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Pet Therapy and Seniors
March 8, 2010 9:33 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation, the non-profit research and education arm of AMDA, invites you to meet two dogs that have a key role in caring for long term care facility residents. Come meet Sophie and Tessa and hear from Read More...

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Hi-Tech Memory
February 16, 2010 1:06 PM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

As a person who loses keys, purses, my wallet and possibly even a child or two, I will definitely need this high-tech medication reminder: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/02/pills.medication.compliance/index.html?hpt=C2. Read More...

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Inadequate Pain Relief a Human Rights Violation
January 27, 2010 1:16 PM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

In a report on medical complicity in human rights violations, Human Rights Watch includes lack of pain relief as an example of torture. "Our report found that fewer than 4 percent of the roughly 1 million terminal cancer patients in India who suffer severe Read More...

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Falls Cause More Than Broken Hips
June 26, 2008 4:00 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Fall-induced traumatic brain injuries caused almost 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the June issue of the Journal of Safety Research . In 2005, TBIs Read More...

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The Value of an Apology
February 1, 2008 10:49 AM by Maureen McAndrews

Over the summer I made a major purchase at a home improvement retailer. To make a long story short, the vendor: lost my order data due to a computer power failure, delayed product delivery, ordered the wrong size product, forgot to collect payment from Read More...

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Is your keyboard making you sick?
January 7, 2008 4:21 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Norovirus, often called the "stomach flu," often shows its face this time of year. Most people realize it's highly contagious but, for the first time, U.S. health officials report it can be spread from contact on computer keyboards and computer mice . Read More...

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More on "Water for Elephants" & Nursing Homes
November 19, 2007 5:25 PM by Maureen McAndrews

In my last post on Sara Gruen's book " Water for Elephants ," I discussed the book's main character, 93-year-old Jacob, who lives in a long-term care facility. In the chapter where Jacob recounts his family's decision to send him to the facility, he says Read More...

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