Hearing- and Vision-Related Practical Strategies for Clinical Research With Older Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic
This GSA webinar (1:00:33 minutes) presented by Dr. Heather E. Whitson (Duke University School of Medicine), Dr. Nicholas S. Reed (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Dr. Bonnielin Swenor (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Dr. Frank R. Lin (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), and Dr. Alan Stevens (Baylor Scott & White Center for Applied Health Research) offers practical strategies and supporting case studies to help health-system researchers address older adults' sensory health needs, while advancing their research aims during the time of the pandemic.
Aging Native American, Rural, and Homeless Populations: Engagement and Advocacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This GSA webinar (1:00:24 minutes) presented by community and public health leaders and advocates in a facilitated problem-identification and problem-solving discourse about aging Native American, rural, and homeless populations with regard to challenges and effectiveness of responses to COVID-19. Presentations include: 1) Resilience: The Key to the Survival of the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Community (Dr.
Longevity Fitness: Financial and Health Dimensions Across the Life Course
Transitions commonly associated with advancing age - work disruptions, physical decline, dementia - can be better managed when a person has planned for the social support, financial means, and health resources needed to compensate for aging-related physical and cognitive changes. In this GSA webinar (59:58 minutes), Dr. Peter A. Lichtenberg (Wayne State University) and Dr. Mary D. Naylor (University of Pennsylvania) exchange ideas about the concept of longevity fitness and insights into positive aging across the life course. (Presentation begins at 1:23 minutes.)
Understanding the Value of Enhanced Influenza Vaccine Products in Long-Term Care Settings
This GSA webinar (49:16 minutes) presented by Dr. R. Gordon Douglas (Weill Cornell Medical College), Dr. David H. Canaday (Case Western Reserve University), Dr. Sherry A. Greenberg (Seton Hall University College of Nursing), and Dr.
Sensory Functioning and the Remote Assessment of Biological and Performance Measures in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP)
This GSA webinar (1:00:34 minutes) presented by Dr. Jayant Pinto, Dr. Martha K. McClintock, Dr. L. Philip Schumm, and Dr. Louise Hawkley (all from the University of Chicago) describes how data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) - a longitudinal population-based study of health and social factors that aims to understand the well-being of older, community dwelling Americans - have been used to examine the role of specific and global sensory deficits in predicting aging health outcomes such as cognitive decline and mortality.
The Intersection of Aging and COVID-19
This panel presentation (1:29:59 minutes) by Dr. Rozalyn Anderson (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health), Dr. Brian K. Kennedy (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine), Dr. R. Tamara Konetzka (University of Chicago), Dr. David Melzer (University of Conneticut Center on Aging), and Dr. Janko Nikolich-Zugich (Arizona Center on Aging) explores the basis for the profound skew in vulnerability to COVID-19 where older individuals are at much greater risk of succumbing to disease with much higher mortality rates than for the population at large.
Geriatric Oral Health and COVID-19: Old Problems, New Challenges, Part 1: Issues and Research Opportunities
This webinar presented by a distinguishedpanel (Drs. Stephen Shuman, Leonardo Marchini, Terry Fulmer, and Bei Wu) from GSA's Oral Health Workgroup explores the challenges of providing oral health care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geriatric Oral Health and COVID-19: Old Problems, New Challenges, Part 2: Case Studies
This webinar presented by a distinguished panel (Drs. Stephen Shuman, Jeffrey Dodge, Michael Helgeson, and Samuel Zwetchkenbaum) from GSA's Oral Health Workgroup explores the challenges of providing oral health care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Diet and Inflammation in Cognitive Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease
This article discusses the growing evidence that anti-inflammatory diets may have a protective effect related to cognitive decline in elders. Most research focuses in and around the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet. The authors suggest that using neuroimaging in related studies would advance understanding of the effects of dietary modifications in the ageing brain.
Source: Current Nutrition Reports, 2019
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13668-019-0271-4
Designing Supportive Soundscapes for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
This article explores opportunities to impact mood in individuals with dementia, such as feeling of safety, with specific sound stimuli. The influence of voice and music are discussed along with considerations around altered auditory cognition due to dementia. A framework for a soundscape design using acoustic stimuli for influencing changes in mood, feelings of safety, and responses is proposed nursing homes.
Source: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019