by Dr Liz | Jun 21, 2016 | Resources/News
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness MonthHow the Alzheimer’s Association and health care professionals are working to raise awareness and fight this progressive diseaseBy Kirsten Malenke, Staff Writer at ADVANCE Posted on: June 20, 2016For my grandmother, the...
by Dr Liz | Jun 16, 2016 | Dementia
Geriatric Specialist Elizabeth Landsverk, MD Provides Guidance and Tips for Patients and Families About 10% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, by the age of 85 that has increased to 30-50%. As the population aged 65 and older continues to...
by Dr Liz | May 23, 2016 | Legal Issues/Financial Abuse
Earlier this week, Dr. Nancy Hoffman, neuropsychologist and I (Geriatrician in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area) presented a talk about undue influence and how to address financial elder abuse. Today, I read that Sumner Redstone, 92, is ousting long time...
by Dr Liz | Feb 17, 2016 | Medication/Pain
Dementia and medications really are a wild, wild west for so many patients. The issue is that far too many patients are peppered with medications like birdshot, often prescribed by multiple different doctors. A hurried doctor who only sees his or her patients...
by Dr Liz | Feb 5, 2016 | Caregivers
Dr. Louis M. Profeta, and emergency physician practicing in Indianapolis has written a compelling article “I Know You Love Me- Now Let Me Die” This is a great blog post about end of life. I totally agree that we have “medicalized” end of life—it gets death out of...
