Bringing Comfort Those Afflicted Sundown Syndrome
A few years ago, writes Dr. David Scales, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, an elderly woman, already hospitalized, underwent a troubling transformation when day turned to night: [...]
Meeting the SNF Staffing Challenge
The gentleman in one room needs to be repositioned, lest he be plagued by bedsores. The woman in another room needs her medication. And yet another woman in yet another [...]
New Robotic Equipment Catapults Allure Into the Future
At the Allure Group, we have long taken a keen interest in how innovation and technology could improve patient care. Eldercare is a field ripe for disruption, especially as senior [...]
Joel Landau and The Allure Group Support the 2018 Parkinson’s Unity Walk
The Allure Group is proud to support the 2018 Parkinson’s Unity Walk (PUW) on Saturday, April 28th in New York City’s Central Park. In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Allure [...]
Hearts in Motion at the Harlem Center
They’ve survived congestive heart failure. The shortness of breath, the nausea, the grueling hospital stay, the complications. At the nursing facility, they fulfilled all the requirements of cardiac rehabilitation. It [...]
2018 #FutoreofAging Forecast: What’s Next in Healthcare Innovations for Seniors
A virtual reality system that allows seniors to “visit” far-off locales without leaving the comforts of their assisted-living facility. A belt that helps prevent hip fractures. Silverware that allows Parkinson’s [...]
Putting the “Care” back in “Healthcare”
The goal at The Allure Group, as at every healthcare facility, is to provide each and every patient with the best possible care. Unfortunately the demands placed upon medical professionals [...]
Seniors in Love: Making Nursing-Home Romance Safe For All
Few seem to want to acknowledge that sex among seniors is a reality -- that amorous activity is common in nursing homes, bringing with it a multitude of issues. “Sex [...]
5 Facts to Know About Baby Boomers and Healthcare
The challenges to the health-care system posed by Baby Boomers -- defined as those Americans born between 1946 and 1964 -- cannot be underestimated. As I wrote for CNBC recently, [...]
Solving Healthcare for New York City’s Aging Immigrants
New York City has more than lived up to its “melting pot” label: people of all ages, countries, and cultures share space on the map. It matters little whether you’re [...]