• Can Where Seniors Live Make Them Healthy?

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:05:00
    Why HealthBridge Caregiving Resources Our Services Blog About Us Request Care Subscribe by Email Your : email About The senior care blog shares practical tips and advice for senior care success . nbsp It is hosted by Matt Johnson a senior care advocate and our CEO here at HealthBridge . nbsp Follow Me Resources Senior Care 101 Selecting Caregivers Paying for Care Popular Articles What Makes a Good Caregiver Great How to Pick 8 Types of Dementia Out of a Crowd 3 Big Mistakes When Talking to Your Parents About Elder Care Nintendo vs . Quilting in the Fight to Save Your Brain 5 Signs that You Don't Have Alzheimer's Disease 6 Ways Health Care Reform Will Impact Seniors Home Care Support VA Aid Attendance Pension Elder Care Birthday Wish 10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Home Care Provider

  • The Aging Homeless: Geriatrics on the Streets

    Updated: 2012-01-31 12:38:00
    : Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Tuesday , January 31, 2012 The Aging Homeless : Geriatrics on the Streets The demographic picture of the homeless has shifted markedly over the last 20 years , with a marked increase in the average age of homeless persons . Currently , nearly 1 3 of the homeless are over the age 0f 50. A remarkable study paints a concerning portrait of the struggles faced by the aging homeless . It was led by Geriatrician Rebecca Brown who conducted the study while a Geriatrics Fellow at Harvard Medical School . Dr . Brown is currently our colleague in the UCSF Geriatrics Division . The senior author was Harvard Senior Life Geriatrician , . Dr Susan Mitchell The study was published in the Journal Of General Internal . Medicine This study examined prevalence of

  • Medication Reviews and Medicare CoPs: Is Your Hospice in Compliance?

    Updated: 2012-01-30 18:58:00
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  • Avoiding the Burnout

    Updated: 2012-01-26 21:55:00
    Filter by APML Home Archive Contact Subscribe Log in Avoiding the Burnout by CHritz 27. January 2012 01:55 At Interim HealthCare , we understand that taking care of your loved ones is a lifetime investment where you are willing to devote your time . Home nursing services , elderly care and other senior living support services are just an array of options provided by our professional caregivers . daily Caregiving can take a heavy toll if you don't get adequette support . Caregiving involves many stresses : changes in the family dynamic , household disruption , financial pressure , and the sheer amount of work involved . If you let the stress of caregiving progress to burnout , it can damage both your physical and mental health along with the person you are trying to care . for With that

  • A Voice for Caregivers - Alzheimer's CEO's Letter

    Updated: 2012-01-26 17:47:00
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  • Men More Likely Develop Mild Cognitive Problems

    Updated: 2012-01-25 23:23:59
    Men are more likely than women to develop mild cognitive impairment, with and without memory problems, researchers found.

  • Proper Inhaler Technique in Hospice Patients

    Updated: 2012-01-25 16:21:00
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  • SSRIs Up Chance of Falls in Dementia Patients

    Updated: 2012-01-22 13:00:00
    Nursing home residents with dementia face a significantly increased risk of injurious falls if they are taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, according to a Dutch retrospective study.

  • The MMSE Saga: An Assault of the Values of the Academic Profession

    Updated: 2012-01-22 12:10:00
    : Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Sunday , January 22, 2012 The MMSE Saga : An Assault of the Values of the Academic Profession The MMSE saga has attracted great attention here on GeriPal and elsewhere since the breakthrough NEJM article of Newman and Feldman . As readers Eric Widera's previous posts here and here know , the MMSE was one of the most widely used tests in medicine . It was a brief , easy to use screen to identify older persons with cognitive impairment . A generation of students learned to assess using cognitive function with the MMSE , and the MMSE was reproduced in textbooks . worldwide But after allowing widespread use of the MMSE for decades , the developers enforced their copyright . The MMSE disappeared . A tool that was used to improve the care of older patients

  • The Third Annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award

    Updated: 2012-01-20 23:49:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Friday , January 20, 2012 The Third Annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award The 2012 recipients of the third annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards were just recently announced . I was honored to be one of the recipients of this award last year but am humbled by this year’s awardees . Richard Payne said it best in the Hastings Center press release : This year's winners emerged from an exceptionally strong field of nominees and serve as models of competent , caring , compassionate doctoring . The awardees for the 2012 year : are Senior Physician Award : nbsp Janet Bull , MD Janet is the chief medical director and principal investigator of Four Seasons , a nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization in North Carolina .

