1747 results for “health span”

For Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind, a nationally renowned occupational therapist in her early 90’s, good physical health isn’t just a matter of good luck or genes. For her, and those she treats, the advice is clear: It’s all about bone density and balance, and that being proactive from an early age…

It’s not uncommon for caregivers to be concerned about mental status changes in their hospitalized older relatives. Hospitals are highly artificial environments that can turn normal routines upside down: sleep is disrupted, strangers come and go, medications may be abruptly altered, all leading to disorientation, confusion and delirium in older…

Population trends around the world tell us one clear thing: people are living longer in every country of the world. This is to be celebrated, as technology and economic gains, along with significant public health advances, have facilitated longer lives around the world. However, a large gap still exists between the…

Recent news stories have highlighted the challenges that transgender persons face in going about their everyday lives. For seniors who are transgender, and already vulnerable from the usual sorts of challenges older persons face, the barriers to health, well being and safe living conditions can be enormous. Most transgender seniors…

While everyone seems to have an opinion on how to live a long life, those in the 100+ years category may be especially well positioned to offer some advice. And for at least some of these centenarians, their long lives owe much to their avoidance of one particular category of…

Since the late 1930’s researchers at Harvard have been studying two sets of men: those who were college students at Harvard and those from an economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Boston who had little in common with the students except age. Since their adolescence, these two groups have been studied to…