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American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
Susan Mockus Parks & Karen D. Novielli |
A Practical Guide to Caring for Caregivers Patients who provide care to family members or friends with dementia are likely to be in a family physician's practice. The caregiver role can be stressful, and identifying these patients can give the family physician opportunities to help patients cope with the challenges of the role...   |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2008 |
Wandering in Hospitalized Older Adults: Identifying Risk is the First Step in This Approach to Preventing Wandering in Patients with Dementia. People who have dementia are at risk for wandering away from the safety of the care setting and becoming lost in the community. Here are three critical elements of prevention and action. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
When You Are the Caregiver You're a caregiver if you give basic care to a person who has a chronic medical condition. How can I tell if caregiving is putting too much stress on me?... Why is caring for someone with dementia (Alzheimer's disease) so hard?... etc. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
James O'Brien |
Caring for Caregivers Long-term care given by family members is a central component of our current health care system and, thus, a critical social policy issue... |
Home Toys
October 2005
Ofer Atzmon |
Innovative Mobile-Health Solutions May be Integrated with Smart Homes Future advances in wireless technologies, such as WiMax will enable the integration of wireless healthcare services inside the smart home environment, freeing users from the need to frequent their doctors. |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2011 |
Strategies for Feeding Patients with Dementia An overview of the difficulties associated with feeding those with dementia and suggestions for caregivers to help overcome these challenges. |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2006
Rader et al. |
The Bathing Of Older Adults with Dementia Inexpensive, practical, and evidence-based alternatives to force bathing patients are advocated and discussed. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Care Givers Smart advisors are offering financial gerontology services to clients and their families, and are getting increased client satisfaction and referrals in return. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Stevens et al. |
Economic Good Times Could Be Bad For Your Health Deaths among the elderly may rise in robust economic times because frontline caregivers in nursing homes leave for better-paying jobs elsewhere, which can compromise care given to the elderly in those facilities. |
Job Journal
September 11, 2005
Julia Hollister |
Long-Term Healthcare: Only Compassionate Need Apply Calm and compassionate caregivers needed for long-term careers. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2008 |
How to Try This: Working with Families of Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia Families provide a considerable amount of informal care and support for older adults living with dementia. And when an older adult with dementia is hospitalized, family caregivers should be seen as important sources of information and included as valuable members of the health care team. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2002
Jeffrey L. Cummings |
Guidelines for Managing Alzheimer's Disease: Part I. Assessment Family physicians play a key role in assessing and managing patients with Alzheimer's disease and in linking the families of these patients to supportive services within the community. |
American Journal of Nursing
August 2008
Stockdell & Amella |
How to Try This: The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale: Determining How Much Help People with Dementia Need at Mealtime. The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia scale is an 11-item instrument developed to assess eating and feeding problems in people with late-stage dementia. Using the scale, a nurse can identify a patient's needs and build an effective care plan. |
American Journal of Nursing
March 2008
Evans & Cotter |
Avoiding Restraints in Patients with Dementia Understanding, prevention, and management are the keys to reducing restraint use. |
American Journal of Nursing
January 2008
Maslow & Mezey |
Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults proposes several approaches that hospital nurses can use to increase recognition of dementia. This article describes the Try This approaches, how to implement them, and how to incorporate them into a hospital's current admission procedures. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2011
Carol Levine |
Supporting Family Caregivers: The Hospital Nurse's Assessment of Family Caregiver Needs It's important to assess and address a family caregiver's needs, strengths, and limitations. Nurses have the training, skills, and opportunities to carry out these assessments. |
American Journal of Nursing
July 2008
Horgas & Miller |
Pain Assessment in People with Dementia The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale has been designed to assess pain in this population by looking at five specific indicators. |
Nurse Practitioner
August 2011
Davis et al. |
Supportive approaches for Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease accounts for almost 80% of all dementia diagnoses. Currently, more than 5 million Americans suffer from this debilitating illness, with the highest prevalence in the oldest age groups. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Compassion, Knowledge, and Personalized Service The primary risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is age, and with the majority of financial planners' clientele growing older, it's smart for financial advisors to become familiar with a different side of the financial planning business -- gerontology. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2006 |
Behavior Problems in a Family Member with Dementia: What You Should Know An informative hand-out on the condition: What kinds of problems do people with dementia have?... Will these problems get worse?... Can my doctor tell if some other illness is causing the problems?... etc. |
Registered Rep.
August 30, 2011
Amy Burroughs |
When Your Client Has Alzheimer's One early sign of the disease is trouble managing money, which puts financial advisors on the front lines. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
David J. Drucker |
Dealing With Dementia When a longtime client starts to lose her mental faculties, it's a whole new ball game. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
Ben Mattlin |
Compensating Caregivers Advisors discuss how families can provide at-home care for a loved one -- and defuse sibling rivalries that often result. |
American Journal of Nursing
January 2008
Fick & Mion |
How to Try This: Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Delirium is common in older adults who have dementia, but too often nurses confuse the symptoms of delirium with those of dementia and it goes unrecognized and untreated. Delirium can signal a serious underlying condition such as infection or dehydration. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2006
Neef & Walling |
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: An Emerging Disease Dementia with Lewy bodies appears to be the second most common form of dementia, accounting for about one in five cases. The condition is characterized by dementia accompanied by delirium, visual hallucinations, and parkinsonism. |
Entrepreneur
November 2003
Melody Lan |
Golden Opportunity Giving new meaning to the term "senior care" -- a former occupational therapist for the elderly and her husband have found success in the home care field by focusing on hiring the best possible caregivers. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2006 |
Driving and Dementia: What You Should Know A patient hand guide: What is dementia?... How does dementia affect driving?... How do I know if there is a problem?... What can I do if I think someone has a problem?... Where can I get more information?... |
Financial Advisor
May 2004
David J. Drucker |
No Longer An Ancillary Service If your clients are middle-aged or older, learn about old-age care options. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Gresham & Gresham |
The Golden Years? Besides being a great destroyer of health, dementia can also destroy many a grand retirement plan. Financial advisors need to prepare their clients for this possibility. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2001
Karen S. Santacruz & Daniel Swagerty |
Early Diagnosis of Dementia As more treatment options become available, it will become increasingly important to diagnose dementia early... |
