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AnswersForCare™by V Lassmann-Vague, Diabetes Metab, 2005;31:5S53-5S57. A significant scientific article on the greatly increased risks of hypoglycaemia in the elderly diabetic patient. The article calls for greater education of elderly patients and their caregivers on the causes, symptoms and . . . → Read More: Hypoglycaemia in elderly diabetic patients National Institutes of Health –Senior Health. Explains that there is no known cure for diabetes, but it can be managed. Discusses role of diet, exercise, medications, and self-monitoring in the management of diabetes. >>View Info National Diabetes Education Program, by National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >>View Info National Diabetes Education Program, by National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Education on management of diabetes >>View Info Learn about tests to manage your own blood glucose. By National Diabetes Education Program, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >>View Info 50 page booklet by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >>View Info >>View Info 30 page paper with recommendations by the Consumers Union, 2007. >>View Info See also, the information under “Prevention.” Because there is no known cure for diabetes, treatment consists of management of the disease, including the same diet, exercise and other steps beneficial for prevention of diabetes. 20 page booklet from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health. >>View Info 52 page booklet by National Institutes of Health, Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >>View Info 24 page booklet by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services >>View Info a 253 page booklet by the National Diabetes Education Program of the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”). Studies by the CDC have found that African Americans are 1.8 times as likely to . . . → Read More: A Family Lifestyle Approach to Diabetes Prevention – for African Americans by the National Diabetes Education Program of the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. >>View Info 24 page booklet by National Institutes of Health, Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >>View Info by National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >>View Info by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >>View Info Do you know the signs and symptoms? >>View Info by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >>View Info by National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Good introduction to causes, types, stages, symptoms, diagnosis, and management of diabetes in elders. >>View Info by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >>View Info by National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >> View Info by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. >> View Info The American Diabetes Association. An introduction to diabetes, with links to comprehensive information and resources, including information on the different types of diabetes, symptoms & diagnosis, diabetes statistics, tips, common terms, and diabetes myths. >>View Info HealthFinder.gov, a website operated by the National Health Information Center of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, provides links to a wealth of consumer health, wellness, and medical information. Visit MedinePlus, a website maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, provides comprehensive consumer health information on a variety of health topics. Videos and links to . . . → Read More: MedlinePlus WebMD.com provides a comprehensive resource of consumer health information, including news and information on a variety of health conditions, as well as information on wellness and healthy living. Visit Harvard Health (which includes medical information from Harvard Medical School, . . . → Read More: WebMD & Other Commercial Providers of Health Information The Merck Manual of Online Health Information is a recognized comprehensive resource of health and medical information for consumers. The Editorial Board of the Online Version consists of 15 Medical Doctors (MD’s), and each of the Editor-In-Chief, Senior Assistant . . . → Read More: THE MERCK MANUAL MEDICAL LIBRARY: The Merck Manual of Medical Information–Home Edition UPDATE – MAY 22, 2013: HelpingYouCare® has received notice today that NOAH closed in January, 2013, and their website referenced below is no longer available. Excellent presentation of links to comprehensive information on Diabetes, including special information on “Seniors . . . → Read More: Diabetes – Information from NOAH UPDATE – MAY 22, 2013: HelpingYouCare® has received notice today that NOAH closed in January, 2013, and their website referenced below is no longer available. This website of NOAH provides excellent links to a wealth of good online information . . . → Read More: NOAH – New York Online Access to Health Links provided by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association, to what they deem the “Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust.” This is an excellent resource to search for quality medical information. . . . → Read More: CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust Good source of “Health information for the whole family” provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Includes