Geriatric Health and Psychology Round-Upby
Jeremiah D.
Here is a round-up of some recent articles involving various geriatric issues... that provides more evidence an active lifestyle wards off aging. Not only does exercise help decrease...
American Geriatrics Socie ...by
Dr. Rubens D.
American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication... (ADEs) in older adults. This was accomplished through the support of The American Geriatrics Society...
geriatricsby
Ditzy Doctor ..
2 weeks of geriatrics has ended and i must say it's been an eye opener. geriatricians are truly... my parents are heading into the geriatrics age bracket (alright it's a good few years but still), they...
Geriatrics at the VAby
CCLCM Student ..
I started my Geriatrics rotation at the Cleveland VA yesterday. This is the first time..., I will be spending my mornings on the GEM, which is the geriatrics inpatient floor. I've only been seeing one patient...
End of Geriatricsby
CCLCM Student ..
I'm now officially done with geriatrics. This week was similar to the first week: seeing...'t think that would matter very much, but it does when you're trying to read about a geriatric patient...
Slow Down Aging With Gymnastics For Geriatricsby
Jacqueline ..
Gymnastics for geriatrics is an alternative to golf and taking the dog for walks, those familiar 'stand bys' that crop up when elders are trying to persuade their loved ones that they are paying
Geriatrics Clinicby
CCLCM Student ..
Today was officially a day off from school for Martin Luther King's birthday, but I had geriatrics clinic this afternoon, so I still went in. The geriatrics clinic is on campus in the Crile building...
Concern for treatments of insomnia in Dementia
As a Geriatrician, board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine, having taught at UCSF, now with a house calls practice in San Francisco, I was concerned to see the recommendation of using sleeping pills like Ambien in Alzheimer's or other dementia. Trazadone is OK...crap
New Pain Medication Guideline for Elderly Patients
The American Geriatrics Society has issued an updated guideline for treating chronic pain patients aged 75 and older. According to the new guideline, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) should be “considered rarely, and with extreme caution, in highly selected individuals.”
This contradicts the AGS...crap
Alzheimers/dementia
I am a Certified Geriatric Nurse; specialized in Alzheimers and dementia and related disorders. I have worked in this field for 20 years. I have learned that each family situation is unique. I live in Canton, Michigan. Maybe I can help someone and give them back their life. PattyAnn1crap
Exercising before breakfast
Is it better to eat before exercising or can you exercise before breakfast?
Mary Jocrap
Exercise, Diet Can Help Elderly Maintain Balance
to learn how interrelated our general care (including diet and exercise) is in helping elderly people... findings suggest there could be a new strategy for preventing falls, such as daily exercise and treatments... noted that the prevention of falls (depending on causes and risk factors) may include exercise and nutritional or vitamin...crap
Tai Chi Recommended As Top Exercise to Help Elderly Hone Their Balance
Times reporter Karen Stabiner wrote that the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatric... exercise to prevent falls. (The other recommendation is to have doctors review medications...-defense, tai chi evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and to help...crap
Making Exercise Fun: An Important Step in Achieving and Maintaining Fitness
up an important and fundamental point. In order to stick with an exercise regimen, it helps immensely if you can find a way... with me in New York City a few years ago, she joined an exercise class and found it rather boring... has found to work out and make it fun for herself.
What makes exercising fun for you? Perhaps it is playing...crap
Regular Exercise Leads to a Happier, Healthier Life Exercise is good for you; you should exercise more. Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah. Are you sick of hearing about exercise and how it does everything from promote weight loss to prevent cancer... for not LISTENING?
OK, any reasonable woman knows exercise is good for her. And you’re a reasonable...crap
Core Activation + Basic Movement Patterns = Safe Exercise
More and more safety during exercise is becoming an important issue. Since many new exercisers are coming from the Baby Boom generation and have never really exercised, or never really exercised properly... to exercise safely and effectively. The problem is that most people don't fully understand what it means...crap
exercise
is it possible for doing too much exercise to advance the virus? exercise is a good thing in general, but is there too much? hopefulone exercise just make sure you are getting enough rest.... exercise As long as you speak to your doctor first, build up slowly and allow your body to adjust; exercise...crap