Older adults at high risk for drug interactions
At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction.
Case managers play critical role in assisting with hospital discharge
By Angela Penny
When your loved one has an acute injury or surgery, there are many decisions to make during the hospital stay. One of...
Quitting driving: Families key but docs have role
Families may have to watch for dings in the car and plead with an older driver to give up the keys — but there’s new evidence that doctors could have more of an influence on one of the most wrenching decisions facing a rapidly aging population.
After the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: So what now!!
It can’t be true. It has to be a mistake. You are really angry. It’s normal to have these feelings but the important thing is to find ways to cope, and continue to have fun and laugh. What you must understand first and foremost is that you or loved one will lose short-term memory but retain some long-term memory.
Emergency center, Mass. 2-1-1 helps with elderly concerns
Participants from over 80 state agencies and service organizations were not only discussing possible scenarios in which immediate action to save lives would be necessary, but making sure 2-1-1 was ready to handle the thousands of expected calls from people reporting power outages and flood damage and requesting emergency services.
At a glance: 4 steps to guard against identity theft
The average person can take several basic steps to guard against identity theft both inside and outside the health care world. Here’s a sample...
Holistic approach for elder care gaining in popularity
When it comes to serving patients in the next 20 years, that holistic approach — looking at all components of a person’s social, emotional and physical well-being — will increasingly serve an aging population.
The prospect of dementia
Only few want to grow old, as most of us are afraid of becoming senile. But now that our bodies last longer in better health, including our brains, the prospect of living a fulfilled old age is better than ever before.
Retirees help caregivers cope with hospital stays
Edwin Pacheco was in and out of the hospital for months. He’d survived one organ transplant and desperately needed another. But he wasn’t the only one suffering. Few people asked how his wife was holding up as she kept vigil.
What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?
By Micha Shalev
About 5 million Americans, or 10 percent of those over 65 years of age, suffer from Alzheimer’s disease according to the Fischer...
