Posts
- “The Impact of Dementia on Your Family’s Wealth”
- “Dying in America” Report Says the End-of-Life Care is Broken
- 25 Fantastic Ideas for Keeping a Dementia Patient Engaged and Entertained
- 4 Great Strategies for Making Telehealth Work for Seniors
- 5 Signs of Elder Abuse
- A Call for Greater Dementia Awareness
- A Reclining Wheelchair is not a Luxury
- A Will Is Not Enough
- Aging at Home
- Agitation: Ativan Is Not the Answer—Is it Delirium?
- Agitation: Ativan is not the answer: Goals of Care
- Agitation: Behavioral Intervention Is Always Best
- Always Check the Meds First
- Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: 31 Tips for Caring for an Elder with Alzheimer’s
- Antibiotics Don’t Always Treat Agitation
- Anxiety in Older Adults: 17 Tips for Reducing Worry and Fear
- Are New Meds Necessarily Better Meds?
- Assisted Living: 3 Important Signs That Your Loved One May Need It
- Be on the Lookout for Normal Pressure “Hydrocephalus”
- Be Ready for the Worst
- Behavior Challenges
- Behavior Challenges May Need Loving Care AND Medications For The Most Humane Approach
- Benefits of Telehealth for Geriatric Care
- Beware Medicare Fraud!
- Beware Of Internet Scams
- Can Dementia Patients Drive a Vehicle
- Can Diet Reverse Dementia
- Can Elders Remember “Sundowning”?
- Can My Parent with Dementia Have Sex
- Can Reading and Writing Slow Dementia?
- Capacity is Critical
- Caregiver Burnout: The Quiet Pandemic
- Caring for Your Bones as You Age
- Challenges Families Face
- Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Chronic Pain? Tylenol is a Good First Step
- Connected Horse: Sparking Joy in those with Dementia
- Create Your Own “Blue Zone” And Live To 100
- Delirium & Dementia: They’re Not the Same!
- Delirium: What is it and How is it Different from Dementia?
- Dementia Caregiver Support Resources
- Dementia Caregiver: Taking Care of Yourself
- Dementia Myth No. 1: You can predict the progress of dementia
- Dementia Myth No. 2: All Bad Behavior Results from Unmet Needs
- Dementia Myth No. 3: “Just Give Him a Sleeping Pill. Or a Tranquilizer.”
- Denial and the Family
- Denial and the Patient: “It’s not intentional. It’s brain damage.”
- Divorce Later in Life
- Doctor, How Long?
- Don’t Discount the Value of Exercise!
- Don’t Forget Dental Care!
- Don’t Give up Too Soon
- Dr. Landsverk commentary about preventing falls in hospitals
- Dr. Landsverk provided commentary for A Woman’s Health Magazine
- Dr. Landsverk provided opinion for TheStreet.com on seniors and opioids
- Dr. Landsverk provided opinion in GrandParents.com on the importance of eating protein for seniors.
- Dr. Landsverk was featured in Health’Sass in an article titled “Is it Forgetfulness or the Big A?”
- Dr. Landsverk was featured in Newsmax Health on helping elders prevent falls
- Dr. Landsverk was featured in Preserving Your Memory Magazine
- Dr. Landsverk was featured in the Shreveport Times
- Dr. Landsverk was published in McKnights Long-Term Care News
- Dr. Landsverk was published in the Senior Reporter
- Dr. Landsverk was published in The Thurston-Mason Senior News.
- Dr. Landsverk was published in Third Age Healthy Living for Women + their Families
- Dr. Landsverk was published in thirdAGE.com
- Dr. Landsverk was published in ThirdAGE.com Healthy Living for Women + Their Families
- Dr. Landsverk was published in Today’s Geriatric Medicine Magazine
- Dr. Landsverk was quoted in GreatCall on Medication Management
- Dr. Landsverk was quoted in the Chicago Tribune
- Dr. Landsverk was quoted in the Tampa Bay Times
- Dr. Landsverk was quoted in this article in Advance Healthcare Network titled “Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month”
- Dr. Lansdverk was quoted in The Virginian-Pilot
- Early Dementia: Balancing Independence and Safety
- Elder Agitation Not Always UTI
- Elder Falls: Tips for Staying on Your Feet
- Elders and Intimacy: Who Chooses?
- Exercise for Elders: The Best Decision You Can Make for Your Health
- Financial Decision Making Capacity: “The MMSE Is 26; Everything Is Going to Hell; What to Do?”
