June 2021 - A Beautiful Voice

Creating Community
2nd in climate series: Why the climate movement must do more to mobilize older people

"As we confront the climate crisis together, we need all the greatness we can muster, from young and old, and all in between. Now is the time for inclusive action." Authors: Aled Jones, Anglia Ruskin University and Bradley Hiller, Anglia Ruskin University Date: June 2, 2021 Some say age [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-02T09:31:11-05:00June 30th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ageing society, Climate activism, Climate change, Older people, Public health, Youth climate activism|0 Comments

Creating Community
1st in climate series: One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health

"It’s very difficult to pinpoint the effects of heat on the cause of death. People with heart or lung disease are among the most vulnerable to heat, but these pre-existing conditions also make it difficult to separate the influence of heat from their cause of death. As a result, many [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-02T10:13:43-05:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Climate change, Extreme heat, Global warming, Heat deaths, Heatwave, Public health, Rising temperatures|0 Comments

Creating Community
What are our core values?

"It's time for a new ethic of care to replace the stigma of dementia... Specifically, we need an ethic that challenges stigma by broadening the duty of care to include fully supporting the capacity of individuals living with dementia for creativity, imagination and other positive potentialities.” Authors: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD, [...]

Susan Troyer2021-08-06T19:07:44-05:00June 25th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ableism, Ageism, Cognitive decline, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dementia, Elderly, Future, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary, Long-Term Care, Stigma|0 Comments

Food for Life
An epic film – a movie Earth needs now!

Our friends at Earth Conscious Life have created an inspiring, award-winning film about the solutions Earth so desperately needs! It created a buzz at film festivals around the world, won several accolades for Best Documentary, and is now available to watch here at no cost. The film is called The Need [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-24T09:45:19-05:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: 90-minute documentary, Earth Conscious Films, The Need To GROW|0 Comments

Music and Dance as Medicine
Inspiring! A lovely “Brief But Spectacular” take on dancing into later life – from PBS

"96-year-old Stuart Hodes took his first dance lesson at the Martha Graham school after being discharged from a distinguished stint as an air force aviator in World War II, and he has been dancing through life ever since. He recently wrote a memoir called 'Onstage with Martha Graham.' Here [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-20T23:54:09-05:00June 20th, 2021|Categories: Music as Medicine|Tags: Dancing as medicine, Dancing into later years, Former Air Force aviator, Onstage with Martha Graham, Stuart Hodes|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
How reducing the number of stressful events in our lives could help beat dementia

"But is the onset of something as complex as Alzheimer’s disease likely to come down to a simple numbers game, in which one too many stressful events mean it’s game over?" August 9, 2017 | Author: Claire J. Hanley, PhD, Swansea University Stress is bad for our physical and [...]

Susan Troyer2021-12-27T14:57:48-06:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Brain function, Cortisol, Dementia, Maintaining brain health, New research on Alzheimer's and dementia, Stress|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Hospital gowns leave patients feeling open and vulnerable – their time is up

Following a 2014 study on this topic, I began to see a number of articles about the effect of the hospital gown on one's dignity and self-esteem. The authors state: "Although research on this topic is scant, the limited findings so far suggest that the hospital gown is undignified and [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-19T00:31:56-05:00June 11th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Health and disease, Hospitals, Influencing policy and practice, Nursing home gowns, Psychology, Recent studies on hospital gowns|0 Comments

A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 from decimating nursing home residents requires spending money and improving infection control

This article was originally published March 28, 2020. It's republished here for a retrospective look at the challenges in planning for future outbreaks. The authors state: "To prevent more deaths in nursing homes, the nursing home industry must begin to aggressively advocate for their patients through increased reimbursement and resource [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-19T20:24:04-05:00June 8th, 2021|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: 2019-nCoV, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nursing homes, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health and disease, Living Longer 2020, Long-Term Care, Public health, Viruses|0 Comments

Mindful Presence - body, mind, spirit
Drug prescriptions in older adults with dementia: NIA-funded study finds increased risk of side effects and cognitive decline

At a Glance: An analysis found that almost 14% of older adults with dementia had long-term prescriptions for three or more medications that affect the nervous system. Such drug combinations can raise the risk of dangerous side effects, and in some cases hasten cognitive decline. Author: Sharon Reynolds, NIH’s National [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-20T21:22:58-05:00June 4th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: 3+ medications, Dangerous side effects, Dementia, Effect on nervous system, Hasten cognitive decline, Loss of memory, Prescriptions|0 Comments

A Sense of Place
We need an ethical compass for fixing long-term care during the COVID-19 crisis

"Without clear ethical standards for long-term care, this won’t be the last tragedy or crisis... Health care, including long-term care, is a human right and a public good. Likewise, people have the right to participate in the decisions that affect them. It is deeply troubling to see the rights of [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-06T16:28:49-05:00June 2nd, 2021|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Ageism in caring for older adults, Canadian healthcare, Canadian healthcare system, Coronavirus, COVID-19, David Pfrimmer-D. Min., Ethical standards in nursing home care, health care, Human rights of nursing home residents, Long-Term Care, Stigma in aging|0 Comments

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