by Dr Liz | Oct 12, 2020 | Behaviors, Medication/Pain
Anyone who cares for someone with dementia knows that agitation is often part of the package. Nearly 20 percent of those with faltering cognition experience behavioral symptoms (anxiety, agitation, delusions, paranoia) severe enough to merit medical treatment. In care...
by Dr Liz | Oct 5, 2020 | Legal Issues/Financial Abuse
Sadly, scammers and con men often diagnose early dementia and vulnerable adults better than most doctors and legal professionals. We all think that elder abuse happens to others: the mail order scams, the lotteries, the criminals that prey on elders by stealing their...
by Dr Liz | Sep 21, 2020 | Dementia
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by Dr Liz | Sep 14, 2020 | Health
Adults aged 65 and older account for 16 percent of American adults, but 80 percent of deaths from COVID-19 and 40 percent of all COVID-related deaths have occurred in nursing homes. These statistics are not only a tragedy; they are a travesty. We must do better to...
by Dr Liz | Sep 7, 2020 | Medication/Pain
Anyone who’s become suddenly drowsy from too much cold medicine knows that medications sometimes have unwanted effects. About 6 percent of hospital admissions can be traced to what we doctors call “adverse drug events” (ADE). That is, prescribed...
