Friday, 30. July 2010
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA was pleased to hear Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, announce this morning that the Coalition’s aged care policy would be released ‘in the next few days’. Dr Pesce said that aged care has so far been ignored in this election campaign. “The AMA looks forward to the Coalition starting a bidding war on aged care policy,” Dr Pesce said…
Thursday, 29. July 2010
Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University. “Baby Boomers are coming of age and obesity is an epidemic for this population as well,” said Karis Pressler, a doctoral student in sociology and gerontology and the project’s lead author…
Thursday, 29. July 2010
Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to play a role in aging and longevity…
Wednesday, 28. July 2010
The Hill: “The majority of the nation’s seniors have little understanding of what the Democrats’ newly enacted healthcare law actually does, according to poll results released Monday…
Wednesday, 28. July 2010
Older Australians are demanding commitments to world class care, financial security, support for mature age workers and an end to ageism from both sides of politics in the lead up to the federal election…
Tuesday, 27. July 2010
Reform Eases Long-Term Health Care Woes The San Francisco Chronicle Our system of long-term care does not provide adequate or coordinated human services and medical treatment for our growing aging population. … Thanks to a provision of the new health care law known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program, tomorrow’s continuum of care does not have to be so unforgiving…
Tuesday, 27. July 2010
USA Today: “The explosive growth of the USA’s older population is fueling a grass-roots ‘village’ movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes. More than 50 villages in a neighbor-helping-neighbor system have sprouted in the past decade from California and Colorado to Nebraska and Massachusetts…
Monday, 26. July 2010
US researchers studying yeast cells found that ageing cells able to retain a group of proteins that ferry compounds across cellular membranes and get rid of toxic waste have a longer lifespan in that they can produce more copies of themselves compared with cells that lose their waste disposal proteins; they also hope their finding may help us better understand stem cells and cancer cells…
Friday, 23. July 2010
The Seattle Times/The Orlando Sentinel: “The new catch phrase among homeowners is ‘aging in place.’ Instead of selling their homes and moving into retirement villages or assisted-living quarters, a growing number of older Americans are modifying their homes to make them more user-friendly as they age…
Thursday, 22. July 2010
What, exactly, does “successful aging” mean? For more than a half century, researchers and gerontologists have argued whether successful aging is better defined subjectively (how older adults view their own state of aging) or objectively (physical disease-related disability or mental decline). Answering this question is more than an academic exercise…