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Three Ways to Advocate for Elders
Read moreEveryone who is a caregiver to an elder or other person with special needs has to be an advocate...
September 15, 201100 -
Five Things to Know about Kidney Disease
Read moreIt’s a disease that affects about 26 million Americans. If untreated it will kill these people. And more than...
August 24, 2011 -
Not Just Dementia
Read moreI have written in earlier blog postings about dementia: “preventing” Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s from the inside out, maternal genetic...
August 17, 2011 -
Caregiver Training and Certification
Read moreIn my experience as a geriatric care manager, I field a lot of questions from people who are suddenly...
July 25, 2011 -
AARP’s Annual Report on Family Caregiving
Read moreIn many of my postings on family caregivers I have talked about the really hard job of caring for...
July 18, 2011 -
Prescription Drug Risks for Elders-part 3
Read moreIn my past two blog postings I have talked about some recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration...
July 14, 2011 -
Prescription Drug Risks for Elders-part 2
Read moreIn the first of my present series of postings on recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings, I had...
July 9, 2011 -
Prescription Risks for Elders-part 1
Read moreWithin the past two weeks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a number of warnings that concern...
July 6, 2011 -
Preventing Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions
Read moreAccording to research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, approximately one in five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from...
June 24, 2011 -
Seniors and Side Effects
Read moreI have written in past postings about some of the interactions between medicines that older adults may see if...
June 14, 2011