An Educational Program About Medicare’s Benefits for Diabetes Screening
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) partnered with the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project to launch an educational program designed to raise awareness of Medicare's benefits for diabetes screening. For full story, click here.
Disease Risk Among Older Latinos in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Partnership for Evidence-Based Solutions in Elder Health released a report that provides advice on how to reduce the mortality rate associated with chronic diseases for Latino older adults living in Los Angeles. For full story, click here.
Social Support, Social Networking & Happiness in Old Age
The Population Reference Bureau published a brief summary of the current state of research on happiness and aging, providing an overview of the important role that social relationships play in the aging process.For full story, click here.
Evaluating the REACH OUT Caregiver Intervention
Researchers at the Universities of Michigan and Alabama collaborated to translate previous research evaluations of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH II) intervention into a condensed community-based program, REACH OUT. For full story, click here.
Residential Modification & Evaluating a Community-Based Falls Prevention Program
A study examined the impact of a 12-week falls prevention program called Stand Up!, which includes balance exercises and educational components about the importance of physical activity as a preventative of falls. For full story, click here.
Finding Balance in the Long-Term Care System
Emergency management activities must be extended beyond traditional personnel. Authors of this article advocate for "age responsive" actions that will identify groups of people most at risk for being unable to care for themselves during an emergency situation. For full story, click here.
Kathy Greenlee Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Aging
Kathy Greenlee was confirmed by the U.S. senate as the next Assistant Secretary of Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services. For full story, click here.
LEANWorks! The CDC’s Web site for Workplace Weight Loss
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced a new Web site designed to help businesses address workplace weight-loss issues. LEANWorks! helps employers calculate the costs of obesity for their organization and provides program examples of ways in which those costs can be reduced. For full story, click here.
Adding Satisfaction Surveys to Nursing Home Ratings
Federal regulators met with nursing home operators to discuss incorporating resident and family satisfaction surveys into the five-star quality rating system. For full story, click here.
Mather LifeWays Telephone Topics
Telephone Topics are interactive social support and educational phone programs for older adults. Sample a FREE Telephone Topic on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 12:00-1:00 p.m. For full story, click here.
The S.E.L.F. Program: Stimulate Encourage Learn Foster
Intended to provide practical and experiential training for professionals and frontline staff who work directly with persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, S.E.L.F. provides values, assessment skills, and planning tools to create the ideal person-centered program.. For full story, click here.
The Ways to Excel Collection: Improving Customer Service
Mather LifeWays presents a program that takes senior living and long-term care communities' customer service to the next level. The Ways to Excel Collection is a training resource that goes beyond the basics of customer service training to reveal the secrets of providing exceptional service that positively impacts residents and staff. For full story, click here.
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| Kate Paz | Staff Writer |
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