More Support from Healthcare System Essential for End-of-Life Care
Discussions with Elders about HousingCalming a Person with Dementia Begins with Joining Their WorldNeeds of Solo Agers a Growing Concern in Aging Population (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 16, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
A Story from the Sandwich Generation: Caring for Kids and Parents
Discussions with Elders about HousingCaregiving Shouldn't Be Competitive but It Can Feel That Way at TimesChallenges of The Journey Toward Menopause – and After (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 15, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 15th October, 2022.
This article uses the one that divides providers into groups depending on the life cycle stage the clinic is at the given moment. According to this classification, medical providers fall into three groups:BeginnersGrowing clinicsWell-established providersHealth care providers are business entities, so their life cycle, like that of any business, consists of the early stage or launch, growth and maturity. At each stage, providers have different priorities and goals, and the choice of medical software solutions should be made accordingly.Medical software for beginnersThe launch phase can be tough. At this stage, the profits ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Activity is good. Exercise is better.
An excerpt from Man Overboard!: A Medical Lifeline for the Aging Male. OK, you don’t consider yourself an exerciser. It’s just not you. You hate running. You don’t have the social temperament or the body image to show up in a gym. You’re not interested in doing a Turkey Trot, Reindeer Run or, God forbid,
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Activity is good. Exercise is better. originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Craig Bowron, MD Tags: Conditions Geriatrics Source Type: blogs
Life Does Go on After a Dementia Diagnosis: Try Art
Discussions with Elders about HousingNeeds of Solo Agers a Growing Concern in Aging Population (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Exercise May Help Prevent Alzheimer's: Study Shows Why
This article was written quite a while ago, but recent studies have repeatedly confirmed that both exercise and diet really can make a difference for the average person and maybe even for those more at high risk. Read more on HealthCentral:
Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories. “I hold onto your book as a life preserver and am reading it slowly on purpose...I don't want it to end.” ...Craig William Dayton, Film Composer
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Source: Minding Our Elders - October 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Tips to Ease Discussions with Elders about Housing
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As you watch your parents or other beloved elders age, sometimes worry becomes inevitable. Should they have housing upgrades? Can they continue to live independently? Your intention isn’t to take over their lives, but you may genuinely want to start the conversation about possible future changes. How do you do this without causing a backlash?
View a slideshow on HealthCentral for tips on how to make these conversations more natural and friendly:
Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories. “I hold onto your book as a life preserver and am reading it slowly on purpose......
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Video Games to Improve Cognition in Older Adults
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have developed a suite of video games that have been designed to improve cognition in older adults who are otherwise healthy. The games aim to recreate common activities, such as banging a drum or driving a car. They also include a sophisticated algorithm that automatically adjusts the game difficulty depending on how well someone is playing, helping to stop less skilled players from becoming overwhelmed and more skilled players from becoming bored. In trials so far, the games have produced impressive efficacy with a variety of cognitive metrics, including long- and...
Source: Medgadget - October 11, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Geriatrics Neurology Source Type: blogs
Aging in Place or Assisted Living: It's About Choices
It's not hard to understand why 60-year-olds would say that they want to remain in their home for life rather than move to assisted living or a nursing home. These are generally people who are relatively healthy and feel that they can hire help for whatever they need down the road.
Indeed, aging in place sounds like a wonderful concept. What could possibly be wrong with it? The Washington Post interviewed Stephen M. Golant, a University of Florida professor of gerontology, about the trend. Golant views the current. He feels that people should have choices and that aging in place is just one of them. Golant said in the int...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 11, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Needs of Solo Agers a Growing Concern in Aging Population
Solo Agers (or to use an older term, Elder Orphan, are terms used by medical professionals to describe individuals living alone with little to no support system. In a research article published in Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, in July 2016, "Elder Orphans Hiding in Plain Sight: A Growing Vulnerable Population," Maria T. Carney, M.D., and her colleagues, sought to help clinicians identify adults with multiple chronic diseases who are aging alone and are geographically distant from family or friends. Identifying these individuals might well increase the availability of services for this popu...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Estranged Family Member Is Suddenly Interested in Mom ’s Healthcare
Dear Carol: My life has revolved around caring for our older generations. Dad died last year, and Mom’s now in memory care. While Mom’s good during the day, as evening closes in, she becomes anxious and agitated. Her doctor calls this sundowning. Though my estranged sister has never been involved with care, I regularly update her via email. Last week, she called Mom for the first time in years and told her to stop taking her medications because they were bad for her. Mom takes comfort care medications, nothing more, but now she’s refusing them, calling them poison. Any suggestions? - WR
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Source: Minding Our Elders - October 9, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Veteran Caregiver for Multiple Elders Tells It Like It Is
When I first started sharing my stories and looking for others who had similar tales to tell, people tended to be reticent about speaking up. Now, sharing caregiver "in the trenches" stories has become a major part of caregiver self-care and even survival.
Because of my long Internet history, I'm often interviewed in print and on radio. A recent radio interview on a show called "Doing What Works," hosted by Maureen Anderson, touched on many topics that I've written about for Healthcentral.com over time, so I'm sharing links to those stories here for those who want to dig deeper.
The first question Maureen asked is how my...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 8, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Challenges of The Journey Toward Menopause – and After
...Challenges of the journey toward menopause – and after:
As estrogen levels continue to drop, many women experience hot flashes, sometimes called hot flashes (some say hot flushes). When they happen at night, these episodes can cause night sweats. When these are frequent, they can be life-altering.
Sometimes, lifestyle changes such as losing weight, not smoking, avoiding alcohol, and relaxation methods such as yoga can help. Your doctor can suggest different approaches and may even prescribe medication for severe cases. Don’t suffer in silence. Speak up and work toward getting relief.
Other health concerns that ca...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 7, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
How my sister ’ s death changed everything
It was fall. Sun-slanted rays filtered into the church from a cold November sky, creating a false sense of warmth. My nephew Dru stood before family and friends who were gathered to remember his mother. He began by telling how, in-between trips to the emergency room, oncologist, radiologist, and myriad other health care providers, he
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How my sister’s death changed everything originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Maggie Gannon, APRN Tags: Conditions Geriatrics Source Type: blogs
Caregivers: We Need to Stop Second-Guessing Ourselves
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Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when I became a family caregiver for an ever-increasing number of older adults – a time that also coincided with raising two young children, one with health challenges.
A dying aunt, a budding son: My aunt Marion, who had no children of her own, was in the hospital dying of cancer. While my parents visited her much of the time, I’d been close to her since I first learned to walk, so I tried to see her as much as possible. One afternoon, it had become...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 6, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
