Bend Bulletin quoted Mireille Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School on opioid overdoses. Jacobson said that, while cannabis may help chronic pain patients reduce the amount of prescription opioids needed to control their pain, increasing access isn’t likely to make a large dent in overdose rates.
“You can’t ignore that, but at the same time I don’t think it’s the solution to the opioid epidemic,” she said. “I really think that’s a very small piece of the puzzle.”
New research from USC has uncovered a previously unknown genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Meet alumna Jodi Olshevski MSG ’91, and learn how a corporate-academic collaboration helps older adults age safely at home.
Grab bars. No-skid bathtub strips. Brighter lighting. Ramps instead of stairs. These aren’t the items on a typical home improvement checklist. But for older adults, they can literally be lifesaving additions to a house.
Do you need a home modification handyman in Harrisburg? Have you read the latest research on how to safely age in your house? Are you pondering how to pay for any changes you might make?
Reliable resources are just a click away, thanks to the recently revamped USC Leonard Davis School website homemods.org. Don’t just take our word for it. The Administration for Community Living (ACL), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, cites the site as a good starting place for home assessment checklists and links to it as a source for independent living information.
The team behind homemods.org also educates professionals around the country, speaking at AARP, Meals on Wheels and other conferences and providing training through USC’s one-of-a-kind Executive Certificate in Home Modification. Along with the National Council on Aging, they lead the National Home Safety and Home Modification Work Group. This coalition is broad, supporting efforts to advance legislation, consumer education and financing mechanisms like tax credits for home modifications.
Visit homemods.org to see all that the site has to offer.
When you are out and about — be it for exercise or an errand — it is important to be aware of your surroundings.
Discover Magazine quoted Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on how fasting can ramp up autophagy, a kind of cellular housekeeping, and allow the body to repair itself.
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology mourns the loss of Glenn Carpenter, a former chair of the school’s Board of Councilors (BOC) and a leader in the real estate and senior housing industry.
CNN noted that a recent study co-led by Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School adds to a growing body of research investigating the potential link between air pollution and dementia.
In honor of National Preparedness Month, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology experts offer age-friendly advice on how to better prepare for these life-threatening situations.
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