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Tech Talk: Robotic suit helps older adults sit-to-stand, walk better
A lightweight (6-pound), tendon-driven hip exosuit improved older adults' ability to stand up from a chair and walk more efficiently, according to a feasibility study led by researchers at the Technical University of Munich and Heidelberg University. Exosuits are the next wave of mobility rehabilitation that active-aging staff and management may want to follow.
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Community gatherings may help prevent cognitive disability
Older adults in Japan who don't exercise regularly but who take part in older-adult-led group activity programs in community gathering places had roughly half the risk of developing cognitive disability compared with non-participants, according to a recent. For active-aging communities, the study reinforces the benefits of group interactions and peer-to-peer instruction.
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Mental health crisis lines missing older adults
Nearly a third of adults ages 50+ (31%) have never heard of a mental health crisis line, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging. The findings come as the addition of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the US national service for mental health and substance misuse crisis support, makes it easier to get immediate counseling, and has fielded more than 26 million calls, texts, and chats since its launch.
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AHA gives guidance on exercise training for those at high risk
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a new scientific statement addressing how exercise training should be approached in people with chronic conditions and other factors that put them at high risk, a group that is underrepresented in exercise research and undertreated with exercise as therapy. The guidance could be helpful for active-aging community wellness professionals and others who provide exercise training for older adults.
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Amenities alone don't drive engagement
Installing a fitness space, walking trail, or wellness area is not enough to improve older adults' engagement with physical activity, a new study suggests. What surrounds the amenity, including programming, trained staff and volunteers, social connection, promotion, and leadership, appears to determine whether people actually use it. The study offers lessons learned for active-aging communities and other settings that serve older adults.
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Stats: How to live 13 more years without dementia
Adults with no midlife vascular risk factors—that is, no diabetes, hypertension, or smoking-- lived an average of 13 more dementia-free years than those with all three risk factors, according to a new analysis of the long-running Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. The findings are one more reason to encourage residents, members, and staff to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors that promote wellness.
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