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Holiday Tips When Visiting Elders by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The holidays offer a once-a-year time to visit with elderly relatives who live at a distance. These holiday visits are a good time to assess what assistance parents or other e ... Read on »

Boomers Less Healthy Than Their Parents by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health This study comes as absolutely no surprise to me because as a nation we do not take care of ourselves. We are a fast food nation that is getting fatter. More proof that boomer ... Read on »

"Home for the Holidays" What to look for during your annual visit to elderly relatives by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The following is reprinted with permission. I urge you to read it and pass it along. As you make your way home for the holidays know what to look for to protect your loved one ... Read on »

Scripps Howard Analyzes Five Star Rating System by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Scripps Howard conducted an analysis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Nursing Home Compare after Five Star introduction. Some nuggets:For-profit corpor ... Read on »

Internet Use Reduces Depression in Elderly by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Spending time online reduces depression by 20 percent for senior citizens, the Phoenix Center reports. In addition they report that reducing the incidence of depression by wid ... Read on »

Depression Common in Older Cancer Patients by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Depression is common in older cancer patients and could be treated in primary care according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on cancer survivorship care ... Read on »

Causes You Adopt Can Come Back to Help You! by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health If I told an orthopedist he/she should adopt the cause of fall prevention, they might twitch, raise an eyebrow and say I am crazy. Likewise the nursing home administrator who ... Read on »

Another Indication that Healthcare Reform is Not Reform at All by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Here is an LA Times article worth reading that goes into what will NOT change under reform and that is the ability for insurers to deny care. Yes they may be mandated to cover ... Read on »

Americans Lacking in Long-Term Care Knowledge by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Overall, Americans did not do well on a survey of their long-term care knowledge, according to results gathered by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. Most know what long-ter ... Read on »

Can Leaders Succeed without Being Authentic? by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health What is authentic leadership? Can leaders succeed wearing masks at some point and unveiling them at others. You may have viewed my video blog on the subject. Here is a guest b ... Read on »

How Useful is Patient Satisfaction Data? by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Exactly how useful is patient satisfaction data, anyway? Read our guest blog on Hospital Impact. Read on »

California Nursing Homes Mandated to Post Five Star by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The controversial Five Star nursing home rating system got more controversial as Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation requiring California nursing homes to post their r ... Read on »

New Service Helps Bridge the Communication Gap between Care Providers and Families by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health One of the reasons experiences break down in healthcare is lack of communication. And that lack of communication leads to misinformation, lack of trust and other issues. A new ... Read on »

Aggressive Osteoporosis Treatment Can Reduce Hip Fractures by 37% by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health According to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente, proactive measures can reduce hip fracture rates by an average of 37.2 percent -- and as much as 50 percent -- among those ... Read on »

Last Call for Alcohol Seniors by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health There has been a lot of made of studies that suggest two drinks a day can stave off functional decline in old age. New research suggests that it's lifestyle, not liquor, that ... Read on »

Can you be a Jekyll and Hyde Leader? by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Warren Bennis asks "Can a leader both act and be real?" Bill George, a professor at the Harvard Business School, in his book True North, contends that a journey to l ... Read on »

Tai Chi Helps Alleviate Pain Depression in seniors with Osteoarthritis by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Researchers at Tufts University Medical Center and Tufts School of Medicine conducted a controlled trial of individuals with symptomatic osteoarthritis. Patients were randomly ... Read on »

AARP on Hot Seat Again over Healthcare Reform by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health A Washington Post article examines AARP's strong endorsement of healthcare reform. According to the Post the AARP collected more than $650 million in royalties and other fees ... Read on »

Having a Point of View. Good. Acting on It. Priceless by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Guest blog in Hospital Impact. Read on »

Young Adults Think They May Never Retire by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health One of the platforms I stand for is to educate people about aging issues sooner in life so that they do not become a crisis situation later. So this study is of interest. Acc ... Read on »

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