Is Your Sleep Elusive? – Looking for Care for Elders? Look to the Area Agency on Aging- Caregivers Corner-Medication Related Injuries
ELUSIVE SLEEP
Being able get to sleep and being able to stay asleep for many may be more of a goal than a reality. Understanding why we have sleep problems and what we can do to make them better, goes a long way toward getting rested and able to function well during your waking hours.
Dr. Evan Steep, a Pulmonologists and Sleep Specialist discusses in this first of a multi-part interview on what we need to know about sleep and what we can do to help ourselves and finding those that can assist.
Finding Answers to Care for the Elderly – Area Agency on Aging
There are a lot of things we just don’t know and it doesn’t matter until we have a need. Often issues of aging and care come about by a crisis and finding solutions can be a challenge. Marie Allen, Executive Director of the Southwest Area Agency on Aging in CT continues her interview to discuss even ,ore things you probably didn’t know.
Care Givers Corner
Gerontologist Sheryl Inglat discusses how we handle those care giving issues such as “You Didn’t Tell Me I Have an Appointment – I Don’t Want to Go” Search Sheryl Inglat for more topics on care giving.
Medication Related Injuries
The number of people treated in hospitals in the United States for problems related to medication errors has surged more than 50 percent in recent years. NY Times
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072411 Marie Allen – Area Agency Track 2a – Broadcast Part 3
072411 Sheryl Inglat Shopping-Med Related Injury – Broadcast Part 4
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Medication-Related Injuries on the Rise
Heart Health – How Women’s Heart Issues Differ from Men – Dr. Thomas Nero
Understanding differences in how women are diagnosed for heart issues as well as symptoms they experience is a matter of life and death. Until recently, diagnosis followed a similar path as men. Doctors now know that the two sexes can vary significantly. We met with Dr. Thomas Nero a Stamford, CT based cardiologist to discuss heart health and specifically differences between the sexes. This is the first part of Dr. Nero’s interview. Aired 5-8-10
Dr. Thomas Nero is a cardiologist practicing in Stamford, CT. His specialty is Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health (Columbus). He did his residency at Beth Israel Med Center. His certifications include; – Internal Medicine 1998; Board Certified – Echocardiography 2001 Board Eligible – Nuclear Cardiology (Level II)2001 Board Certified – Cardiovascular Disease 2001 Fellow American College of Cardiology; Board Certified – Diplomat – Interventional Cardiology 2002-SCAI Pending
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Long Hours at Work May Boost Heart Attack Risk – People who work an average of 11 or more hours per day have a 67% higher risk of suffering a heart attack or dying from heart disease than people who work a standard seven- to eight-hour day, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. news.health.com
Fish Oil May Prevent Symptoms of Postpartum Depression - Postpartum depression can affect up to 25% of new mothers during the first year after delivery, but researchers say there may be a relatively easy way to lower that risk — starting before women give birth. Healthland.time.com
Decoding Cancer – The first map of breast cancer genomes could revolutionize patient care. Time.com
Report sets new dietary intake levels for vitamin D and calcium –
In recent years, many studies have suggested that we take much more vitamin D than we do now — especially those of us living in northern climes who may get too little sunlight to produce adequate amounts in the skin. Harvard Health Publications
Meat or beans: What will you have? – Ask a red-blooded, all-American guy what he wants for dinner, and he’s likely to ask for a steak or roast. Ask for a second choice, and it might be a burger or chop. Keep asking, and you may eventually come up with chicken or fish. But despite persistent questioning, our average gent is not likely to request beans. Harvard Health Publications
THE CAREGIVERS CORNER
Gerontologist Sheryl Inglat discusses care giving issues on Value System of the Elderly and Keeping the Kids Visiting and Involved with Mom or Dad.
Geriatric Care Managers – Joan Garbow
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Just Because Mom Hasn’t Wandered YET – Doesn’t Mean She Won’t! – Memory Impairment and Wandering – Mary Underwood
Familiar surroundings don’t always stay that way for those with cognitive issues. Recognizing ones home, neighborhood and family may have been replaced with memories of ones childhood or at least some long ago time. Every year, adults with memory impairment wander away from home and their caregivers. The statistics are frightening if not found with 24 hours. There are more than 50,000 open cases of missing seniors who wandered away.
Recognizing the warning signs and accepting the reality that just because it hasn’t happened does not mean it won’t. Mary Underwood, Life Guidance Program Director at Atria in Stratford, CT has over 22 years of experience in dementia care. Her recent presentation on this topic prompted us to have her share her knowledge with yet a larger audience. 2/20/11
READING, RESEARCH & LINKS
More With Dementia Wander From Home
The Mysteries of Dementia-Driven Wandering
Wandering – Alzheimers Association
Habitat for Humanity, Eye Floaters, 6 Really Good Tips for Caregivers
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01/09/11 MetLife Mature Markets – Cancer Blood Test – Nasal Humming
Metlife Mature Markets Institute has been the gold standard in research on issues about getting older. Started in 1997, the information published cover many facets of finance, lifestyle, work and family and how to balance it all. Understanding the stress and the needs of caregiving employees and communicating that knowledge to employers, MMI delves deeply to present trends and options that may now be in place or for which the actual need may not have yet been realized. Our guest, Sandra Timmermann Ed.D a nationally recognized gerontologist is MMI’s Executive Director. A review of the titles of the MMI publications makes clear how committed they are to educating a rapidly aging population in how to do it well.
Humming Can Help Ease Nasal Problems – Keeping the sinuses healthy and infection-free requires ventilation — keeping air flowing smoothly between the sinus and nasal cavities. And what better way to keep air moving through the sinuses and nasal cavity than by humming a tune?
New Push to Develop Cancer Blood Test – Researchers have announced plans to develop a blood test that can detect a cancer cell that has been shed from a tumor.
What Broke My Father’s Heart
How putting in a pacemaker wrecked a family’s life. When (the doctor) suggested the pacemaker for the second time, my father was too stroke-damaged to discuss, and perhaps even to weigh, his tradeoffs. The decision fell to my mother — anxious to relieve my father’s pain, exhausted with caregiving, deferential to doctors and no expert on high-tech medicine. She said yes. One of the most important medical decisions of my father’s life was over in minutes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20pacemaker-t.html
What to Know If You Are the Boss of a Caregiver
With more baby boomers seeking help for aging parents, the in-home care industry is booming with a wide range of service providers, from geriatric-care managers to home-care agencies. Contractual arrangements and employment policies vary just as widely. So it’s wise for consumers to ask questions up front about tax obligations and insurance coverage.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123742280124379005.html
When Both Parents Suffer Dementia, Children Suspect It Is Also in Their Future
“I’ve seen a number of adult children that have not one but two parents with dementia,” “It’s like the perfect storm of dementia care.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/health/26double.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
