See the World and Stay Healthy: 11 Things for Older Adults to Keep ...
Taking small steps before and during your trip can go a long way.
Category: Senior Health
A Guide to a Fulfilling Sex Life for Seniors
Intimacy in your senior years comes with benefits and challenges.
How Exercise Can Prevent Falls
The Otago program’s at-home exercises build strength, balance and a better life for seniors.
Worried About a Loved One Falling at Home?
Help keep your loved ones safe by thinking about fall prevention.
Researchers strive to improve cancer care for older patients
At the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, UNC Lineberger researchers led by Hyman B. Muss, MD, presented preliminary findings from several studies focused on older adults with cancer.
Can virtual reality help us prevent falls in the elderly and others?
Every year, falls lead to hospitalization or death for hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans. Standard clinical techniques generally cannot diagnose balance impairments before they lead to falls. But researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State Unive
Improving Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Studies show that the first visit to the Emergency Department (ED) by an older adult in the United States often marks the start of a downward health trend for that person, leading to return trips to the ED, hospital admissions, or death.
Elder abuse under-identified in U.S. emergency departments
Elder abuse affects approximately 1 in 10 older adults in the United States and has far-reaching negative effects on physical and mental health.