Dr. Mary Newport, who has spent her practice taking care of babies, is also the wife of a man with early-onset Alzheimer's. Newport contacted me and asked if she could send me an article, along with some links to newspaper stories, about an oil found in the coconut tree and its effects on Alzheimer's disease. I said sure. I'm always happy to... Read more
A hot topic in the news lately has been about medication interactions with older people.
Associated Press medical writer Lindsey Tanner wrote a story titled, "Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos," which encapsulated the problem well.
As people age, they often are prescribed more medications for compounding health problems... Read more
I was a part of the sandwich generation before the term was ever coined. I was also a people pleaser. And never was that combination more apparent than during the holidays.
My mother had always loved holidays and made a big deal out of them. When I had children, I followed in her footsteps. So, when my kids were very young, they had... Read more
Nursing home administrators are worried, and for good reason. The new Medicare nursing home comparing site at Medicare.gov/nhcompare has gone live. Nursing homes are given ratings, from one to five, in four categories. This is a simple rating system for complex elder care centers. Please use this as a tool, but use it with great care.
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