simplifying multidrug treatment regimens and dosage schedules; improving diagnostic and evaluation criteria/techniques for late-life dementia and depression; carefully considering over-the-counter medication as a source of potential noncompliance of prescribed drugs; and improving research and education regardin...
The aim of the conference was to review recent medical research and examine current medical practice in three specific areas of elderly care medicine: dementia, cardiovascular disease and large bowel cancer. The presentations that followed fuelled the debate on how best to provide such healthcare ...
MedHelp has three functions: it sends out reminders to a user who is on regular medication; it helps a user to recognize the correct medicine container and provides dosing instructions; and it tracks the user's medicine-taking activities so as to plan the time of next medications....
A pilot study on the use of divalproex sodium in the treatment of behavioral agitation in elderly patients with dementia: assessment with the behave-ad and... Behavioral agitation is a common manifestation of dementia in the elderly. Currently, however, no medications for the treatment of dementia...
DRUG prescribingPHYSICIAN practice patternsINAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine)The article focuses on lack of data regarding the prescribing of psychotropic medications to older adults with dementia, with past estimates having excluded use of benzodiazepines and opioids.Brown University Psychopharmacology ...
Dementia is often irreversible but the progression can sometimes be slowed by medications, physical activity and brain wellness activities. Dementia can be reversible if caused by a brain tumor, thyroid or heart disease, infections, depression or substance/alcohol dependence. ...
advanced dementia, or metastatic cancer. Prescribing a statin in these individuals, therefore requires re-consideration.2However a recent cohort study from Denmark among 83,598 adults has revealed some interesting results, where it has been found that with low-to moderate-intensity statins, in patien...
11 The database is population based, longitudinal, and multilinked and consists of data collected using the Minimum Data Set for Home Care (MDS-HC) instrument12 from more than 3000 patients in more than 12 home health care agencies in Italy, and data on all medications used by each patient...
Epilepsy is a frequent condition in the elderly; however, it remains a relatively understudied condition in older adults with dementia. The diagnosis of a seizure is particularly difficult and is most often based on questions to the caregiver. Epilepsy in dementia has significant consequences on the...
Smart medication dispensers help the elderly who are suffering with declining memory, Alzheimer’s and dementia in managing their medication usage. Whether it is sending voice reminders, or preloading a pill dispenser with medications and dispense them according to a preset schedule, these technologies...