USC Leonard Davis students traveled across Italy and Germany for a course exploring how ancient burial practices inform modern-day approaches to life and death.
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California Matters mentioned the USC Leonard Davis School in commentary on aging Californians.
The Washington Post quoted Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. “I guess the Republicans have been debating why does she forget getting home, but that sounds very plausible,” Mather said. “It focuses the brain on whatever stands out at that moment. The things that are not standing out are even more ignored.”
Los Angeles Times quoted Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School on the strain that aging can cause for seniors and their families.
CNN quoted Valter Longo, who runs the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He says that periodic fasting provides a “potential alternative to taking lots of drugs,” and no major diet changes are necessary. “You can do this for five days, and then go back to what you would do normally,” added Longo.
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.”
Meet alumna Jodi Olshevski MSG '91, and learn how a corporate-academic collaboration helps older adults age safely at home.
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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.
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Homemods.org makes a national impact
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.
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