Stroke rehabilitation is an important part of recovery after stroke.The goal is to help the patient relearn skills lost or damaged by the stroke incident.The rehabilitation goal is regain independence and improve the quality of life. The challenge stroke health care practitioners face is that each patient’s time to recover…...
Fingernail Sensor From IBM Tracks Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Functions
A fingernail sensor manufactured by IBM can now constantly track and measure finger motion. The data are analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI) and provides accurate tracking of a persons motor abilities. The IBM focus was to create a device that can help monitor Parkinson’s patients. This is very important, especially in…...
Conversation Nurses Helping Chronically Ill Seniors Age Gracefully
Conversation nurses are helping chronically ill seniors age as gracefully as possible, just by talking to them. The conversation nurse model trains providers to discuss serious illnesses and care goals with patients. These nurses are available to the patient, from the hospital to skilled nursing facility and back to…...
Virtual Reality Helps Seniors Cope With Alzheimer’s Disease
Virtual reality (VR), is an interactive, three-dimensional immersive computer experience that’s viewed through goggles. The technology, became a favorite with video-gamers, and is now very popular with older Americans, health care professionals, and caregivers. Increasingly, adult communities and skilled nursing homes are using VR for enrichment and to help…...
Liver Disease Drug Found Effective Against Alzheimer’s
An existing liver drug is also effective against Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study found. The liver drug repairs malfunctioning cells. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia and affects 5.7 million people in the United States and 47 million people worldwide. Alzheimer’s patients display progressive memory loss, difficulties with problem-solving, and disorientation, among…...
Skilled Nursing Homes Provides Stellar Short, Long Term Alzheimer’s Care
A skilled nursing home provides valuable short term and long term care and rehabilitation services for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is an incurable brain disease and its statistics are frightening. It causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the…...
Electronics Track Stroke Recovery With Flexible Stick On Sensors
Electronics in the form of flexible stick-on sensors can now effectively track post-stroke patients. They keep working even when stretched and flexed repeatedly. Electronics: Post-Stroke Monitoring And Diagnosis At Northwestern University, John Rogers, the scientist responsible for many achievements in the field of flexible electronics has developed new…...
