Senior Health Update, January, 2012

AAA Warman Home Care’s E-Update is intended to bring to you timely and useful articles and information at the click of the mouse. It is sent monthly in an effort to keep you apprised of what is happening across the healthcare continuum of care effecting hospital, hospice and rehabilitation social workers and case managers, as well as Assisted Living, Independent Living and Skilled Nursing facility executives. Warman understands that time is limited and has undertaken to share with you important industry information without your having to search for it.

1. Factors That Predict Walking Difficulty In Elderly
2. Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Depression
3. Age-Related Blindness May Be Warded Off By Grapes
4. 45 Could Mark The Onset Of Cognitive Decline
5. Alzheimer’s Patients Benefit From Light Therapy

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1. Factors That Predict Walking Difficulty In Elderly

Recent studies show that the likelihood of becoming disabled with age increases with the following factors: having a chronic condition or cognitive impairment; low physical activity; slower gross motor coordination; having poor lower-extremity function; and being hospitalized. Women are also more likely than men to become disabled in their later years. Read more >

2. Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Depression

Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to a group of psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. It is believed to be the largest such investigation ever undertaken. Read more >

3. Age-Related Blindness May Be Warded Off By Grapes

Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a new study suggest this might be the case. The antioxidant actions of grapes are believed to be responsible for these protective effects. Read more >

4. 45 Could Mark The Onset Of Cognitive Decline

Increased life expectancy implies fundamental changes in the composition of populations, with a significant rise in the number of elderly people. These changes are likely to have a massive influence on the life of individuals and on society in general. Abundant evidence has clearly established an inverse association between age and cognitive performance, but the age at which cognitive decline begins is much debated. Recent studies concluded that there was little evidence of cognitive decline before the age of 60. Read more >

5. Alzheimer’s Patients Benefit From Light Therapy

Exposure to light appears to have therapeutic effects on Alzheimer's disease patients, a researcher has found. In a recently published study it was reported that patients treated with blue-green light were perceived by their caregivers as having improved global functioning. Read more >

AAA Warman Home Care is a family-owned Residential Service Agency which has been providing in-home health care services to thousands of clients for the past twenty years. Warman specializes in providing the highest quality of private duty, non-medical care and companionship for the elderly, those recuperating after hospitalization / rehabilitation, the terminally ill, disabled, alone or at-risk. It is our goal to assist our clients in living the most independent, healthy and comfortable lives in the privacy of their own homes.

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