Talking Past Older People to Their Younger Companions. “I think he thought, ‘This old lady didn’t know what she was doing,’ ” said Mrs. Alkin, a retired executive assistant and grandmother of two, now 84. Ms. Reff, 53, said the same sort of treatment still occurs when she accompanies her mother on visits to doctors. Even if the doctors do not know that Ms. Reff is a retired nurse, “they’ll ask me about her condition, and they’ll explain to me what’s happening with her,” the daughter said.
Ms. About six months ago, Mrs. Such indignities seem to happen to almost everyone with gray hair or a few , and at every sort of place. “Older people are invisible in society after a certain point,” said Nancy Perry Graham, editor in chief of AARP The Magazine, the flagship publication of the advocacy group for people over age 50. Ms. The stories come from every part of the United States and from service workers of both sexes.
Advocates for older people acknowledge that the employees’ behavior is sometimes practical. Elder Care. Geriatric Emergency Units Opening at U.S. Hospitals. Lists - Choosingwisely. United States specialty societies representing more than 500,000 physicians developed lists of Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in recognition of the importance of physician and patient conversations to improve care and eliminate unnecessary tests and procedures. These lists represent specific, evidence-based recommendations physicians and patients should discuss to help make wise decisions about the most appropriate care based on their individual situation. Each list provides information on when tests and procedures may be appropriate, as well as the methodology used in its creation.
Choosing Wisely recommendations should not be used to establish coverage decisions or exclusions. Rather, they are meant to spur conversation about what is appropriate and necessary treatment. Home - Village to Village Network. Seniors Helping Seniors - Home. Full Circle America - Virtual Assisted Living - 1-888-873-8817. ITNAmerica -- Senior Transportation. Certain Antipsychotics Up Risk of Death for Patients With Dementia. Please note: This article was published more than one year ago. The facts and conclusions presented may have since changed and may no longer be accurate. And "More information" links may no longer work. Questions about personal health should always be referred to a physician or other health care professional.
THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) Compared to other antipsychotic drugs, haloperidol (Haldol) raises the risk of death in elderly patients with dementia, a new study finds. One outside expert believes the finding should aid in dementia care. "This data provides much-needed guidance and reassurance for the ever-increasing number of health care practitioners treating older demented patients," said Dr. Gisele Wolf-Klein, director of geriatric education at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
The study was published online Feb. 23 in the British Medical Journal. In 2005, the U.S. More information The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about dementia. Phosphate enemas may be deadly in elderly: report. For LTC residents, trip to ED triples risk of infection | National Nursing News. A visit to the ED during nonsummer months was associated with a three-fold risk of acute respiratory or gastrointestinal infection in elderly residents of long-term care facilities, according to a study based in Canada. The study involved 1,269 elderly residents of 22 long-term care facilities in the Toronto, Ontario, area, and Montréal and Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. During the study period, September 2006 to May 2008, 424 residents had visited EDs for a variety of conditions, excluding acute respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms.
The researchers focused on visits during nonsummer months because of the higher rate of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections during these months. Before this study, the researchers said, the only literature available on the risk of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections from ED visits was associated with pediatric patients. The study appears in the Jan. 23 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Go4Life (Elder Exercise) Elder Nutrition. Seniority Matters: Home. When the Hospital Says 'So Long' Last December, a hospital discharge coordinator called my husband to detail plans for the release of my 84-year-old father-in-law. Anders Petersen/Nordic-Aurora After a few days in the hospital — his dementia and several other ailments had reached a tipping point — he was leaving for a nursing home. Given the limited availability of nursing home beds, the discharge coordinator said she could offer him one option near my mother-in-law: a facility in which (this seemed to be a good sign) the coordinator said she gladly would place her own family members.
My husband got on an airplane to be with his father during the transition. I went onto the Internet. A federal Medicare Web site gave the facility two out of five stars overall, and just one star — “much below average” — for its care of patients. But my father-in-law was 24 hours away from discharge — what options did we have? Since then, I have wondered what we could have done better. Who’s in Charge?
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Govermental Agencies. Gerontological Research. Culture. Elder Advocate Topics. End of Life Issues. Geriatric Pharmacology. Life After Stroke. Watchdogs & Change Agents. What is Spirit-centered Care? | Elderwise. For many years, the concept of person-centered care has been generally accepted in the long term care community. This is a huge improvement over body-centered care which focused only on the physical needs of a person – their need to be bathed, fed and medically treated. It represented an important evolution from the earlier approach of facility-centered care which considered only the benefits to the organization and the staff schedules for caring for these bodily needs. Person-centered care considers the individual and his or her preferences. It considers when someone might want to get up, what they might like for breakfast and even when or if they want to eat breakfast.
The next step in the evolution of how the long term care community treats and interacts with people is Spirit-centered Care.
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