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Topic- Safety
Stats: Only 23% of 50+ adults have a stocked emergency kit on hand
The latest National Poll on Healthy Aging shows that many older adults haven't taken key steps to protect their health and well-being in case of severe weather, long-term power outages or other situations.
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Increased trust may make older adults vulnerable to victimization
In a fascinating commentary from the National Academy of Medicine, researchers describe how brain changes that occur with age may make older adults more vulnerable to financial exploitation, healthcare fraud and misleading information on social media.
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Tech Talk: Most mental health apps not supported by evidence
On March 22, 2019, npj Digital Medicine, a Nature journal, published a revelatory study, "Using science to sell apps: Evaluation of mental health app store quality claims."
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Tech Talk: New hearing aid embeds fall detection and alerts
Starkey Hearing Technologies unveiled a fall detection and alert capability for its LivioAI "Healthable"TM hearing aid at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, and rolled it out internationally on February 25.
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Opioid misuse sending more older adults to the ED
Emergency department (ED) visits by people ages 65 and older who were identified with opioid misuse and dependence more than tripled between 2006 and 2014, according to researchers at Towson University, Maryland.
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Fractures linked to walking leashed dogs on the rise
While walking a dog provides older adults with an outlet for regular physical activity, a Penn Medicine study has shown that fractures related to these walks have increased significantly between 2004 and 2017 in patients 65 and older; 78% of the fractures occurred in women, with hip and upper extremity breaks being the most common.
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