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Topic- Gerontology
Multifaceted exercise boosts function in hospitalized older adults
Researchers in Spain have found that an innovative multicomponent exercise intervention provided "significant benefits" over usual care among hospitalized patients in their 80s and 90s.
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Well-being metrics critical to social, policy decisions
Income-based metrics that measure a country's economic growth don't tell the whole story about its population, argues Carol Graham of the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, in an editorial in the journal Science and a Gallup blog post.
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Deprescribing OK with older Americans
Polypharmacy-the use of five or more medications by one person-is common and increasing among older adults in the US and internationally, according to Dr. Emily Reeve of the Laboratory of Ageing and Pharmacology at North Shore Hospital in New South Wales, and colleagues.
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Stats: 13.9 million with Alzheimer's in 2060
The US burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will nearly triple by 2060, from five million in 2014 to 14 million, according to a study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New report highlights concerns of LGBT older adults
In conjunction with May as Older Americans Month and the upcoming Pride Month in June, Pride Action Tank, a project of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, hosted a press conference on May 21, 2018 to announce its final report for "OUTAging: Summit on Our Possibilities" and its launch of a collaborative campaign to respond to concerns and recommendations raised by LGBT older adults, service providers, and stakeholders during its recent summit.
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Children of centenarians feel stronger purpose in life
As members of the active-aging industry know, a sense of meaning and direction in life is associated with living longer and experiencing less disease, disability, and cognitive impairment.
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