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Four Vaccines Every Senior Should Consider
If you’re 65 or older, the flu shot is probably not the only vaccine you should be thinking about. August is National Immunization Awareness Month, so let’s talk about the other shots you should consider adding to your vaccination schedule.
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Three Tips for Creating an Inclusive Environment for LGBT Seniors
According to Sage Advocacy and Services for LGBT Seniors, there are approximately three million LGBT adults over the age of 50 and that number is expected to grow to seven million by 2030. Let’s look at what we can do to make senior living a better home for those residents identifying as LGBT.
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The Importance of Engagement for People Living With Dementia
Whether you are a professional caregiver in a long-term care setting, or you care for your senior loved one at home, here are some engagement ideas to put into practice.
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What’s the Beers List for Medications and How Do Healthcare Professionals Use It?
To keep up with the ever-changing pharmaceutical field, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) publishes a resource for healthcare providers called the AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. Also known as the Beers List, it includes medications that may not be the safest for older adults.
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Ageism Is No Laughing Matter
Why is old age often the butt of a joke? Our culture has decided that making fun of someone's race, disability or gender is inappropriate, but age remains in the "safe zone" for ridicule.
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Changing the Narrative on Dementia
Today’s article in the Washington Post, “Changing ‘the tragedy narrative’: Why a growing camp is promoting a more joyful approach to Alzheimer’s” hits home for us at Brookdale.
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Treating Pain: Seniors and the Opioid Crisis
Chronic pain often has a debilitating effect on the quality of life and can lead to an opioid prescription. But the impact of pain on quality of life and the effects of the opioid addiction epidemic on seniors are stories that aren’t often told.
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