health information on conditions – A to Z – plus links to Health Tools, inlcuding, * Dictionary * Calculator * Trackers . . . → Read More: FamilyDoctor.org – American Academy of Family Physicians Online Question & Answer service provided by Columbia University’s Health Services. Includes online Q&A concerning General Health topics, Emotional Health topics, Fitness & Nutrition, and others. Includes searchable archives of questions and . . . → Read More: Go Ask Alice!: Online Health Q&A Service by Columbia University Health Services Johns Hopkins University, Welch Medical Library, provides an excellent page of links to trusted academic, non-profit, and government sources of Consumer Health and Patient Information and Resources. This is a good source for links to serious information from trusted . . . → Read More: Consumer Health and Patient Information Resources from Johns Hopkins University, Welch Medical Library by Ken Dychtwald Ph.D., Gerontologist, psychologist, author, entrepreneur and public speaker for the Huffington Post Two-thirds of people 65 and over will need some kind of long term care. In fact, many of us aren’t prepared for it or . . . → Read More: Long-Term Care Solutions You Should Be Talking About Now by Craig Reaves, past president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for The New York Times, November 24, 2010 An Elder Law Attorney answers a question concerning whether it is necessary to spend down a person’s assets . . . → Read More: Medicaid and the Primary Residence One of the most important things you can do to prevent disease and preserve your own health and that of your senior loved one, is to avoid smoking AND avoid second-hand smoke. According to an article in NY Daily . . . → Read More: Study: Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 people a year By Angela Lunde, Mayo Clinic health education outreach coordinator Another perspective that can be helpful: i.e. separate the disease from the person and the person from the behaviors. Doing this helps you see that it’s the disease, not the . . . → Read More: Blame the disease, not the person, when caregiving gets frustrating © 2010 by Constance R. Barnhart Attorney At Law View/ Print as a PDF Document Following is a checklist of some of the legal issues that may arise for seniors and their family caregivers. For each of these issues . . . → Read More: A Checklist of Some Legal Issues for Seniors and Their Family Caregivers Video lecture on “Top 10 Tips for Taking an Elderly Parent to the Emergency Department,” presented by Malika Fair, MD, of EmergencyCareForYou.org. © By The Editor, HelpingYouCare.com™ View/ Print this article as a PDF Document Is your parent or elder acting in ways that do not seem like the person you have known – or perhaps in ways that exaggerate difficult . . . → Read More: FOUR STEPS TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT ELDERLY BEHAVIOR Jack LaLanne, known as “the godfather of fitness” was born September 26, 1914. He has published numerous books on fitness and hosted a fitness television show between 1951 and 1985, among many other accomplishments. Watch him in this interview . . . → Read More: Jack & Elaine LaLanne Interview at age 95 A thorough checklist by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation and MetLife Foundation. Caregivers should review this carefully and implement these suggestions for their elderly loved ones. by the American Geriatric Society, Foundation for Health in Aging. Information for the caregiver on understanding the problem, when to get professional help, what you can do to help, carrying out and adjusting your plan, and checking on progress. . . . → Read More: Eldercare At Home: Bone Weakness Home Safety Council finds many homes lack critical safety elements, by SeniorJournal.com. A study by the Home Safety Council found that even though falls are the leading cause of home injury-related death among older adults, critical falls prevention measures . . . → Read More: Many Elderly Caregivers Do Not Know How to Make Homes Fall-Safe by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Makes the point that a major cause of falls is improper footwear and foot problems that it causes, and provides tips for injury prevention. As a caregiver, be sure to see that . . . → Read More: Footwear and Falls Brochure by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. As a caregiver, you can help your elderly loved one do four things to prevent falls: (1) begin a regular exercise program, (2) . . . → Read More: What YOU Can Do to Prevent Falls Sample chapter, excerpt: “Impaired mobility places the patient at risk for skin breakdown, falls, and psychological isolation… Healthcare providers must work together (physicians, nurses, physical therapists, nursing assistants, etc.) to provide range-of motion (ROM) exercises, assistance with ambulation, frequent . . . → Read More: Age-Specific Competencies for Healthcare Providers: Care of the mature Adult (65 Years and Older) by Temple University School of Medicine and Department of Public Health, funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Training manual for the HEROS© (Health, Education, Research Outreach for Seniors) fall . . . → Read More: Heros–Reducing Falls and Serious Injuries Training Program Manual by the American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. Geared