AAHSA members continue to attract political candidates’ attention as Election Day quickly approaches. This time, the candidates are running for the Congressional seat in Connecticut’s fifth district. Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy and Republican candidate, State Senator Sam Caliguiri, visited the Elim Park Baptist Home in Cheshire, Connecticut to learn about the issues concerning this retirement [...]
Heavy smoking in middle age may more than double later risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a population-based study.Pediatricians who screen new mothers for depression can help prevent a host of problems in their children, according to a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Does Dad Have Alzheimer’s disease?
“I’m so worried about my Dad. He is forgetting things lately and seems confused. How can I find out if he has Alzheimer’s? And if he does have it, what do I do?”
As a geriatric care manager, I frequently receive calls just like this. Fear of the unknown can be the [...]
A few months ago I posted a blog about my visit to Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge when I asked the leadership team, “If you could dream any dream for Westminster-Canterbury, what would it be?” On my visit to The Summit in Lynchburg, VA, I shared this story with Ken Burger, Executive Director, as we walked [...]The Shriver Report: A Women’s Nation Take on Alzheimer’s was just released. The Report is a collaboration between Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer’s Association, exposing the epidemic’s effect on women as caregivers, advocates and people with the disease. Maria is getting people talking about Alzhiemer’s disease!
Alzheimer’s is a women’s issue. According to the report, women [...]
With Election Day is just 13 days away, candidates are busy reaching out to potential voters from all backgrounds, including older adults. Lee Fisher, the Democratic candidate in the race for one of Ohio’s senate seat, made a visit to Menorah Park Center for Senior Living (read Larry’s post to learn more about this organization) [...]Serum levels of total homocysteine and the active fraction of vitamin B12 both appear to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, a population-based study suggested.Seniors committed to walking had larger gray-matter volume and less cognitive impairment years later than those with more sedentary habits, researchers said.
After a 41-year career in Congress, Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wisc.) decided to retire earlier this year. You can imagine that the election to see who replace him is intense, but both candidates recently made time to visit AAHSA member Forest Park Village in Wausau, Wisconsin. First, the community hosted Republican party candidate Sean Duffy. Duffy took a tour [...]
skip to main skip to sidebar GeriPal Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog Your source for Geriatrics Palliative Care News and Collaboration Home About Links Tweets Videos Monday , October 11, 2010 A New Tool for Delivering Culturally-Competent Geriatric Care By the middle of this century , one out of every three older Americans will be from a diverse group of minority populations . How can we provide culturally effective care for this growing heterogeneous population VJ Periyakoil , fellow GeriPal contributor and director of palliative care education and training at Stanford , just came out with one way the eCampus geriatrics portal eCampus Geriatrics is an educational website that offers a range of tools and resources to help health-care professionals provide culturally-competent geriatric
: skip to main skip to sidebar GeriPal Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog Your source for Geriatrics Palliative Care News and Collaboration Home About Links Tweets Videos Sunday , October 10, 2010 Age Discrimination in Clinical Research : Time For Action Older persons are often severely underrepresented in clinical trials of new drugs , therapies , and devices . Usually , their exclusion from these studies can not be scientifically justified . Some studies actually have age cutoffs , but more often the exclusion of older persons is more indirect . For example , most older persons have more than one disease . A study of a treatment for disease X may exclude a person who also happens to have disease Y , even though persons with disease Y will be part of the target population for therapy
: skip to main skip to sidebar GeriPal Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog Your source for Geriatrics Palliative Care News and Collaboration Home About Links Tweets Videos Friday , October 8, 2010 Caring.com : e-caregiving website and customized dementia information As a practicing primary care geriatrician , I am always on the lookout for good resources that can help support my patients and their caregivers outside of the clinic visit . So I was pretty intrigued two years ago when a health writer approached me , saying she was writing for a website developed for adults caring for aging parents . And would I be willing to answer a few expert questions every month When I first became involved with Caring.com , I was impressed by the site’s attention to dimensions of the caregiver experience