Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
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Vermont is the healthiest state for seniors, rising from fourth place last year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities. New Hampshire ranks second, improving one spot from last year. Minnesota fell to third after being ranked first for two years in a row, while Hawaii (4) and Utah (5) round out the top five states. Louisiana ranks 50th as the least healthy...
Through 2018, growth in U.S. elder care service revenues will be stimulated by demographic changes, especially by the large "baby boom" generation entering retirement years and longer life expectancies. Both of these trends will contribute to the rising size of the older population. Growth in elder care services will be further spurred by modified regulations, as improved coverage of these services, especially through Medicare, allows for greater flexibility and more choices for patients. Elder care service providers compete...
If you experienced a medical crisis and were unable to make your healthcare wishes known, who would speak for you? National Healthcare Decisions Day, an initiative created to highlight the importance of healthcare decisions, is a collaborative effort between the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and other national, state and community organizations. "Everyone, including those who are healthy and in the prime of their life, should think about and document their healthcare preferences before a crisis," said J....
After 40 years in existence, the nation's only accredited, 24-hour suicide hotline and warm-line for seniors is in jeopardy, due to state budget cuts in California. The toll-free Friendship Line recently lost two-thirds of its annual funding, leaving a budget gap of $700,000 per year, and prompting the Institute on Aging to launch a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. "Older adults are two to three times more likely than teens to commit suicide, primarily because of...
Family HealthCare Network will host its 16th Annual Ivanhoe Health Fair on Thursday, March 26, at Ivanhoe Elementary School, 16030 Ave 332 in Ivanhoe. The event, which will run from 4-7 p.m., is presented in partnership with the Tulare County Gang Prevention Task Force's Step Up program. The health fair will again offer free health, vision and dental screenings for adults and children. FHCN has invited local agencies to attend the event to provide information on their...
Healthy teeth have become an unaffordable luxury for far too many senior citizens. Nearly a quarter (23%) of seniors suffer from severe periodontal disease. Limited access to dental care is rapidly becoming the most significant health crisis facing America's elders, according to Oral Health America, a non-profit group whose study A State of Decay indicates that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed to address the problem. Routine dental care is not provided under Medicare, and less than 20% of older Americans have private...
The American Senior Housing Association (ASHA) has announced that NeuroVigil will deploy its award-winning neurotechnology to senior living communities around the country to monitor the aging brain. This alliance between the senior living industry and NeuroVigil will make it possible to collect vast amounts of neurobiological data from seniors. "We are looking at the biggest living laboratory in the world," said John Rios, chairman of ASHA. The program will be optional and...
A combination of growing investment demand, abundant capital and low interest rates resulted in many records set in the seniors housing and care acquisition market in 2014. The average price per unit in the assisted living market jumped by 25% in 2014 to a record $188,700 per unit, while the average price per unit for independent living communities also set a new record of $246,800 per unit, or more than 28% higher than in 2013. The skilled nursing market set a record for the second year in a row, reaching $76,500 per bed,...