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Load limits in place on bridge at Yankton - KMEG 14
Load limits in place on aging bridge at Yankton KMEG 14, IA - ... transportation officials to put a 10-ton load limit on the Meridian (muh-RIHD'-ee-uhn) Bridge over the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota. ... |
Anti- aftershave hits male cosmetics market - CosmeticsDesign.com
Anti-aging aftershave hits male cosmetics market CosmeticsDesign.com, France - By staff reporter 12-May-2008 - The boundaries of the male skincare market have extended with the release of an anti- aftershave product with ... |
Multilingual children may slow process: study - Hindu
Multilingual children may slow aging process: study Hindu, India - Jerusalem (PTI): A fascinating study has suggested that children who speak more than one language may protect the brain against the effects of . ... |
Edmonton fest celebrates senior artists, 'creative side of ' - The Canadian Press
Edmonton fest celebrates senior artists, 'creative side of aging' The Canadian Press, EDMONTON - EDMONTON — A new festival to celebrate "the creative side of " will offer arts workshops, screenings, performances and a symposium, say organizers. ... |
boomers feel neglected - Calgary Herald
Aging boomers feel neglected Calgary Herald, Canada - Advertising - The baby boom generation that was once the dominant influence on everything from fashion to haircuts to music is getting older and feeling ... |
How To Tell You're An Gamer - RetroBlast!
How To Tell You're An Aging Gamer RetroBlast!, OH - MC, once again has brought us another useful, if not depressing for some of us, story about How To Tell You're an Gamer . For example: "You see more ... |
DND to patch rescue planes as replacements put on back burner - Canada.com
DND to patch aging rescue planes as replacements put on back burner Canada.com, Canada - In September 2003, then-chief of the defence staff Gen. Ray Henault announced that the $1.3-billion purchase of new search-and-rescue planes was the top ... |
Driving and - Toronto Star
Driving and aging Toronto Star, Canada - Most seniors are responsible motorists with solid driving records. But the passage of years dims vision, slows reaction time and increases the risk of ... |
Churches' proactive approach to gives us faith in the future - Seattle Times
Churches' proactive approach to aging gives us faith in the future Seattle Times, United States - In my 30 years working with older adults, the most common barriers to successful I've seen are isolation and loneliness, poor nutrition and lack of ... |
Gracefully: There's a role for all ages as America grows older - The News-Press
Aging Gracefully: There's a role for all ages as America grows older The News-Press, FL - The Administration on selects a theme each year for Older Americans Month, encouraging us to focus on the positive aspects of aging. ... |
CHIP deficiency decreases longevity with accelerated phenotypes accompanied by altered protein quality control. Posted by johowarth and 1 other to chip on Thu Apr 24 2008
Health Care Work Force Too Small, Unprepared For Baby Boomers; Higher Pay, More Training, And Changes In Care Delivery Needed To Avert Crisis ""As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care work force that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report, Retooling for an America: Building the Health Care Workforce, calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans should pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides, said the committee that wrote the report.
The committee set a target date of 2030 — the year by which all baby boomers will have turned 65 or older — for the necessary reforms to take place."..."Several reports show an overall shortage of health care workers in all fields, but the situation is worse in geriatric care because it attracts fewer specialists than other disciplines and experiences high turnover rates among direct-care workers — nurse aides, home health aides, and personal care aides. For example, there are just over 7,100 physicians certified in geriatrics in the United States today — one per every 2,500 older Americans. "..."Salaries of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and others who specialize in geriatric care lag behind those of their counterparts in other fields.A geriatrician earned $163,000 on average in 2005 compared with $175,000 for a general internist, despite the extra years of training required for a geriatric career. Physicians who choose dermatology can earn over $300,000 a year. Registered nurses who work in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities earn less on average than their counterparts, despite working longer hours with more overtime. "..."Direct-care workers are more likely to lack health insurance and use food stamps than workers in other fields. The median wage for direct-care workers in 2005 was $9.56 an hour. "..."The report calls for health care facilities, community organizations, and other public and private groups to offer training programs to help family members, friends, and other informal caregivers provide proper assistance to their loved ones and to alleviate the stress they may feel in coping with an older friend's or relative's needs. Health professionals should regard patients and informal caregivers as an integral part of the health care team, the committee added.
Between 29 million and 52 million family members, friends, and others tend to aging parents or other older individuals. More than 90 percent of older adults who receive care at home rely in part on informal caregivers and nearly 80 percent rely solely on family or friends. However, little is done to ensure informal caregivers have the necessary knowledge and skills. "..." Posted by msredsonyas to "Economics and or Trade-Finance" "Medical Sciences" on Sun Apr 27 2008
A 25-year longitudinal study of the natural course of after spinal cord injury Posted by Tanne82 to age on Mon Apr 28 2008
Longitudinal 1H MRS changes in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Posted by StephenWeigand to Weigand kantarci jack dementia on Thu May 01 2008
Imaging correlates of posterior cortical atrophy. Posted by StephenWeigand (who is an author) to Weigand Whitwell jack dementia on Thu May 01 2008
Mechanical Factors in Arterial A Clinical Perspective Posted by jasonslanemd to " and Anesthesia" on Tue May 06 2008
Effects of on Vasopressin Production in a Kindred with Autosomal Dominant Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus Due to the {Delta}E47 Neurophysin Mutation Posted by sonic to DE47 "diabetes insipidus" mutation on Wed May 07 2008
Motif module map reveals enforcement of by continual NF-{kappa}B activity Posted by bpatay to on Mon May 12 2008