What Comes First, Beta-Amyloid Plaques or Thinking and Memory Problems? Statin Use Over 65 Years of Age and All-Cause Mortality FDA Approves First Generics of Eliquis Healthy Habits in Middle Age Linked to Longer Life Free From Disease For Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Use Up Wi...
“What I enjoy most about this job is the holistic approach to care,” she says. “As a nurse I was only able to help patients with one small piece of the puzzle, but care managers are able to have a positive effect in many different areas to help to ensure their clients can age s...
Some physical signs to look for in older parrots include feather quality and color (eg, loss, change, and wear), altered molt, and preening. “That color starts to diminish, the amount of cleaning will start to diminish… oftentimes there might be less grooming as opposed to overgrooming,...
For nurses, good response planning starts with a procedure for communicating relevant assessment results to oncologists and other specialists. Granted, oncologists already have many other tools to help them match individual treatments with individual patients, including patients with age-related...
starts with shock, proceeds to preoccupation, then to resolution May be prolonged in elderly, but consider major depression if there is marked psychomotor retardation, lasts over 2 months, marked impairment, or if suicidal ideation Bipolar Disorder Episodes persist into old age Do organic workup if...
First is proper nutrition, and that really starts from infancy to childhood into adolescence and throughout even into old age. Secondly, regular physical activity and exercise are critically important. And then the third big category is social connections. ...
Your caregiving roadmap starts here. If you’re concerned about a loved one as they age, you’re not alone. If you lose sleep over your parent living alone or needing more help, we are here to help. Passionate Healthcare Advocacy & Wellness is your guide to aging in place and making ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently referred to as the silent epidemic because the problems that result from it, such as impaired memory, are often invisible. Within this silent epidemic, there is a seemingly silent population: older adults with TBI. Older age is known as a factor that...
1.8 Further Study Returning to Sofia's story at the beginning of this chapter and reviewing what you have learned from this chapter, consider how her care might have been improved, based on the three clinical pillars, discussed above in relation to both her initial hip fracture and her more...