End Stage Dementia: What to do with treatment?
June 21, 2010
Hospice programs provide much needed care and support for patients, families and caregivers for people with end-stage dementias. Thanks to…
NY Times Article on Delirium
June 21, 2010
There is an article in today’s New York Times about delirium, a VERY common but poorly understood condition among hospitalized…
“Demented Patients”: A terminology rant
May 4, 2010
All Posts · Communication · Culture · Dementia · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Relationships · Seniors
I would love the input of GeriPal readers on an issue. The commonly used phrases, “demented patient,” or “demented person,”…
Driving and Dementia: An Excellent Guideline, and A Missed Opportunity
April 18, 2010
All Posts · American Geriatrics Society · Dementia · Geriatrics · Health Policy · Law · Mental Health · Relationships
The American Academy of Neurologyrecently released a very useful guideline on the evaluation of driving risk in patients with dementia…
Meaningful Activities For Persons With Dementia
April 8, 2010
All Posts · Care Managers · Dementia · Education · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Long Term Care · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Seniors
There is a lot of focus on what elders with dementia can’t do. But what about more discussion of what…
Does Having a Sense of Purpose Prevent Alzheimer Disease?
March 30, 2010
At our most recent UCSF Division of Geriatricsjournal club, we had a very lively discussion about an article examining whether…
More on dementia and mammograms
February 17, 2010
All Posts · Cancer · Care Managers · Communication · Dementia · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Primary Care · Screening
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia: It’s all About Location
February 10, 2010
Feeding tubes are often placed in the hospital setting for patients with advanced dementia, even though there is pretty much a lack…
Mammograms in Women with Dementia: What’s the Problem?
January 29, 2010
All Posts · Cancer · Care Managers · Dementia · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Primary Care · Prognosis · Screening · Seniors
A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
Tarenflurbil for Alzheimer Disease: A novel agent meets with great disappointment
December 24, 2009
The current issue of JAMA reports on the largest trialever conducted for a drug designed to slow the progression of…