Diane Carbo
Found in: Geriatric Care, Home Care
A family caregiver contract is a legal contract in which a family member is paid to care for the aging senior member of the family. Once an unspeakable or even unthinkable topic, there is a growing interest in the family caregiver contract.
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Mary J. Yerkes
Found in: Chronic Illness
Not long ago, during a time when stress and fatigue had taken their toll on my body, I booked a weekend away, and watched breathtaking sunsets, delighted the frolicking of in deer, and sat for hours in a red Adirondack chair. It was healing.
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A Unilateral Approach to Good Balance
Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Cancer, Cardiac Health, Diet & Nutrition, Alcohol
Can alcohol be good for you? Much evidence would argue yes. For instance, moderate drinkers tend to live longer than teetotalers. Yet alcohol also causes cancer and other diseases, including dementia. So how can such stuff be good for you?
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Chronic Illness
Those fighting chronic pain are currently going through “The Great Withdrawal,” as physicians cut medication in response to new theories and new laws. The result is that chronic pain patients are experiencing difficult times.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Obesity
Everything is connected. Change one thing and you end up changing all. Give the human body the right information, and it remakes itself right. But some mistakes we like to make again and again. Let’s look at one national obsession: weight.
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Diane Carbo
End-stage dementia is the last of the three stages of dementia. The challenges of this stage are dramatically different for the earlier stages. By this stage, many caregivers can be exhausted and burned out from providing care at home.
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Diane Carbo
Those providing care for someone in the middle stages of dementia must expect having difficulty managing that person’s behaviors. Studies show that seventy percent of dementia patients remain in their homes to receive care. (Part 2 of 3)
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Diane Carbo
Being aware of the early signs of dementia and seeking early treatment may prolong the early stage of this disease. There is no cure for the progressive dementias, and treatment relies on medication, nutrition and behavioral approaches.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Chronic Illness
Chronic pain, like any other kind of pain, is really an information issue. The brain senses something is very awry. We then call that feeling pain. And our sense of pain may have nothing to do with medical test results.
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