How often have you asked yourself, "Am I doing this right? What can I do to make this better?"
The problem with coping with an elder in declining health is that they aren't going to get well. They are, in all probability, going to get worse. That is one reason I'm so devoted to the hospice concept. The idea behind hospice care is that no... Read more
When the subject of in-home care comes up, there is often a lot of confusion. I first tried in-home care when it was a very new concept, at least in my area. That was in the early 80s when my elderly neighbor, Joe, whom I'd been caring for, fell and dislocated his shoulder. While at the hospital, we were offered help at home for Joe, so we happily... Read more
Treating our livers to cure Alzheimer's? The idea sounded absurd to me until I read a news story that changed my thinking. In a story titled, "Liver treatment to cure Alzheimer's," a study conducted in the UK focused on manipulating the accumulation of neuron-damaging amyloid-beta in the brains of laboratory rats.
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"This stuff ought to be in the drinking water!"
I remember hearing that from doctors when they first found out how effective the early cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, were. Of course, I also read a couple of articles where at least one doctor thought Prozac, an anti-depressant that belonged to a new class of drugs,... Read more
Dr. Jerald Winakur is the doctor we all wish we had, if not for ourselves, for our elders. His book, Memory Lessons: A Doctor's Story, suffers from a bland cover and a deceivingly simplified subtitle, but don't let that fool you. This doctor is a writer. He is a story teller. He is a gift to his patients and to us, the reader.
In Memory... Read more
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