When a person with dementia is in distress, they need calm and caring treatment to protect themselves and others – but prevention should be the goal.
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Doing aerobic exercise, such as cycling, is known to reduce the risk of an early death. Less has been known about the effect of lifting weights.
For some people, the risks associated with leaving can seem more dangerous than the storm.
Gambling during homelessness is sometimes motivated out of desperation and in the hope of financial gain.
Older Americans are often taught to be fearful of hackers and scammers in their midst while also being told to investigate potential threats. Better advice is to not engage.
Ageing is the single biggest risk factor for developing multimorbidity.
People who stayed active or became more active in adulthood spent between 10% and 22% less on healthcare.
Protein is extremely important for our health as we age.
There is good reason for older people to stay isolated, even as lockdown lifts.
From Facebook to WhatsApp, technology is important to keeping older generations from feeling lonely while social distancing during coronavirus
More older Australians are carrying housing debt later in life, or not owning homes at all, but lack suitable alternatives to the family home. The result is lower incomes in retirement.
Providing support and treatment might help reduce harmful drinking behaviours in seniors.
In two decades, the amount of antidepressants being prescribed jumped from 4% to 11%.
Each device is complex in its own right, and trying to use them together in many different settings makes things even more complicated.
At least one in six older people experience some form of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse each year.
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Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Research Associate in Health Economics, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Cambridge
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in older people's substance use and mental health, King's College London
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Professor of Immune Cell Biology, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Musculoskeletal Ageing and Health, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Nursing Science, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Director, Grassroots Research Studio, La Trobe University
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Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
