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Topic- Wellness
Stats: Mental health very good/excellent for 60% of postmenopausal women
How do women experience their mental, physical and sexual health as they age and what are their attitudes about healthy aging? WebMD and nonprofit content provider HealthyWomen endeavored to find out by interviewing more than 3,000 US women at various life stages. While many of the findings are specific to older, postmenopausal women, the report, "Aging smart, aging well: A national dialogue on women's health attitudes and behaviors," also provides a window onto the perceptions and needs of future customers and family members.
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Stats: 20% of LGBTQ older adults in SF fear senior services
One in five LGBTQ older adults in San Francisco don't use aging services because they feel unsafe or unwelcome, according to a recently released report, "Accessing Aging Services Needs Assessment of LGBTQ Senior Health in San Francisco." Other barriers include mobility limitations (nearly 50%) and difficulty accessing transportation (25%). It's likely that results would be similar or more pronounced in cities or regions that are less tolerant of gender differences, and active-aging organizations should be aware that these potential clients and customers are in need but may not easily walk through the door.
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Stats: 76% of adults 75+ take dietary supplements
We all want to improve our cognitive health; however, this desire can prompt costly, unhelpful and sometimes harmful, decision making.
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Tech Talk: AI applications for older adults, people with disabilities
On May 21, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine released "Artificial Intelligence Applications for Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Balancing Safety and Autonomy: Proceedings of a Workshop in Brief."
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Stats: 7.5 million adults 65+ can't pay for a prescribed drug
Fifteen million Americans deferred purchasing prescription drugs in the past year due to cost, about half of whom are adults ages 65+, according to results of a recent survey, "
The US Healthcare Cost Crisis," from Gallup and nonprofit West Health.
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TechTalk: Take-homes from CES 2019
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in January, featured more than 1,000 speakers and 4,500 exhibitors, and was attended by more than 188,000 visitors.
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