Do Not Hospitalize orders for nursing home residents with advanced dementia
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD Advanced dementia is a terminal illness needing palliative care. Unfortunately, there is a great divide between this…
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD Advanced dementia is a terminal illness needing palliative care. Unfortunately, there is a great divide between this…
Cancer Screening is of little benefit in persons with dementia but can cause very serious harms. Older persons with…
It seems like such a good idea. Before a patient takes a new drug, they would like to know that…
Evidence is mounting that regular exercise may prevent dementia and reduce the decline in physical function associated with dementia. Dr. Covinsky…
Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias have impacts far beyond cognitive function. Alzheimer’s patients also experience steady declines in physical function.…
Last week the NY Times story on a new scan that identifies Alzheimer’s in the brain caught my eye, and…
In this and upcoming posts, we will review some educational products in both geriatrics and palliative care. For many of…
I recently cared for a 96 year old woman who was rehospitalized for a recurrent infection (identifying details altered to…
Age is one of the great modern adventures, a technological marvel—we’re given several more youthfulish decades if we take care…
“What is the difference between 20 and 23? If you said three, you are off by millions—of dollars in sales,…