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Showing posts with label elderly care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elderly care. Show all posts

Sunday, April 12, 2020

A Touching Story - Family Recreates Supermarket for Grandmother with Dementia and Alzheimer's (video)

Title of video:
Family Recreates Supermarket for Grandmother with Dementia and Alzheimer's 

Published:
NowThis News, 12 April 2020

Focus:
This family set up a grocery store in their home to maintain a normal routine for their grandmother with dementia and Alzheimer’s during COVID-19.

To watch this video (3:13):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5kwHv-Y2xM

Friday, March 13, 2020

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany - Robots popular with older adults

Title:
Robots popular with older adults

Author:
Sebastian Hollstein

Published:
TechXplore, 12 March 2020

From the article:
"A world without robots is now almost inconceivable. Not only do they take on important tasks in production processes, they are also increasingly being used in the service sector. For example, machines created to resemble humans—known as androids—are helping to care for elderly people. However, this development conflicts with the preconception that senior citizens are rather hostile to technology and would be skeptical about a robot. A study by psychologists of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany suggests, however, that older people are far less anxious and hostile regarding such 'human robots' than previously thought."

To read this article:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-robots-popular-older-adults.html

Thursday, February 20, 2020

University of Bradford (UK) - Help with medication reduces hospital admissions in older patients: study

Title:
Help with medication reduces hospital admissions in older patients: study

By:
University of Bradford (UK)

Published:
Medical Xpress, 19 February 2020

From the article:
"People aged 65 years and over are less likely to be readmitted to hospital if they are given help with their medication for three months after discharge, new research from the University of Bradford (UK) has found."

To read this article:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-medication-hospital-admissions-older-patients.html