The Retirement Living Sourcebook reports that researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County are conducting a study on older women and want to be sure the study is representative of our diverse population. You are invited to help by participating in the study (if you are eligible) and by sharing this invitation widely with […]
Resources: Nonprofit Report, White Paper & eBook Round-up
Lori Halley at the The Wild Apricot Blog provides a useful summary of six recently published research reports, white papers, e-books and guides that might be of interest to non-profit and membership organizations. 2011 Millennial Donors Report Pew Internet and Family Life Project 2010 Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending Report Social CRM for Associations […]
Aging: Study Reveals Being Homebound is Linked to Alzheimer’s
Steve Gurney (ProAging Information Network) reports on a new study that looks at the incidence of Alzheimer’s in “housebound” seniors. The study suggests that being housebound nearly doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The new study, published online April 15 in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, looks at something known as “life space.” […]
#Interview: Cass Naugle, Executive Director of The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Maryland Chapter
Alzheimer’s is a word most of us have heard, but how many of us know much about the disease itself? Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living. In most people with AD, symptoms […]
News: Latest Surveys Provide Fascinating Glimpses at The Online Crowd and How Nonprofits Approach Them
Research is a beautiful thing. Whenever frustrated marketers begin to wonder just who is really out there to talk to (or at), they can rest easy knowing that somewhere in America, a think tank is already at work on the answer. This month we have a bumper crop of useful (and free) studies: Pew Research […]