“Nearly 25% of Americans Over 85 Need Personal Care,” by Tim Regan, Senior Housing News Quote: “It’s no secret that the need for caregiving services tends to grow with age, but a newly released report from the federal Administration for Community Living sheds light on just how many older adults in the U.S. need personal care. The percentage of older adults age 85 and older needing help with personal care was 22% between January and June of last year. That’s more than twice the amount of people between the ages of 75 and 84 (9%) and more than six times
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“Even Mild Concussion Tied to Greater Dementia Risk Later,” by Alan Mozes, HealthDay Quote:   “Concussions, even those that are mild, more than double the risk for developing dementia down the road, new research suggests. The findings stem from an analysis that tracked concussions and dementia risk among nearly 360,000 military veterans. … In the end, the team found that less than 3 percent of the non-TBI group went on to develop dementia, compared with just over 6 percent of the TBI group.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): More bad news for
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“Retirees: Here’s Why You Might Be Investing All Wrong,” by Motley Fool, Fox Business Quote:   “Sometimes, investing isn’t even the right way to handle some financial needs. If long-term care worries are paramount, then it might be more cost-effective to obtain long-term care insurance Opens a New Window.  than to set aside the hundreds of thousands of dollars you’d need to cover such costs on your own. That way, you can pay the premium and then utilize the rest of your retirement savings more effectively, knowing that you have your long-term-care risk under control.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A.
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“Obesity soars among long-stay nursing home residents,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News Quote:   “The rate of obese nursing home residents jumped from 22% to 28% between 2005 and 2015, according to research presented at the 2018 American Geriatrics Society conference. … In 2015, Class III residents, the most severely obese, were younger than the others. They also had more chronic conditions but lower rates of functional or cognitive decline” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): The vast majority of long-stay nursing home residents rely on Medicaid. The trend toward younger, obese,
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