- Fraud Alert: On the Phone
- Good Manners Do Not Equal Capacity
- Guest post: Palliative Care by the People, for the People: A Call for a New Grassroots Movement
- Hard to Swallow, Part 2
- Health Challenges for Mature Men
- Healthcare: The Truth about Supplements — Buyer Beware
- Healthcare: Working Safe in the Time of COVID-19
- Healthy Aging Month & World Alzheimer’s Month: 2 Reasons to Celebrate September
- Hear Dr. Landsverk’s interview with The Best of Times Radio Hour
- Heat is harder on Elders
- Heat Tips for Elders
- Help! My elder is on an antidepressant and now can’t get off it.
- Helping Your Elder Avoid Falls
- Holidays & Aging
- Holidays when a loved one has dementia?
- Horses Helping Seniors
- Hospice Is Not A “Death Sentence” But A Chance To Refocus
- Hospice: When Do We Need That?
- How Can You Avoid the Flu?
- How to Create a Home Away from Home in a Nursing Care Facility
- How to Deal with an Aging Parent’s Hoarding Behavior
- How to Keep Your Gut Healthy
- How to Know if Your Elder Should Stop Driving
- How to Make Your Home Safer for Your Aging Parents
- I Know You Love Me, Now Let Me Die
- I’ve Tried Everything, But My Elder Is Still Out of Control
- If You’re Unconscious, How Will the EMTs Know Your Wishes?
- Is Hospice a Drain?
- Is It a Memory Lapse or Is It Dementia?
- Is the Family Caregiver Too Busy to Provide Good Care?
- Is Your Elder Neglecting Their Own Care?
- Just Walk!
- Keeping Nursing Homes Safe During A Pandemic
- Making the Case for Dementia Care
- Managing Pain in Elders
- Mom Needs Help. Mom Won’t Accept Help. What To Do.
- Music and Dementia: What’s the connection?
- My elder feels dizzy all the time. What should we do?
- My elder is suffering from tooth pain. May I give him a tranquilizer?
- New Law Helps Elders Avoid Medicare Loophole
- New Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Dementia
- NY Times Ethicist: Can You Keep a Woman From Courting Your Elderly Dad?
- Occupational Therapy: Who Needs It?
- Orinda News Article about the September 22nd Dementia Conference
- Palliative Care for the People
- Planning is Key as Rural Hospitals Shutter
- Politicians & Dementia?
- Preventing Dementia, the Basics
- Protect Your Loved Ones from Elder Abuse
- Radio Interview
- Reporting Elder Abuse
- Right to Folly? Dealing with realities of suspected dementia
- Should Elders with Dementia Have Sex?
- Stop Aging! Prevent Dementia!
- Strategies For Telehealth Geriatric Care
- Tapering Off Sedatives
- Telehealth Access for Seniors to Improve Health
- Telehealth for Seniors: The Doctor Will See You Online
- The Benefits of TeleHealth for the Elderly: How Technology is Changing Healthcare
- The Challenges of Managing Medications
- The Cost of Being an Elder
- The Cost of Being an Elder
- The Dangers of Assuming Behavior is Due to a Bladder Infection
- The Dangers of Undiagnosed Dementia: A Doctor’s Story
- The key is specialized dementia care
- The Low Down on Leaky Gut
- The Meds Matter: Adverse Drug Reactions
- The Meds Matter: Adverse Drug Reactions
- The Power of Music
- The Power of Music
- The Role of a Fiduciary and How Should You Choose One?
- The Wild, Wild West of Medication
- Things Really Become Different As You Age
- Tips for Caring for Loved Ones with Dementia
- To Walk or Not to Walk?
- Tough Tasks in Dementia: Toothbrushing and Feeding
- Transportation for Seniors?
- Trump Gets Perfect Score on Dementia Testing, Too Bad it’s Not the Right Test
- Truth Can Be A Tricky Concept
- Understanding and Coping with Behavioral Changes in Elders
- Vaccines Can Save Your Life
- Vascular Dementia—The Problem Most Don’t Know About
- We’re All Stressed Out. Tips for Coping
- Wealth and Capacity; Who Gets to Decide?
- What About Money? Don’t Avoid the Topic
- What Ails You? It Might be the Meds
- What Are the Main Factors that Influence Telemedicine Adoption Among Elderly Adults?
- What if an Elder Resists Treatment?
- What If The Most Common Medication For Agitation Actually Makes It Worse?
- What is a Geriatric Care Manager and How Do They Help with Elder Care?
- What is Lewy Body Dementia
- What is Sundowning Syndrome? Is It Related to Dementia?
- What is Telehealth and Its Applications?
- What Makes Life Worth Living?
- What Should I Look for When Touring Nursing Homes?
- When Is It Right to Step In?
- When Things Get Hard to Swallow
- When things get plugged up
- When Walking is No Longer an Option
- Where is the Financial Help for victims of Elder Abuse?
- Why is Sugar so Scary?
- Your Brain on Gratitude
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