Learn Important Information About Trips and Falls September is National Fall Prevention Month. So the spotlight now is recognizing the cause of these injuries and how to reduce the incidence of occurrence. One of the most devastating and costly injuries… Read More ›
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What you never knew about grab bars!
Grab bars. Two simple words that one may assume describes a common solution to stabilizing a body position movement. While that is still true, the solutions to that stability have drastically changed in the last decade. What I find interesting… Read More ›
It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults
Source: It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults
It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults
Source: It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults
Breast Cancer and the Older Adult: What You Should Know Now
As a woman who has had breast cancer twice, I have lived through that “punch in the gut” feeling when your doctor first gives you that diagnosis and says “that word.” For me, both times, I never heard a single… Read More ›
Elderly homelessness: is this the future of growing old? (Part 1 of a 2 part series)
Every day we treat them as if they are invisible. We don’t establish eye contact and tend to go about our business of getting home or to work without a second glance. It probably never occurs to us that one… Read More ›
One day, you’re going to die. Have you put your “final wishes” in writing?
No one wants to consider that they will one day no longer be living on earth. When I give presentations on aging, I take a moment to remind people that they have the time RIGHT NOW to make decisions that… Read More ›
Sea Hero Quest: Can A Video Game Solve The Alzheimer’s Puzzle?
7 November 2016 Dr. Jill M. Bjerke There is no doubt the race to find the cure for Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases is in full tilt and will be for some time. One only has to type “Alzheimer’s research”… Read More ›
Why Google Is Turning My Car Into Fly Paper
Dr. Jill M. Bjerke Picture this: You are driving your car when suddenly a pedestrian appears in your path. You have no choice but to strike the pedestrian. What you weren’t expecting though is for that pedestrian to now become… Read More ›
Why My Dad Is My Roommate!
Yes, what goes around comes around. The child we once parented has now taken on the role of a parent to us with a complete role reversal. While it may seem that the greater percentage of seniors live alone, the… Read More ›
