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Kids represent a small fraction of overall COVID-19 deaths in the US but 75% of them are children of colorFebruary 21, 2021 at 10:07 PM Tags: Post, Science, Washington Post, Cdc, US, Trends, Alaska, Npr, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, University Of Michigan, Frederic J Brown, La Puente California, Preeti Malani, Coronavirus, Sarah Al Arshani, Kimora Kimmie Lynum 145 people like this. Like Senior Living: Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic traumaOctober 9, 2020 at 5:59 PM Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they’re also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon a lifetime of experience and perspective to help them through difficult times.
New research calls attention to this little-remarked-upon resilience as well as significant challenges for older adults as the pandemic stretches on. It shows that many seniors have changed behaviors — reaching out to family and friends, pursuing hobbies, exercising, parti...Tags: News, Uncategorized, Sport, Soccer, New Jersey, St Louis, Kaiser Health News, University Of Michigan, Washington University, Whitehead, Kaiser Family Foundation, Brian Carpenter, University of Michigan Dearborn, Senior Living, Sarah Lowe, Malani 22 people like this. Like Loneliness in SeniorsMarch 20, 2019 at 4:45 PM It’s no surprise to most of us that loneliness has become an epidemic. In fact, those with mental health issues experience loneliness at an alarming rate. The one group most affected, however, appears to be the elderly , with millions of older adults across the Unites States feeling lonely. Major health risks such as heart disease and dementia often come along with this loneliness.
In October 2018, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sam...Tags: Psychology, Family, Friends, Aging, Happiness, Research, Health-related, Unites States, Preeti Malani, Haiken, University of Michigan Retrieved 49 people like this. Like Study: Older adults who take sleep aids put themselves at riskSeptember 28, 2017 at 2:00 PM Photo: LetNoun via Flickr
More than half of older adults have sleep problems and a third of them take sleep medication despite potential health risks, according to the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging conducted by the University of Michigan.
A majority of respondents said they hadn’t talked with their primary care provider about the problem because they incorrectly believe that sleep issues are just part of aging. Many are putting themselves at risk of physical or mental har...Tags: Health, Aging, America, U S Food and Drug Administration, American Geriatrics Society, Malani, LetNoun, University of Michigan A, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Preeti Malani, Ambien Lunesta |
