In partnership with the Friends of the Senior Center and Parker at Monroe, Monroe Township’s Senior Center hosted “An Afternoon with Abe” on July 13.
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In partnership with the Friends of the Senior Center and Parker at Monroe, Monroe Township’s Senior Center hosted “An Afternoon with Abe” on July 13.
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Culture change has been shown to improve nursing home residents' depressive symptoms and dining experience, according to a recently released study by the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMASS Boston.
Only 13% of U.S. nursing homes have comprehensively adopted culture change, compared to 74% of homes that have partially implemented the approach of “person-centered” care, researchers said.
A skilled nursing facility can bolster resident quality of life by focusing on its dining, a study from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston suggests. That’s according to Natasha Bryant, senior research associate at the LTSS Center, who worked on a study that examined the impact of a person-centered care approach and household model on resident life in a nursing home.
“Where we really saw the benefits was in the dining area,” she explained. “So if someone didn’t want to make that level of investment of doing the entire nursing home, maybe in focusing on that dining area, they could see some improved interactions and quality of life.”
Parker, a non-profit, aging services organization, is investing in technology to redefine senior fitness with their newly renovated Wellness Center. Open to residents and community members, the renovations incorporate progressive technology to make fitness more fun and accessible than ever before for adults of all ages and ability levels. Parker, President and CEO Roberto Muñiz says this is one way the company is using technology to better serve residents and community members and to stay true to its vision, which is to make aging part of life.
(Piscataway, NJ) – For the second year in a row, Parker conducted a national survey to gauge changing perceptions around aging in America. The results reveal that Americans have an overall positive outlook on aging.
Seven in ten Americans do not consider people in their 50s and 60s to be “old,” while 73% of those surveyed do not fear or worry about aging very much or at all.
The recent hurricanes, floods, fires and mudslides killed many people and did tremendous harm to millions more, from the Caribbean to the West Coast. Here is how some LeadingAge members fared, and how the LeadingAge family came through to help those in need.
During our Culture 2100 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, I had the opportunity to chat with Roberto Muniz, President of Parker Life — a non-profit, non-faith-based healthcare organization headquartered in New Jersey. During any given month – between residents and staff – Parker Life serves anywhere from 1600-1800 people. Roberto explained that their focus goes beyond just serving the residents or members of the programs, but extends to serving their families and caregivers.
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Three months after Hurricane Maria, many of the workers who care for Puerto Rico's seniors still don't have power or running water at home. But day after day, they show up to find food, clean facilities and care for long-term care and senior living residents who have nowhere else to go.
LeadingAge members and executives of other organizations that care for seniors trekked to the island last month, delivering cash to help the facilities and the employees who responded to an “immediate and boundless call to action.”