Roscoe Nicholson
Phoning It In: Videoconferencing to Improve Dementia Care
Effectively managing the symptoms of residents with dementia can require considerable clinical expertise. Unfortunately, many nursing homes lack access to the specialized expertise that could…
The Art of Combatting Ageism: How One Art Program Is Changing Perspectives
Health care students are usually exposed to older adults primarily in clinical settings such as hospitals or nursing homes. This can perpetuate negative stereotypes of…
Redefining Health & Aging
A new study may shift how we define health and aging. Instead of focusing on diseases, researchers looked at 54 health measures to see which…
TRENDING NOW: Senior Living Administrators Seek Solutions for Staffing Shortages
Recently Senior Housing News published an article that examines the continuation of staffing shortages within the senior housing community, and how administrators within the industry…
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…
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