The senior population in the United States is booming and with it an increase in older adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning. Many older adults and…
Year: 2021
Caregiver Pain and Cold Therapy
Providing care for others is not only emotionally challenging, it can be physically painful. Effectively managing pain involves the use of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers and supplements, prescription medications, exercise,…
What Do Your Nursing Homes Residents Want?
After scanning through the literature and poking through various academic journals, I came across an interesting question, and one that I have thought about for many years. “What do seniors…
Aging and Existential Crisis
Most people will experience an existential crisis at one or more points in their lives. When we are young, we struggle to find out who and what we are. Later…
The Struggle to Maintain Direct Care Staff: Did the Pandemic Teach Us Anything?
Today there are nearly 4.6 million direct care workers in senior care, including state tested nursing assistants (STNAs), home health aides, and personal care aides. Surprisingly, almost 2.5 million work…
What is Werner Syndrome?
Werner syndrome is a rare yet devastating disease that develops due to mutations in the WRN gene which lies on chromosome 8 in humans. It is the most common among…