  • Caregivers Will Have Effective Alzheimer's Treatment by 2025

    Updated: 2012-01-18 21:00:00
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  • Rules Updated for Postmortem Dx of Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-01-18 18:00:00
    Individuals who were cognitively normal at the time of death can nevertheless be given a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease on the basis of autopsy findings alone, according to newly released guidelines.

  • Pfizer, Medivation Pull Plug on Alzheimer's Drug

    Updated: 2012-01-17 19:27:15
    Another failure in phase III clinical testing has finally sent the investigational Alzheimer's disease drug dimebon to the trash heap, according to its commercial sponsors.

  • Cybercycling Gives Seniors a Brain Boost

    Updated: 2012-01-16 23:58:44
    Virtual reality exercise games, like the Wii Fit, may help older adults fight cognitive decline, researchers found.

  • Hospice Care: More Patients, Less Time

    Updated: 2012-01-16 04:00:00
    Hospice use may be slowly rising in the U.S., but for shorter periods of time, which could shortchange patients, according to a national report.

  • Lab Notes: Agent Lights Up Alzheimer's Tangles

    Updated: 2012-01-13 21:00:00
    A new contrast agent can make neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease visible on imaging, preliminary studies suggest. Also in this week's Lab Notes: telomere length dictates birds' lifespan.

  • Constant Electrical Brain Stimulation Safe in Parkinson's

    Updated: 2012-01-13 20:52:20
    Constant-current deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease patients increased symptom control and decreased medication use in Parkinson's disease, a study has found.

  • Hospice Medication Alert: New Fentanyl Sublingual Spray Approved

    Updated: 2012-01-12 18:34:00
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  • Dementia Patients More Likely to Be Hospitalized

    Updated: 2012-01-11 04:30:00
    Dementia was associated with higher hospitalization rates in patients 65 and older and many of the admissions were preventable, a longitudinal study found.

  • Attention Hospice Providers: Important Public Health Advisory

    Updated: 2012-01-10 23:36:00
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  • How to fight Bad Breath

    Updated: 2012-01-10 19:31:07
    Suffering from Bad Breath Problems ?

  • Alzheimer's Med Falls Short in Down Syndrome Patients

    Updated: 2012-01-10 17:00:00
    The NMDA receptor antagonist memantine (Namenda) was not an effective treatment for cognitive impairment and dementia in Down syndrome patients older than 40, according to a European study.

  • Antidepressants OK With Drugs for Other Common Ills

    Updated: 2012-01-10 13:00:00
    Patients with major depressive disorder can be safely and effectively treated with antidepressants even if they have multiple comorbid medical conditions, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial found.

  • Nicotine Patch Boosts Brain Power in Mildly Impaired

    Updated: 2012-01-09 22:08:22
    Nicotine patches may sharpen memory and other mental skills for nonsmokers with mild cognitive impairment, a preliminary study suggested.

  • Exercise May Step Down Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-01-09 20:00:00
    Physical activity may help ward off Alzheimer's disease for individuals with genetic risk factors, researchers found.

  • When caregiving gets you down

    Updated: 2012-01-09 18:34:00
    Filter by APML Home Archive Contact Subscribe Log in When caregiving gets you down by Shelly Haskins 9. January 2012 22:34 Despite the many rewards of caregiving , it is no secret that it can be stressful both emotionally and physically for the person providing care . Your feelings may seem to be of the least importance when a loved one is suffering through cancer , recovering from a severe injury or dealing with another type of illness or disability . However , the quality of their life depends on the quality of yours in many ways , so it is important to stay in touch with your emotions and ensure that the challenges of caregiving don't bring you . down According to the Family Caregiver Alliance , caregivers who are looking after someone with dementia are twice as likely to suffer from

  • Stop Interviewing Caregivers Now!

    Updated: 2012-01-06 14:15:00
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  • Cognitive Decline Begins in Mid-Life

    Updated: 2012-01-05 22:30:00
    The cognitive decline associated with aging begins earlier than has been appreciated, with changes already evident in the fifth decade of life, a prospective study showed.

  • Gene Defect May Point to Incorrect Alzheimer's Dx

    Updated: 2012-01-04 21:00:00
    Some patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease may actually have a form of frontotemporal dementia characterized by a specific gene mutation, researchers said.

  • Hospice Medication Update: Morphine/Oxycodone Combination Product (MoxDuo® IR) Expected in 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-04 15:16:00
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