primarily to health care professionals, this medical paper is also instructive for family caregivers. It recommends regular assessment of older . . . → Read More: Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Advises not to try to get up too quickly or in the wrong position. Instructs on how to get up. >>View Info by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Comprehensive discussion of nonsurgical treatments, activity and exercise, alternative medicine, and orthotics (casts, splints, etc.), as well as surgical treatments for each of the different parts of the body where a fracture . . . → Read More: Broken Bones & Injury: Treatment & Rehabilitation by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Comprehensive discussions of joint replacement surgeries for the different parts of the body that may have been fractured. >>View Info by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. >>View Info by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission >>View Info by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIH, Department of Health & Human Resources. >>View Info by National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis and Bone Related Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. >>View Info by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com. >>View Info by the National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases. >>View Info by Robert McCoppin, The Daily Herald, Health, March 31, 2008. >>View Info by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. >>View Info by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. A good discussion of the extent of the problem, why falls occur in nursing homes, and what we can do to prevent them. >>View . . . → Read More: Falls in Nursing Homes Osteoporosis, a loss of bone mass that comes with aging, makes the bones brittle and subject to easy fracture through falls or even without falls. An important part of preventing injury of older persons through falls is to diagnose . . . → Read More: See Arthritis, Osteoporosis & Related Rheumatic Conditions by Cedars-Sinai Health System. A good discussion of the symptoms (or lack thereof), diagnosis, causes, risk factors, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. Good bone health is a key part of avoiding falls and fractures. >>View Info by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Discusses the diagnostic tests used to test for osteoporosis. >>View Info by the American Physical Therapy Association. Understand whether you have a balance or posture problem, and learn about exercises to help correct it. >>View Info by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Describes the diagnostic imaging techniques used to give doctors a picture of the patient’s bones, organs, muscles, tendons, nerves, and cartilage, in order to determine if there are any abnormalities, after a . . . → Read More: X-rays, CT Scans and MRIs National Women’s Health Resource Center, healthywomen.org. From HealthDay, September 8, 2008. Study suggests that lack of sleep is a predictor of falls. >>View Info American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Discusses types of diagnostic testing which should be done to discover injuries to nerves and muscles, if the patient has pain, weakness or numbness in his or her back, neck or hands. >>View . . . → Read More: Electrodiagnostic Testing by the National Institutes of Health – Senior Health. Causes and prevention, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment and research, frequently asked questions, and links to additional resources. >>View Info by the American Geriatric Society, Foundation for Health in Aging. Information on causes, evaluation, and treatment of walking problems. Early diagnosis and treatment of walking problems are important to prevent falls. >>View Info Washington Post, July 19, 2008. Cites study by American Geriatric Society, finding that falls are a leading cause of serious injury and death among the elderly, and most of those falls occur in the home. Includes suggestions for making . . . → Read More: Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly by the National Institutes of Health – Senior Health. Includes discussions about falls, causes and risk factors, preventing falls and fractures, advice if you fall, frequently asked questions, and links to further resources. >>View Info by MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Extensive information and links to more information and resources. >>View Info by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. >>View Info Age Page by National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Discusses physical changes associated with aging that can make falls more likely, consequences of falls (which may be aggravated by osteoporosis), and steps to take to decrease the . . . → Read More: Falls and Fractures by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in three adults age 65 or older falls each year. “Of those who fall, 20% to 30% suffer moderate to severe injuries that make it hard for them to get . . . → Read More: Costs of Falls Among Older Adults by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Reports that falls are the leading cause of injury to older adults, with over 11 million people falling each year at a treatment cost to the U.S. of $20.2 Billion