The number of people at risk from pressure ulcers is increasing due to an aging population and a growing prevalence of long-term chronic conditions. Older adults who have functional limitations …
Continue ReadingPreventing and Treating Bed Sores

The number of people at risk from pressure ulcers is increasing due to an aging population and a growing prevalence of long-term chronic conditions. Older adults who have functional limitations …
Continue ReadingDo you suffer with stiff and painful joints? According to the Arthritis Foundation, joint inflammation is the number one cause of disability and pain in the US, affecting 1 in …
Continue ReadingEach year hundreds of thousands of older persons are abused, neglected, and exploited (The National Council on Aging states that one in 10 Americans over the age of 60 have …
Continue ReadingDrug misuse among seniors has become an “invisible epidemic,” or so the government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration believes. No one really knows how serious this epidemic has …
Continue ReadingNo one really knows how many people are caregivers. The CDC estimates 53 million in 2020. Everyone does agree, though, that caregivers need support and a mini-industry seems to be …
Continue ReadingDo you worry that your aging mother may fall and hurt herself with no one is there to help her? Or maybe that your elderly father will wander off and …
Continue ReadingOne of the things I’ve heard said (and I often jokingly say myself) is that having children is a convenient excuse for getting to have a second childhood, to relive …
Continue ReadingIn a previous post, I spoke about behavior management problems in dementia (also known as ‘behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia,’ or BPSD for short) and talked about both the …
Continue ReadingAccording to the National Center for Health Statistics, 48.3{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} of adults aged 65 and over had low bone mass of the lumbar spine or femur (Looker & Frenk, 2015). Low …
Continue ReadingAt the nursing home where I work, approximately 50{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} of the residents have some form of diagnosable dementia (which is now referred to as ‘major neurocognitive disorder’ in the current …
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