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Longevity was a salient concern for the participants as they considered aging with their pets. For example, the same participant from the previous paragraph who discussed their cat caretaking responsibilities also stated: “[Having pets] has helped my health because I’m gonna try to outlive the...
Although many sundowning symptoms can be suppressed with prescription medications, these treatments don’t work for everyone, and all medications come with unwanted side effects. Geriatricians who specialize in dementia care recommend using the less-intrusive methods to manage sundowning whenever possible...
As a father of two young children, I feel incredibly rich. It took years to conceive our son. Then to have a daughter a couple years later felt like a miracle as geriatric parents. We just snuck in having children under age 40. Meanwhile, asolder parents, we get to spend a lot more...
Dr. Wen Dombrowski, a Los Angeles-based geriatrician who advises Fortune 500 companies on innovation at the California-based firm Catalaize, said she sees the benefits of the hours, especially when stores first open. She said stores are likely to be cleaner and better stocked in the mor...
They should be used with caution, especially in geriatric patients and in patients with glaucoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy, orthostasis, urinary retention, and thyroid disease. The SNRIs and SSRIs offer another option for DPN pain relief. They are better tolerated and have fewer associated ...
This effort could be particularly meaningful in demonstrating that treating this problem and keeping older Americans more functional and out of institutional care can help save or reduce the enormous cost of medical and long-term care for geriatric patients. Medicare expenditures are predicted to ...
in addition to confirming the importance of distinguishing the role of the various sources of support. Research is needed to examine in detail intergenerational relationships and other relationships with family members who are significant in the wellbeing of older adults. This research corroborates that...
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