Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW, ATR, Mindful living advocate, Memory care consultant, published on the Huffington Post The Essential Checklist for Good Dementia Care. She shares the work of Jane Verity’s about the 5 universal needs to be an essential framework for good care of people with Dementia. These unmet emotional needs are:
The Rand Corporation (http://www.rand.org/about/history.html) published research findings stating that far more people are surviving to old age than at any time in our history. Medical interventions can now prevent or postpone many of the health problems traditionally associated with old age. Furthermore, the goal of medical care for the elderly has progressed beyond survival to maximizing quality of life, yet little attention has been paid to the overall quality of medical care that older people receive. In fact, existing measures of quality or health status are often inappropriate for the elderly. The key findings have been:
John Jastremski from the Retirement Group discusses the juggling responsibilities adult children face when taking care of their parents. He gives some recommendations and states “… At a time when your career is reaching a peak and you are looking ahead to your own retirement, you may find yourself in the position of having to help your children with college expenses while at the same time looking after the needs of your aging parents. Squeezed in the middle, you’ve joined the ranks of the “sandwich generation”….”
When it comes to care for our loved ones, we worry about falls, their being alone and injured, time response to a crisis and most of the times, our alternative is moving them to an institution. Living Well Assisted Living at Home believes that there are options to give choices to the elders and peace of mind to the family members. Aging.com reported on 10 secrets that our aging parents keeps from us and some ways to deal with and approach them. I couldn’t help but think of all sorts of technology solutions (remote monitoring like GrandCare, Internet technology, etc.) that could assist in dealing with these 10 “secrets” shared in the story. Of course, technology is only one piece to the puzzle. Read More
Marguerite Manteau-Rao a LCSW and mindful living advocate, writes “…the journey of dementia is never easy, and it can be made many times worse if family members do not have the internal tools to take care of themselves and their loved ones. Here, based on years of experience in successfully navigating the dementia care landscape, are 13 tips that may save you a lot of grief as a care partner (caregiver) of someone with dementia…”
William Mullen, Chicago Tribune | August 22, 2011
Researchers at Northwestern University say they have discovered a common cause behind the mysterious and deadly affliction of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, that could open the door to an effective treatment.
By Christian Nordqvist for Medical News Today
Individuals who abuse methamphetamine and other similar stimulants have a much higher risk of subsequently developing Parkinson’s disease, compared to people who don’t, researchers from CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health) reported in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Dr. Russell Callaghan and team gathered data from nearly 300,000 hospital records in California over a 16-year period. They compared 40,472 individuals who had been hospitalized for methamphetamine and amphetamine-related conditions with 207,831 who were admitted with appendicitis and 35,335 who were hospitalized for cocaine-use disorders.
The researchers found that over a ten-year period:
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