older adults

The program has been around for decades. But in the past few years, new PACE centers have been opening around Florida, including many that are in the middle of the approval process.

Hurricane season begins Saturday, and emergency officials want older adults to start preparing now before any storm threaten the state. They share tips about how to get ready without breaking the bank.

A sedative shouldn’t be the first thing tried to help people with dementia who exhibit distressing behaviors. A new website is a comprehensive, free resource that offers guidance to caregivers.

Clinicians in Southwest Florida are seeing this trend and trying to educate patients who are in relationships that may not be monogamous.

Many older adults who need hospital care are getting stuck in ER limbo — sometimes over a day. The long waits for seniors who are frail, with multiple medical issues, lead to a host of additional medical problems.

The Do More, Feel Better program trains seniors to help other older adults plan activities, which can boost mental health.

It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies.

Assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can lead to problems, says the author of Elderhood.

A study involving 17 senior communities, including one in Pompano Beach, is part of a effort to adapt virtual reality so it can be beneficial to the health of older adults and lessen the impact of dementia.

COVID would be a wake-up call, advocates for the elderly predicted: proof that the nation wasn’t doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults. But decisive actions experts had hoped for haven’t materialized.