Author Archive for mikegamble
Internet Entrepreneur - Loving Husband, Proud Father and Grandfather - PASSION: Improving the Quality of Life for Aging Parents and their Family Caregivers
Patient Privacy
— A Frustrating Double-Edged Sword —
When you visit a doctor, dentist, hospital, lab, or other health care provider, you are often asked to sign a form stating that you have received the provider’s Privacy Statement. The form will also usually include an Authorization section that gives the provider permission to share your medical information with [...]
Quick Tip for Caregivers
Are you planning to see an attorney with your elderly mom or dad who has some dementia? Make the appointment for the morning. Sundowning (late-day confusion) can raise questions regarding your loved one’s legal competence.
Great Pics from NASA
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve fallen in love with the fantastic photographs on NASA’s website, Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Not every picture is of spectacular heavenly objects; some are of equally facinating terrestrial subjects. However, the astronomical pictures include tons of NASA’s best from the Hubble as well as earth-bound telescopes. And, the archives go [...]
DANGER! – Will You Outlive Your Income?
Take guesswork out of your retirement planning
Which retirement planning calculator tells you how much money you’ll really need for retirement? Which retirement calculator contains a fatal financial flaw that affects every senior and could cause you to outlive your income? Or, is every retirement calculator flawed?
Even the best retirement calculator will ask you to guess [...]
Prescription Drug Interactions
Are there special precautions for seniors?
Are interactions between prescription drugs a problem for your loved one? Two-thirds of seniors take one or more prescription drugs every day; one-fourth take 4 or more. Because they see specialists in addition to their own doctor, seniors are often given new prescription drugs without thoroughly assessing their other medications. [...]
What are your odds of getting Alzheimer’s?
The latest Alzheimer’s disease information shows that your odds are fairly low. While your risk for Alzheimer’s disease increases with age, more people will have a heart attack, heart disease, respiratory disease or diabetes. According to TIME magazine, “Even in the 65-and-older age group, only 15% of people [with] mild cognitive impairment will go on [...]
Can You Afford Long-Term Care?
Assisted Living – Home Health Care – Nursing Home Care
What is long-term care?
It is primarily personal care for people whose health has declined to the point where they need someone to help them with one or more normal activities of daily living (dressing, bathing, preparing meals, eating, taking medication, toileting, transferring – that’s getting into [...]
To Be Old, Frail and Evicted – Patients at Risk
That was the headline of a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. The article went on to say:
“Across the country, nursing homes are forcing out frail and ill residents. While federal law permits nursing-home evictions in some circumstances, state officials and patient advocates say facilities often go too far, seeking to evict those who [...]
Is it Alzheimer’s? Or something that’s curable?
Because the symptoms are almost identical, many health problems are often mistaken for Alzheimer’s and other dementias. But, the problems causing the symptoms are usually treatable if detected early enough. Prescription drug interactions and side effects, vitamin B12 deficiency and dehydration most commonly produce false symptoms of dementia. (According to Consumer Reports on Health, “Any [...]