Susan Troyer, Author at A Beautiful Voice

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

Creating Community
Coronavirus public health restrictions shouldn’t mean dying alone

Beautiful Voice editor's note: This article was originally published one year ago - May 28, 2020 - prior to the availability of vaccines. The author, Barbara Pesut, PhD, is a nursing professor in British Columbia, Canada. A retrospective review of the article provides the reader with insights about dying alone [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-28T15:36:58-05:00May 28th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Bioethics, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, Demystifying palliative care, Long-Term Care, Palliative care, Pandemic, Public health, Public health ethics|0 Comments

Mindful Presence - body, mind, spirit
Could ‘love hormone’ oxytocin help treat Alzheimer’s disease? Here’s what researchers currently know

"The study investigated what role oxytocin had in memory." - Author: Eleftheria Kodosaki, PhD, Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom July 27, 2020 Oxytocin is often called “the love hormone” because of its role in social bonding, reproduction and childbirth. This hormone may also affect our memory – though in [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-28T23:46:15-05:00May 24th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Cognitive decline, Dementia, memory, Oxytocin|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Why there is no healing without grief

This article, originally published in 2016 just after the election, reflects the deep sense of loss experienced by many at that time. The grief was not about "just another political loss." Nor was it accurate to surmise the grief was coming from a "poor loser." To treat it like a [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-02T21:12:23-05:00May 22nd, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: 2016 US presidential election, Alexis de Tocqueville, American democracy, Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, Federal election 2016, Grief, Hope, Scriptures, Transition|0 Comments

Creating Community
Coronavirus shows how ageism is harmful to health of older adults

"The COVID-19 emergency has given us a chance to look again at the way Americans view and treat older people. ... Indeed, the World Health Organization acknowledges ageism as the last socially-accepted form of prejudice. And this impacts the kind of care they receive and the health care outcomes they [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-28T22:45:06-05:00May 21st, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Living Longer 2020, Nursing Homes, Older adults, Older people, Prejudice, Public health, Senior citizens|0 Comments

Mindful Presence: body-mind-spirit
Looking for a proven way to be stress-free during the pandemic?

Health is the proper relationship between microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship. - Dr. Yeshe Donden, Physician to the Dalai Lama Now, more than ever, each and every one of us needs to learn how to take control [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-29T13:55:09-05:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: 9-part series, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Dr. Yeshe Donden - Physician of the Dalai Lama, essential healing foods, evidence-based holistic approaches, hidden toxins, mindfulness practice, monitor wellness, natural and alternative healing, online health tests, PROVEN - a docuseries, traditional medicines|0 Comments

Care of body-mind-spirit
Exercise is medicine, and doctors are starting to prescribe it

The need for this change in how we approach health and disease comes from two key realizations. One is that there are a growing number of people with preventable chronic illness, and our health-care system is not adequately prepared to deal with all these patients. Author, Scott Lear, PhD, Simon [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-19T00:12:51-05:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Canadian healthcare system, Cancer, Cardiac rehabilitation, Chronic disease, Depression, Diabetes, Disease prevention, Exercise, Healthcare system, Heart attack, Medical education, Medical schools, Stroke|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
We all hope for a ‘good death.’ But many aged-care residents are denied proper end-of-life care

Professor Davina Porock, PhD, holds a Professorial Research Fellowship in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Her research program focus is living and dying well in residential aged care with a particular interest in person-centred practice. Her article focuses on a culture of [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-17T23:42:47-05:00May 16th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Aged care, Death, End-of-life-care, Palliative care, Residential aged care|0 Comments

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