Older Adults and Quality of Life are New Topics in Healthy People 2020!
December 9, 2010
Healthy People 2020 has been released, and there is good news for GeriPals. (See Ken’s post soliciting suggestions from GeriPal readers…
Sex and drugs (with or without rock and roll)
December 7, 2010
Annals of Internal Medicine published an interesting articletoday on sexual activity in 75 to 95 year-old men. Using data from…
A novel therapeutic intervention: More time with patients
November 15, 2010
What would happen to the quality of patient care in the United States if we had more time to spend…
Sex and Aging
November 14, 2010
Photo by Patrick Q It’s time to get comfortable with the notion that older Americans have satisfying sexual relationships. Studies…
Life Space: Living Well Despite Disability
October 26, 2010
Geriatric Medicine is obsessed with functional status and disability. Much of the practice of Geriatrics revolves around the prevention or…
Palliative Care Prolongs Life
August 19, 2010
Thanks to Wikimedia commons for picture, A puffer fish kissing the glass. No intentional relationship to the post, Just loved…
Preventing Disability vs. Improving Quality of Life for Elders Living with Disability: Both are Important
June 20, 2010
I heard a prominent speaker talk about studies at the National Institute of Aging. The speaker described several new large and well funded trials…
Health Status Does Not Equal Quality of LIfe
June 3, 2010
Advance Care Planning · Communication · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Healthcare · Quality of Life · Relationships · Research · Seniors
If you asked clinical researchers to describe the most important advances in research methodology over the past generation, many would…
Adverse drug reactions in elders: looking for flubs in all the wrong places
August 12, 2009
A great deal of energy – and money – has been spent on preventing adverse drug reactions in elders. Many…