Medical Care for Seniors
Medical Care Articles
The Emergency Medical File Every Caregiver Should Create
Family caregivers, especially those with medical power of attorney (POA), should assemble a folder containing these 9 important medical details that can be easily handed off to nurses, doctors and first responders when seniors need emergency health care.
7 CommentsER, Urgent Care or Primary Care: Which Should You Choose?
When a senior needs medical attention, consider the level of care they require and the immediacy of the need before deciding where to take them for treatment.
8 CommentsHow to Be a Better Patient
Use these 7 tips to become an active participant in your medical care and you'll have a better care experience with more successful outcomes.
1 CommentCognitive Effects of Anesthesia on the Elderly
For seniors in need of major surgery, such as a joint replacement or cardiac procedure, it is important to understand that the side effects of anesthesia in elderly patients can be significant over both the short and long term.
15 Comments
Medical Care Questions
What should I do?
5 Answerswaytomisery Answered 22 hours agoBlood pressure spikes when my mom is around. For real! What to do?
29 AnswersDupedwife Replied Mar 16, 2024Lewy Body Dementia, violent behavior?
6 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered Mar 11, 2024Anyone with experience with LO with seizures (mesial temporal sclerosis) and/or epilepsy medication side effects?
6 AnswersSohenc Answered Mar 6, 2024
Medical Care Discussions
What to do with my husband?
15 CommentsDoggieMom86 Commented 4 hours agoFascinating 60 Minutes episode about using ultrasound to open up the blood brain barrier to allow ALZ meds in to work.
5 CommentsSendhelp Commented Jan 15, 2024Parents don't want me to talk to the doctors, advice?
14 CommentsHothouseflower Commented Oct 4, 2023Amyloid Plaques connection to Alzheimer's.
5 CommentsFawnby Commented Sep 19, 2023
Medical Care Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Cancer
- Area Agency on Aging
- Cognitive Decline
- Burnout
- Dementia Behaviors
- Signs of Dementia
- Memory Loss
- Caregiving
- Chemotherapy
- Violent Behavior
- Moderate Dementia
- Severe Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Prostate Cancer
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Mild Dementia
- Aging in Place
- Dementia Wandering
- Early Onset Alzheimer's