Dr. Landsverk provided opinion for TheStreet.com on seniors and opioids
Seniors Are Suffering from an Opioid Epidemic 12 million Medicare opioid prescriptions were written last year – is this a crisis? Or just pain management? Robert McGarvey, Jul 5, 2016 Nearly 12 million Medicare recipients received a prescription for an opioid...
NY Times Ethicist: Can You Keep a Woman From Courting Your Elderly Dad?
We in the elder care community have much work to do for culture change regarding elders in our country. As a Geriatrician providing house calls in the San Francisco Bay Area, I see many sad cases of elder abuse and many that are missed due to allowing the...
Dr. Landsverk was featured in Health’Sass in an article titled “Is it Forgetfulness or the Big A?”
Posted by Star Lawrence of HEALTH’Sass I took care of my mother for 18 years. She had severe memory issues–though not a formal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, of course, I dread the idea of developing the same disabilities. About 10% of those...