The New York Times interviewed USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Assistant Research Professor Anna Rahman and featured USC Leonard Davis research about the use of Yelp and Nursing Home Compare websites by consumers looking to choose a nursing home. “We had a growing sense of how disappointing those measures have been,” Rahman said of Nursing Home Compare. “After 20 years and all the money spent to create it, it’s become a marketing tool. But most people don’t realize how little it measures. It’s garbage in and garbage out.”
Medical News Today featured research by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School on how older adults struggle to focus under stress due to the locus coeruleus functioning less effectively over time. “Deciphering exactly how these changes in the brain occur as we age could one day help us uncover how to protect the brain from cognitive decline and loss of function,” concludes Mather.
Los Angeles Business Journal highlighted a $20 million gift to the USC Leonard Davis School from Mei-Lee Ney to create a research center on healthy aging and longevity as the world’s population ages. “Mei-Lee Ney’s generosity comes with a keen understanding that a society is measured by how it takes care of its most vulnerable members,” said USC Provost Michael Quick. The Ney Center for Healthspan Science that will study the biological, demographic and psychosocial aspects of aging.
A new center dedicated to research on longevity and healthy aging has been established at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology with a $20 million gift from Mei-Lee Ney. Continue Reading $20 million gift creates research center on longevity and aging at USC
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Daily Mail (UK) cited research co-authored by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School on how it gets harder to focus without being distracted past the age of 55, particularly when under stress, because of the way our brains change over time. “Deciphering exactly how these changes in the brain occur as we age could one day help us uncover how to protect the brain from cognitive decline,” said Mather.
Recently partnered with the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Youthcare offers affordable respite care for unpaid family caregivers caring for someone with early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Continue Reading Students get hands-on experience with Alzheimer’s, dementia patients — and give caregivers a break
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Los Angeles Sentinel reported on a research project by Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School’s Family Caregiver Support Center to survey California residents who work and support a family member, friend, or loved one with a serious health condition or disability.
MarketWatch cited research from the USC Leonard Davis School about the increasing likelihood that Americans born today will reach the age of 90.
BigThink cited research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School about the health benefits of intermittent fasting.
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