USC Leonard Davis School and Rebuilding Together team up to serve Angelenos in need and teach professionals how to help older adults age safely at home.
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USC researchers have found older Americans know little about aducanumab (brand name Aduhelm™), despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of survey respondents said they were worried about Alzheimer’s disease.
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New assistant professor explores how diet and metabolism impact health and longevity.
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The findings further reinforce the need for targeted support and resources for families and patients living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
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Edward Schneider, MD shares nutrition tips for older adults looking to eat healthier.
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Financial Advisor quoted Senior Associate Dean Maria Henke regarding the importance of financial gerontology and educating advisors about the challenges and opportunities faced by older adults. “When advising about retirement options like whether to save money by moving to a different community, a financial gerontologist would consider factors like risk of social isolation, access to healthcare or opportunities for meaningful engagement in addition to only financial impacts,” she said. The article also quoted Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving and alumna and financial gerontologist Cynthia Hutchins.
The Atlantic featured research by Mirielle Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School and Tom Chang of the USC Marshall Schoolin a story on using financial incentives to motivate individuals to get vaccinated. “I think there are a lot of people who are in this camp of ‘Yeah, I’m gonna get a booster but I’m not in any rush.’ And I would think those folks are probably pretty responsive” to financial incentives, Jacobson said.
Longevity Technology interviewed Valter Longo on the importance of getting fasting right in the pursuit of a longer and healthier life. “So now everybody’s fasting, and we don’t seem to realize that fasting is just a word,” says Longo. “It’s like eating – is eating good for you? What does that mean? It can be good for you and terrible for you. It’s the same with fasting – it depends how you do it.”
Next Avenue featured a profile of Brett Anderson, USC Leonard Davis master’s student and former lead singer of the rock band The Donnas. “Sometimes, members of the aging population don’t know how to obtain the medical or physical treatments they need because they don’t know how to get the processes started,” says Anderson. “I want to help them get set up with the resources they need. Once they can have stability in those areas, then we can focus on the emotional needs.”
U.S. News & World Report quoted Jennifer Ailshire on strategies for aging successfully and not feeling limited by age. “My grandmother would go out dancing into her 80s,” she said. “I thought it was really fantastic that this woman who loved dancing would go to a place where there were no other older people, just middle-aged and younger people, because she loved to dance.”
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