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TALAHour – Strength for Life: Building Skeletal-Muscle Strength, Power, and Endurance for Older Adults

One size certainly does not fit all when it comes to exercise programming for older adults. This webinar will examine whether we are pushing older adults hard enough to elicit physiological change in skeletal muscle strength, power, and endurance, to impact daily functionality in older adults. While skeletal muscle function can be improved in older adults, the concepts of overload and progression must be applied in [...]
By |2024-09-16T17:00:15-05:00September 16th, 2024|
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HHSC Reports Exceptionally Positive Results from a Quality of Assisted Living Study

In 2021 the Texas Legislature instructed the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to survey Assisted Living communities in the state of Texas and evaluate the quality care and services. The study was conducted in 2022 through a partnership between the HHSC and the University of Texas (UT) at Austin’s Center for Excellence in Aging Services and Long-term Care. Researchers conducted hundreds of on-site visits, interviewed staff, met with residents, and sent out hundreds of questionnaires with over 150 questions.

The impact of the HHSC and [...]

By |2024-05-29T19:21:33-05:00May 29th, 2024|
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