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1. Elder care: Memory loss in seniors is not normal
(Health/Healthquest)

... there anything we can do? Answer: First, find another doctor; one with geriatric credentials and a better understanding of the aging process. Old age does not automatically trigger memory loss! Second, ...

2. Elder care: Intervene only when danger threatens elderly relatives
(Health/Healthquest)

... or not. When "needs" reach a high level a move decision might be appropriate. If the elder refuses, bring in a third party. A clergy person, the person's lawyer or doctor, or a geriatric case manager ...

3. Japan adjusts to a population growing old
(World/International)

... of them all, and there's usually a waiting list to get into the geriatric hospitals." Given the dilemma facing Japan today, Dr Ishida added, "The old are left taking care of the old due to a shortage of ...

4. When quality no longer matters for New Jersey’s adult medical daycare
(Opinion/Commentary)

... facility primarily serves a geriatric population. However, up until recently I was also pleased with the advances we had made in the area of special needs too. This all ended a few months ago when under ...

5. Doctors that provide end of life counseling see benefit from health care reform controversy
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Dr. Ted Epperly, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, often has advance end-of-life conversations in his work as a family physician and geriatrician in Boise, Idaho. He says the discussions ...

6. Study: Eating less might extend lifespan for humans
(Health/Healthquest)

... monkeys. Researcher Richard Weindruch with the Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison explains. "Our data show that there's about a three-fold ...

7. ‘Frequent flier’ patients a challenge for doctors in a poorly coordinated health system
(Health/Healthquest)

... " said Joan Teno, a geriatrician at Brown University Medical School, who has often treated her patients in nursing homes for conditions that otherwise would propel them back to the hospital. Teno said ...