Although Israel’s birth rate is very high compared to other Western countries, the population is aging rapidly due to high-quality medical care, and life expectancy is expected to continue to rise. The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Jerusalem has just issued a report on long-term care (LTC) for the elderly and made suggestions […]
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Hearing loss in the elderly affects women and men differently due to a variety of factors, according to researchers in South Korea. They include weight, smoking behavior, and hormone exposure. “Hearing loss should be prevented, even it is related to aging,” they asserted. According to a new study entitled “Sex differences in associated factors for […]
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In a world where being over 40 is considered by many employers as being “over the hill,” people will do almost anything to look younger – hair transplants, dental implants and teeth whiteners, hair dye, exercise, and injections of wrinkle fillers into their skin. Appearance is an indicator of age and life stage linked to […]
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Being a “fast talker” has a negative connotation – trying to persuade or influence others using deceptive, tricky, fluent talk. But in the elderly, talking fast is a good thing, showing that one is probably not on the path to cognitive decline and dementia. Word-finding difficulty (WFD) is a common cognitive complaint among the elderly, […]
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It’s well known that regular physical exercise is a significant factor in healthy ageing, but the elderly usually don’t exercise enough. A group of researchers led by Luis Soto, a physiotherapist at the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili health complex at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Spain, wanted to know why mobile phone applications […]
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Owning a pet – especially a dog or cat – has been linked with slower rates of cognitive decline including verbal memory and fluency among older adults who live alone, while the same protective effect was not found in pet owners living with others. Nearly 8,000 older people were studied by Chinese researchers who published […]
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