Common But Preventable: Injuries And Deaths Due To Falling
April 3, 2024
We’ve quoted the statistics before: One out of every four older adults has a fall every year, and one out of every five falls results in a serious injury, including hip fractures (95% of hip fractures are due to a fall) and head injuries leading to death. We previously highlighted…
Adapting Summer Activities For People Living With Dementia By Kristina Lubofsky
July 12, 2023
By Kristina Lubofsky Summertime is here, and there is usually (weather permitting!) an emphasis on getting outside to enjoy some sunshine and fresh air. There are so many benefits to enjoying the great outdoors, including improvements in mood and mental health, boosts to the immune system, and help regulating…
Bare Bones: Do You Know The Essentials About Osteoporosis?
June 21, 2023
Despite being classified as one of the 4 most dangerous health issues facing us today, and despite the fact that each year, 2 million broken bones are attributable to it, there’s still a lot of mystery and misunderstanding among older adults about osteoporosis. In fact, in a recent study of…
Bad To The Bone: The Global Rise Of Hip Fractures
March 29, 2023
Back in the Fall, we noted the looming public health concern of an epidemic increase in bone fractures that may arise from the aging of our population. With perhaps justified concern, the fracture that may be the most troubling is that of a hip fracture. Data about the nature and…
Break Down: A Nation At Risk For Bone Fractures
October 26, 2022
So raise your hand (if it’s not painful) if you’ve broken a bone in your later years. If you have, you’re not alone. In fact, according to a recent op-ed in The Hill, we’re in for a looming public health crisis in the coming years due to the incidence of…
By A Hair: The Untold Story Of Older Women And Hair Loss
June 29, 2022
It’s a source of embarrassment, even shame, yet apparently it’s a more common occurrence than most of us realize. While we are all familiar with older men, or even middle-aged men, becoming bald, we have deep reservations and reluctance to accept that a similar fate can happen to women as…