Nana-Technology
September 7th, 2010 by Doris BersingAging in Place with Technology
September 7th, 2010 by Doris Bersing
The Aging Brain
September 3rd, 2010 by Doris Bersing
Living Well with memory loss and Alzheimer's
On Episode Six of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of the Aging Brain with Brenda Milner of McGill University, Larry Squire of the University of California San Diego, John Hardy of University College London, and Scott Small of Columbia University. Co-hosted by Eric Kandel of Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, we find easy information for the laymen about what occurs in the aging memory related to memory loss and the developing of Alzheimer’s
Series Overview: Growing Old, At Home….Where We Age
August 30th, 2010 by Doris Bersing
Only 5 percent of Americans ages 65 and older live in group quarters like nursing homes. In recent years, this share has been steadily declining (based on 2008 American Community Survey data). Numbers do not total 100 due to rounding. In a series of reports, NPR explores the quiet revolution — both high-tech and low — that aims to make it easier for seniors to age at home.
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‘Villages’ Help Neighbors Age At Home
August 30th, 2010 by Doris Bersing
In Chevy Chase, Md., Betty and Jack O’Connor are part of a growing number of people banding together to help each other grow old at home. Betty is 80, Jack, 85, and it’s something of a triumph that they’re still living independently in their suburban house, with its backyard garden and pool. Jack suffered a brain injury in a fall five years ago. Since then, a hip replacement has left him frail, and an allergic reaction to the anesthesia in that operation stole even more of his memory. NPR Radio emission by Jennifer Ludden.
High-Tech Aging: Tracking Seniors’ Every Move
August 30th, 2010 by Doris Bersing
Lida and Chris Bridgers created Adaptive Home, an elder care monitoring system that uses sensors to track movement around a home. Their company grew out of their own need to monitor Lida’s mother, Flora Roberts after a stroke.
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Wired Homes Keep Tabs On Aging Parents
August 30th, 2010 by Doris Bersing
A New Paradigm: High Tech to help people to age in place. This article shows how the boomer generation that has grown up with e-mail, cell phones and video cameras is now using all of these things to help care for their aging parents. A NPR radio emission by Jennifer Ludden
