October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to spread awareness about the disease that touches so many. The facts are well known but worth repeating: One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. Each year it is estimated that over 252,710 women ...
By Lauren O’Desky, Oasis Senior Advisors Milwaukee As you age, you can become more vulnerable to specific diseases or conditions. For example, older adults are more likely to have glaucoma or arthritis. Age also increases the chance for older adults to get dementia. However, not every senior who experiences memory deficits could be living with dementia. Dementia and delirium can present similarly, especially for loved ones who are not available to check in on ...
By Lauren O’Desky, Oasis Senior Advisors Milwaukee As you age, you can become more vulnerable to specific diseases or conditions. For example, older adults are more likely to have glaucoma or arthritis. Age also increases the chance for older adults to get dementia. However, not every senior who experiences memory deficits could be living with dementia. Dementia and delirium can present similarly, especially for loved ones who are not available to check in on ...
The decision to have a surgical procedure when a patient is elderly can be a daunting one for caregivers, adult children, and the patients themselves. The reality is that older adults have different physiology and unique set of needs that may make them more vulnerable to complications following a procedure. Thus, the question becomes, “will this operation make them better or worse?” These questions will only increase because of the aging population. Older adults already ...
September marks World Alzheimer’s Month (#WorldAlzMonth), an international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma. Each year, Alzheimer associations from around the world unite to organize advocacy and information provision events, as well as Memory Walks and fundraising days. In the U.S., the Alzheimer’s Association is a key participant. World Alzheimer’s Month is coordinated by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), the umbrella organization of Alzheimer associations around the world. According ...
Many of you in the senior care industry are familiar with Second Wind Dreams®, an organization dedicated to changing the perception of aging through the fulfillment of dreams and its educational programs including its signature sensitivity training, the Virtual Dementia Tour®. Throughout September, the nonprofit organization will showcase all of its “stars” on social media in a campaign called #StarsofAging. It will share highlights of past and present Dream and Virtual Dementia Tour Events as ...
