Understanding Dementia and Medical-Legal Implications By Sanjay Adhia, M.D. Dementia encompasses degenerative disorders to the brain. It can be subtle and fluctuate in severity even from day to day. It …
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Seniors and S-E-X
In American society, which seems hellbent on shunning the reality that aging is a natural part of living, the idea of seniors having sex suffers from double taboos. And yet, …
Continue ReadingAging and the Art of Coping
Perhaps the greatest challenge seniors face is accepting who they are now, not trying to remain the way they used to be. That’s easier for some of the changes wrought …
Continue ReadingTruths and Myths About Your Aging Brain
“Right now, you’ve got neurons in your brain that have ‘Vacancy’ signs on them,” the Institute on Aging’s Patrick Arbore recently told a capacity crowd gathered to hear his pronouncements …
Continue ReadingA Look at Loneliness—And Steps to Prevent It
Everyone feels lonely sometimes. But when the feeling persists as a chronic or acute state of being, it can easily morph into clinical depression and suicidal ideation—especially among older people. …
Continue Reading8 Practical Tips on Communicating With a Person With Dementia
Caring for someone who has dementia is a uniquely stressful experience. The person may be forgetful, engage in bizarre behavior, have trouble speaking, become incontinent, fall, and have trouble eating, …
Continue ReadingThe Old Heave-Ho: Helping a Parent Downsize Without Losing Your Mind
It’s finally happening. After resisting suggestions about moving to a senior care community for years, your elderly father (or mother) has finally recognized that living alone in the family home …
Continue ReadingTurn Up the Radio! Music is Powerful Therapy for Seniors
A frail, elderly woman in her mid-80s sits on the edge of her bed, her drooping body weighed down by eight-plus decades of life, the recurring health issues that have …
Continue ReadingGeropsychologists Meet the Mental Health Needs of Aging Adults
Geropsychology is “the specialized field of psychology concerned with the psychological, behavioral, biological, and social aspects of aging,” with clinical geropsychology (which is what I do) as the applied version …
Continue Reading5 Ways to a Healthy and Fit Brain
Do you ever forget the name of a song or your favorite restaurant? Have you ever been driving down the street and momentarily forgot where you were going? We all …
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