Jorie Stein
Why You Should Employ Older Adults to Serve Older Adults
,With a shortage of nurses and an aging population that needs more health care, industries including Life Plan Communities are scrambling for staff. One possible…
TRENDING NOW: Ideas for Integrating Housing & Health Care for Older Adults
,Recently the Senior Health and Housing Task Force formed by the Bipartisan Policy Center released a report titled Healthy Aging Begins at Home. This report…
Frame by Frame: Two Views of Late-Life Inequality
,In a recent article, researchers Renee Beard and John Williamson discuss two major ways that late-life inequality is framed and how these different perspectives on…
Crosswords & Cognition: New Research Supports Benefits of Word & Number Games for Older Adults
,A recent study provided further encouraging evidence about the positive impact that cognitively stimulating leisure activities can have for older adults. It also provided important…
Stigma & Separation: Social Issues Surrounding Multiple Levels of Care in Senior Housing
,Although Life Plan Communities and other multilevel senior living residences offer older adults the ability to age in place as care needs change, transitions from…
A Surprising Look at the Personalities of Older Adults
,How much does one’s personality develop over the course of a lifetime, and how do our personalities play into the types of situations and interactions…
Successful Aging & How Older Adults Perceive Themselves
,Although there has been increasing interest in “successful aging,” little consensus exists on what constitutes successful aging, and successful aging definitions have been criticized for…
How to Win Friends—with Positive Expectations of Aging
,The attitudes we espouse impact our behaviors, and new research has reaffirmed this truism as it pertains to positive aging. The researchers tested the notion…
TRENDING NOW: Aging in Place with Access to Continuing Care
,With the aging of thousands of baby boomers , the demand for new home- and community-based care models is increasing. An overwhelming number of older…
Going to the Dogs: How Owning a Dog Can Improve Older Adults’ Health
,A recent study of older adults looked the contributions of dog ownership on positive health outcomes, and asked whether potential health benefits of dog ownership…
TRENDING NOW: Cohousing Developments Offer Unique Option for Aging in Place
,Cohousing communities are taking off in British Columbia as a way to encourage positive aging. One recently completed community called Harbourside Cohousing is built on…
How Much Preventive Care Is Appropriate for Assisted Living Residents?
,Residents in assisted living are less healthy than the general older adult population, and often share many characteristics of older adults in nursing homes. However,…