annually. The . . . → Read More: Don’t Let a Fall be Your Last Trip: Who is At risk? by Robin Adams, The Ledger.com, March 24, 2008. >>View Info Washington Post, June 24, 2008. “As people age, their risk of falling increases due to a number of factors such as mobility problems due to muscle weakness or poor balance, loss of sensation in feet, chronic health problems, vision . . . → Read More: Senior Falls Can Lead to Brain Injury Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Aug;89(8):1522-7. Abstract of scientific study, finding that “subcortical vascular lesions” (lesions in a part of the brain associated with vascular dementia) in patients with gait disorder, 12 months after discharge from a rehabilitation facility, . . . → Read More: Subcortical vascular lesions predict falls at 12 months in elderly patients discharged from a rehabilitation ward by American Geriatrics Society’s Foundation for Health in Aging. Tips for the caregiver on understanding the problem, when to get professional help, what you can do to help, carrying out and adjusting your plan, and checking on progress. >>View . . . → Read More: Elder Care At Home, Chapter 9: Hearing Problems, Aging in the Know Tips for the caregiver on how to deal with the elderly who suffer from loss of hearing or loss of sight. Ten tips for dealing with blind, hard of hearing, or disoriented persons. >>View Info discussion by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, including nature, symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for the caregiver in helpful ways to interact with an . . . → Read More: Presbycusis (age-related hearing loss) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This information on the many forms of available captions to help a television viewer who is hard of hearing may . . . → Read More: Captions For Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers by the American Academy of Audiology. Includes general tips, tips for a social gathering at your home, tips for visiting a restaurant, and tips for a meeting. >>View Info Federal Communications Commission. Before you contemplate purchasing a wireless telephone or cell phone for your elderly loved one, you should read this information. Wireless phones may cause interference and background noise with a hearing aid. Read and understand the . . . → Read More: Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireless Telephones – FCC Consumer Facts a 6 page pamphlet by the American Speech – Language – Hearing Association. Important for caregivers of the elderly to consider insurance coverage issues in connection with consulting your doctor. >>View Info by Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Ph.D., Geriatric Times, May-June, 2001. This excellent article on caregiving for dementia patients includes the observation that, “The effect of hearing aids has been demonstrated in two studies in which fitting patients with hearing devices resulted . . . → Read More: Managing Agitation in Elderly Patients With Dementia U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Discusses symptoms of hearing loss and the various types of hearing aids available. (Written in both English and Spanish). >>View Info National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Frequently asked questions and answers on hearing aids. >>View Info Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University. Excellent catalogue and description of the different devices available to help those with hearing loss, including not only hearing aids and personal listening devices, but also telephone aides, television and . . . → Read More: Communication and Alerting Devices for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People: What’s Available Now American Speech – Language – Hearing Association. Discussion of the most common myths and facts associated with hearing aids. Educate yourself about hearing aids. >>View Info American Speech – Language – Hearing Association. Discussion of the different digital technologies now used in hearing aids, and their benefits. >>View Info American Speech – Language – Hearing Association. Discussion of the available technology and devices to use with or without hearing aids to further assist hearing and communication, by helping to overcome the negative effects of distance, background noise, or poor . . . → Read More: Assistive Technology; What are Assistive Listening Devices? Link provided by MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to a video and instructional session about “Baha: Bone Anchored Hearing Treatment Procedure.” This is a surgical procedure conducted by Hartford Hospital, implanting a hearing device to restore hearing. >>View . . . → Read More: Bone Anchored Hearing Treatment Procedure National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Provides detailed information about this surgically implanted electronic device that provides sound to people with severe hearing loss. Studies have . . . → Read More: Cochlear Implants American Speech – Language – Hearing Association. Explains the aural/audiologic rehabilitation services available to help a person adjust to his or her hearing loss, including education and counseling on making the best use of hearing aids, exploring assistive devices . . . → Read More: Adult Aural/Audiologic Rehabilitation |
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