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Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative
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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative

    The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.

    Liana F. Wait

    Have this talk with your parents now to reduce heartache later
    CNN

    Have this talk with your parents now to reduce heartache later

    A 2017 study of 800,000 Americans by the Perelman School of Medicine found that only 29% had completed a living will detailing their care wishes and only 33% had designated a health care power of attorney.

    How saunas benefit your brain
    Men’s Health

    How saunas benefit your brain

    Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that saunas aren’t a silver bullet for dementia but might represent one of several combined ways to counteract it.

    Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
    Four older Latinx people with Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez at a community health center.

    Participants of Tiempo Juntos with community health promoter, Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Memory Center)

    Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community

    Penn Nursing’s Adriana Perez engages the Latino community in fitness classes through Tiempo Juntos Por Nuestra Salud.

    From Penn Memory Center

    Integrate and innovate with NGS and multiomics
    The Scientist

    Integrate and innovate with NGS and multiomics

    A group of researchers from Penn found that protective pathways involved in healthy aging are disabled to initiate epigenetic changes that drive Alzheimer’s disease.

    Social isolation and anxiety in older adults with cognitive impairment
    Elderly person sitting alone wearing a face mask.

    Social isolation and anxiety in older adults with cognitive impairment

    Social isolation among older adults with cognitive impairment has been historically understudied. Since the pandemic, older adults, particularly those with cognitive impairment, may be particularly vulnerable to ill effects from social isolation.

    Family and friends are the invisible workforce in long-term care
    Elderly person wearing face mask in their home at a window being cared for by an adult also wearing a face mask.

    Family and friends are the invisible workforce in long-term care

    Family and friends continue to provide substantial amounts of care in nursing homes, amounting to an invisible workforce, providing more than an extra “shift” of care every week in nursing homes and two “shifts” in assisted living facilities, a new study finds.

    From Penn LDI

    Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic
    Elderly African American person waves to a doctor via telemedicine on their smartphone.

    Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic

    Older patients who accessed primary care via telemedicine had lower hospitalization rates, but racial disparities in outcomes of in-person primary care persist, with Black older adults more likely to be hospitalized after a telemedicine visit.

    From Penn LDI

    We can’t drug our way out of despair over Alzheimer’s
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    We can’t drug our way out of despair over Alzheimer’s

    Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote an opinion piece calling for a more holistic approach to funding Alzheimer’s research and care. “We do need effective drug treatments,” he said. “But short of cures, patients need services and supports.”