All Entries Tagged With: "Alzheimer’s disease"
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 [...]
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 [...]