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Topic- Emotional wellness
How personality traits affect retirement spending
How quickly an individual spends their savings in retirement may have as much or more to do with personality than whether they have a lot of debt or want to leave an inheritance, according to a recent study. It's an aspect organizations may want to consider when dealing with potential customers and helping them select appropriate payment plans.
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FDA warns companies selling illegal cannabidiol products
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. That's important because a recent Gallup poll showed that 19% of adults over age 50 use a CBD product, and your constituents may be among them.
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Quality, not quantity, of friendships linked to wellbeing
Are people with numerous connections to friends, families and acquaintances through online social networks any happier than those who have smaller circles of face-to-face relationships? The answer is likely no, researchers say. It's the quality, not quantity, of social relationships that boost wellbeing, according to their study, which compared wellbeing among people under age 45 with larger social networks and those over age 60, whose networks tended to be smaller.
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Peer mentoring curbs loneliness, depression
Providing a peer mentoring program in a long-term care setting led to "significant decreases" in participants' depression and loneliness scores in a six-month proof-of-concept study. Peer mentoring is defined as "a supportive relationship between two individuals who share a common experience or characteristic." It's something life plan and assisted living organizations, in particular, might consider.
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Non-drug therapies best for dementia behaviors
Nonpharmacologic treatments, such as massage and touch therapy, seemed to be more effective than pharmacologic treatments for reducing aggression and agitation in adults with dementia, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of 163 randomized controlled trials including more than 23,000 participants ages 80 or older. The findings have important implications for the active-aging industry, particularly for life plan and memory care settings.
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Age representation online needs fixing
Not surprisingly, recent research from AARP reveals that adults ages 50+ often are not depicted in online images, and when they are, they are more likely to be shown in a negative light than are younger people.
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