Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) is the core daily personal care activities that are necessary in order for people to be able to live independently. Loss of mental functioning is measured by other standardized tests and referred to as cognitive impairment. Activities of Daily Livings are particularly important because along with cognitive impairment, and in some cases “medical necessity,” they are the mechanism used by the insurance industry to determine qualification for long-term care benefits and may also be used to determine qualification for admission to a nursing or assisted living home facility. (more…)
There are numerous basic Activities of Daily Living instruments that seek to quantify basic physical functions and obtain a numeric ...
In better facilities, the design of the building reflects the philosophy of promoting independence. Residents usually live either i ...
The proportion of elderly at any age without any chronic conditions is small, and disease can trigger a cascade of events res ...
The Costs of Senior Care Options When planning for our retirement, most of us allocate money into a 401K or another savings prog ...
The overarching goal of physical therapy rehabilitation is to return the individual to as close to the premorbid level of funct ...
Adults have two principal jobs in life - earning a living and raising a family — and much of life’s satisfaction comes from doing these jobs as well as possible. The man’s work makes him feel useful and other people respect him if he does a good job. In the same manner, raising a family and making a home are the woman’s way of being useful. (more…)
Changes in the Family Every human being has the need for affection and to have someone toward whom he can express love and affec ...
The sleeping pills quadrupled the risk of suicide in the elderly, according to a study by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ...
Older adults face multiple normative transitions associated with aging that result in changes or losses of important social rol ...
Medical care for the elderly takes center stage making mental health care take a back seat, especially in nursing homes. A grea ...
It is estimated that about 6 million Americans over 65 suffer from depression in late life. The sad reality is that 10% are loo ...
We all want to protect our loved ones from danger, but it’s impossible to be with them every moment of the day. And unfortunate as it is, scam artists see your aging Mom or Dad as an easy target, knowing full well that elderly individuals are more likely to fall for their scams. Elder fraud often goes unreported, (more…)
You must understand that getting old is not an easy phase that our loved ones or the people that we know go through. Actually, ...
Senior day care is a growing means for the elder to be able to stay in their home longer or live with family members while not h ...
The Costs of Senior Care Options When planning for our retirement, most of us allocate money into a 401K or another savings prog ...
In these modern times when different medicines are available to each and every pain that one feels, it still doesn't replace th ...
Something you and your doctor should appreciate is that getting older influences the way you react to drugs. Elderly patients are twice as susceptible to drug reactions as younger adults are. The aging kidneys and liver contribute to the problem. The relative quantity of water in the body decreases and thus is not as available to dilute the medication, and the kidneys are less capable of excreting drugs. The liver is also less able to metabolize drugs. (more…)
Pharmacodynamics describes the course of action of a drugs and aging at the effector organ level, in terms of duration and magnitud ...
There are several important changes in pharmacokinetics metabolism associated with aging that predispose the elderly to increas ...
Complications of Adverse Drug Reactions may include hospitalization, increased hospital stays and health care expenditures, morbidi ...
Addiction is more than frequent drug use. Recent scientific research provides strong evidence that drugs not only interfere w ...
Aside from the fibromyalgia antidepressants, very few drug classes have evidence for efficacy in the treatment of fibromyalgia fati ...
I got up around 6:45 one morning and made my way to the kitchen to start the day. As I stood at the sink, something caught my eye out the front window. My neighbor’s front door appeared to be open and the screen door was flapping in the wind. This was a bit odd, because the temperatures were in the low 30’s and the north wind was howling… not exactly the kind of weather for leaving the door wide open. I stood there a few minutes to see if someone was coming in or out of the door and had possibly propped it open temporarily. (more…)
In better facilities, the design of the building reflects the philosophy of promoting independence. Residents usually live either i ...
While I do not always write about them, at any given point in time I generally have one or two "mini-perseverations" going on (for ...
I am a senior citizen living alone in the world's largest senior community. But I am not alone or lonely, because there are 75, ...
Wheelchairs are a necessary item for many people. They provide mobility to people who might otherwise be unable to travel. For ...
There are two basic considerations on how to prevent accidents and injuries in elderly. First of all, we should make our surrou ...
Parents are always conscious about their kid’s health related matter, thus they take children’s immunization as a serious issue. Children, particularly babies should be protected by taking immunization due to their bodies are easily infected with virus. However, parents often forgot that they also should take adult immunization shot. Grown up adults also need immunizations and keep it up-to-date to hinder any adult diseases or chronic disease which may be caught by their body. It is thus important that adult immunization should not take lightly and it necessary to always keep up-to-date. (more…)
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Adult Day Care Services Programs are day programs for adults care community groups that provide services outside during the day ...
Complications of Adverse Drug Reactions may include hospitalization, increased hospital stays and health care expenditures, morbidi ...
Elderly people aged 55 and more are gain a significant increase in our aging population effects. It is estimated that this grou ...
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortalit ...