Catherine Kuehn is an impressive 95-year-old powerlifter with an incredible and uplifting story told by the New Yorker. At the age of 85, Mrs. Kuehn began powerlifting for exercise on her doctor’s advice. This led her down a path of a new passion. At her first powerlifting competition, she heard the crowd roaring with excitement
The world’s leading medical labs rely on grants from the National Institutes of Health. Trump ordered the agency to stop vetting future studies on cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other ailments. Republican cuts to Medicaid will destroy the nursing home industry. Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid, has financial ties
Committee Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) reintroduced legislation to promote programs that combat loneliness in older adults. The Social Engagement and Network Initiatives for Older Relief (SENIOR) Act was reintroduced. This proposal adds loneliness to the definition of disease prevention and health promotion services under the Older Americans Act. This
Illinois recently passed a bill to protect vulnerable adults and the whistleblowers that protect them from neglect and abuse. The University of Connecticut’s Center on Aging recently did a study on the fear of reporting, stating that nearly 50% of vulnerable adults from assisted living and nursing homes do not report negligence within their care out
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