by Andrea Alvarez | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Health & Wellbeing, Support
Sessions for Brain Health Awareness 14 May 2015 Aged Care Reviews A new initiative, titled “Your Brain Matters”, is being trialled in Australia, and it is starting to look like a success. Its purpose is to help make people aware of the risks of Alzheimer’s disease,...
by Andrea Alvarez | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Health & Wellbeing
Aging at Home Might be a Bad Idea Aged Care Reviews Many members of the baby boomer generation are beginning to look for suitable living arrangements for themselves, or their elderly parents. A new study suggests that the popular notion of remaining at home for as...
by Andrea Alvarez | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Health & Wellbeing
Aged Care residents benefit from the talents of Circus Arts “Creature Tales”, a non-profit group that runs arts-in-health activities, is operating a regular circus program for residents of aged care facilities. The weekly group, which brings together both the...
by Andrea Alvarez | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Health & Wellbeing, Support
Can Illness Isolate the Elderly? In times of crisis, people are often united. It is generally thought that the illness of a person will act to gather their friends and loved ones around them. However, a study published by Concordia University indicates that people who...
by Andrea Alvarez | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Health & Wellbeing
Culture Changes Improve Nursing Home Care Changing the “culture” of a nursing home has been shown to improve the quality of the care given. This is according to a study of the topic. Brown University researchers of gerontology released the study for...