What’s great about teaching is that it’s fun, easy to implement and can actually keep you brain healthy. Latest research show that tutoring amongst seniors might dramatically improve their well being: “Ideally, we’d like to see if this mentoring program reduces the risk for dementia and other costly diseases,” said Michelle Carlson, lead researcher of […]
Every year in august since 1998, Beloit College releases what has become known as the Beloit list: After assessing their new students, the college comes up with a list of facts that show cultural highlights of the new generation. It was initially created to serve as an indicator to teachers of dated references, and quickly […]
Information that is “musically encoded” appears to boost short-term memory in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. According to a study in the Neuropsychologia journal, researchers presented the lyrics of 40 children’s songs to 13 individuals with Alzheimer’s disease as well as 14 individuals with no history of neurodegenerative disease. “The participants read short excerpts of each […]
It has been a long time since annual living absorption were positive: 4Q07. For most assisted living metro area, the second quarter of 2009 was actually the first time that there was an annual increase for absorption since the end of 2007. NIC MAP is the leading provider of data concerning occupancy levels of the […]
The internet as we know it has been around since 1994. Yet 15 years later, while 79% of the general population reports using the Internet, only 42% of those 65 and older indicate use. Why, should the senior care industry and the technology industry care about this? It is now widely known that Internet use […]
