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Topic- Environmental wellness
Technology and tools to cut food waste by Rachel L. Garcia, MPS
Every untouched entre and over-ordered case of lettuce is not just spoilt food--it's lost revenue, squandered staff time and a missed opportunity to nourish people. From AI-powered systems to simple spreadsheets, use food tech to reduce kitchen waste and increase resource efficiency.
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Reducing food waste makes sense for people, places and budgets by Sandy Todd Webster, MSFS
At The Culinary Institute of America last year, our cohort was assigned to record our food-related waste, compost and trash for a week. While it may not seem like much when you're cleaning up, the discards add up. While its implications for personal, organizational, community and planetary health often shock first-timers, food waste is a key target to expand (or begin) an environmental wellness initiative.
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Creating "next gen" memory care: Thoughtful design to help people live better longer by Andrew Carle, BS, MHSA
At The Virginian life-plan community, an award-winning memory care renovation promotes resident wellness with a "Safe-Directional-Therapeutic" environment. Family members and staff also benefit.
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Indoor air quality, part two: Reducing pollutants to improve health outcomes by Regina Vaicekonyte, MS, WELL AP, and Bing Bing Guo, MPH
Older adults and their families are more aware of the importance of indoor air quality since the emergence of COVID-19, according to a 2021 Delos Consumer Insights Survey. For organizations that serve older adults, including senior living communities and other residential settings, safety is often now the lens through which they view this issue. Yet efforts to provide healthier, safer indoor environments also support health and wellness. How does air quality in indoor spaces affect physiological health outcomes in older adults? This review of air purification interventions reveals their impact on pollutants and participants.
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Indoor air quality, part one: Why it matters and how to improve it by Regina Vaicekonyte, MS, WELL AP
Awareness has increased in recent years about the health impacts of indoor air quality. Recent survey results reveal consumer insights on the importance of indoor air quality across environments serving older adults. Read on to learn more, plus gain a trio of strategies for cleaner air.
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Community environments link to cognitive aging
People are living longer than ever before, but cognitive decline threatens the quality of those later years. Now, new evidence suggests that where older adults live may help protect against dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A trio of studies from the University of Michigan (U-M) found that urban and suburban neighborhoods with opportunities for socialization, physical activity and intellectual stimulation may help preserve older adults' cognitive health. "Neighborhoods matter," says lead author Jessica Finlay, PhD. "They are important spaces for older adults, and they really impact opportunities or barriers to age well in place." A research fellow at the U-M Institute for Social Research [ISR] Survey Research Center in Ann Arbor, Finlay comments that the papers "think through how neighborhoods might encourage healthy behaviors that could in turn benefit the brain, and for Alzheimer's and dementia risks, which are among the greatest fears and greatest burdens that our aging population faces."
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