Category: Seniors
Get ready for Medicare open enrollment
Starting October 1, you’ll be able to take a sneak peek at plans available in your area.
Ability, not age, should be the only factor determining what exercise you do
Exercise at any age results in positive gains in muscle mass, muscle strength, bone density, and improvements to overall health – even in people as old as 97.
How to help seniors isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Even before the pandemic, nearly a quarter of older Americans were socially isolated and about one-third of middle-aged and older adults experienced loneliness.
What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures
Patients need to take stock of the precautions providers are taking. This is especially true for older adults, who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
Seniors In Low-Income Housing Live In Fear Of COVID Infection
Nationwide, more than 1.6 million older adults live in low-income housing, most in apartment buildings with shared spaces where the coronavirus might lurk.
As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
Citing privacy, facilities often won’t disclose how many residents are infected. Unable to visit, families can’t see for themselves how loved ones are doing.
Nursing Homes Violated Basic Health Standards, Allowing the Coronavirus to Explode
One by one, toward the end of March, residents of Enumclaw Health and Rehabilitation Center outside of Seattle started coming down with symptoms of COVID-19.
Senior community protected in ‘outbreak that didn’t happen’
A study of a COVID-19 outbreak in a Seattle retirement center suggests that with older patients the decision to test should not rely solely on symptoms
Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
Would your mom or dad fare better in the family home?
Does Everyone Over 60 Need To Take The Same Coronavirus Precautions?
Are precautions of the sort the CDC has endorsed for people 60 and over really necessary? What about disease-free adults in their 60s and 70s?
Millions Of Older Americans Live In Counties With No ICU Beds As Pandemic Intensifies
Fifteen counties in Washington state have no ICU beds. Four have no hospitals at all.
Older people are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages
The rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic is taking a particularly harsh toll on older people.
Amid Pandemic, Programs Struggle To Reach Vulnerable Seniors Living At Home
A significant portion of seniors are vulnerable. Outside of nursing homes, 15% of America’s 65-and-older population (more than 7 million seniors) is frail.
Inslee issues new rules to protect older adults in nursing homes, living facilities
Rule changes center around visitors, screening, and precautionary measures.
Number of COVID-19 cases in King County rises to 190, deaths to 22
Officials urge King County residents to take seriously the recommendations to limit social contacts and minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the community.