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2 in 3 older folks in the hospital get risky prescriptions

Two in three hospitalized seniors get prescriptions for drugs that older adults should avoid, increasing the risk of injury and adverse drug reactions, researchers report. Improving hospital prescribing practices can reduce the frequency of inappropriate medications and resulting harm, according to a new study. Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs [...]

Susan Troyer2020-08-07T23:53:03-05:00August 6th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Dementia care partners, Futurity.org, Hospital Nurse with Prescribed Pharmaceutical Pills, Hospitals, McGill University, Medications, Older adults, Shirley Cardenas, Side effects|Comments Off

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Laughter Helps People Living With Dementia

Laughter - the best medicine! For the ranchers living in an intergenerational household, laughter was an essential ingredient requiring frequent doses. For best results, we applied liberally! Mother and Dad both retained their sense of humor to their final days. The household was often filled with laughter - especially during [...]

Susan Troyer2020-08-12T23:21:21-05:00July 28th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: 3-year study at 36 facilities in Sydney, Australia, Dementia care partners, Dr. Lee-FayLow, Humor therapist, Invigorated staff, Laughter at the table, Laughter helps people living with dementia, Potential to keep playing, Same effect as anti-psychotic medication|Comments Off

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It’s Time to Tell Congressional Lawmakers – Stop Accepting Money from Big Pharma

Big Pharma and the Constant Gardener - a timeline found in this e-magazine - begins with my 1998 return to my hometown. It covers a 20-year period leading up to news of far-reaching importance, contained in a newsletter from an internationally-recognized physician. Where Is the Media Regarding These Findings? In [...]

Susan Troyer2020-08-12T23:24:25-05:00July 27th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Alzheimer's drugs cause faster rate of decline, Alzheimers caregivers, Big pharma and the constant gardener, Drug costs, Elizabeth Lucas, Health care costs, Health industry, Investigation, Kaiser Health News, Pharma cash to congress, Pharmaceuticals, Sydney Lupkin|Comments Off

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Random Testing in Indiana Shows COVID-19 Is 6 Times Deadlier Than Flu

Home of my alma mater, many weekend reunions, and - at a later point in my life - my workplace: Northwest Indiana - just around the bend from downtown Chicago. Thus, I was well-acquainted with roadmaps to the Indiana University-Purdue University campuses throughout the state since their graduates became a [...]

Susan Troyer2020-07-26T14:28:05-05:00July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Antibody testing, Coronavirus, COVID-19 death rate, Dementia caregivers, Epidemiology, Health, Indiana, Inequality, Pandemic, Public health, Random sampling, RT-PCR, SARS-COV-2, Statistics, Testing|Comments Off

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Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

"Some experts worry that a long-standing shortage of palliative care professionals ― who focus on the physical pain and mental and spiritual distress caused by serious illness — could leave many COVID-19 patients in distress... 'There is already a shortage, which will only worsen as demand goes up because of [...]

Susan Troyer2020-07-05T17:56:22-05:00July 5th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Aging, Alzheimer's, Care partners, COVID-19, Dementia, End-of-Life, Global health watch, Health industry, Public health|Comments Off

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How Being Friends With Someone Who Has Dementia Can Be Good for You Both

This article was written three years ago - July 2017. In the current context of the COVID-19 global pandemic, physical presence has been curtailed to halt the spread of the virus. But as a friend or family member, there is no more important time than this diagnosis to find a [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-29T14:57:05-05:00June 29th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: caregiver roles, cognitive abilities, Dementia caregivers, dementia in a friend, diagnosis of dementia, friendships matter to older adults, interacting well with people who have dementia, prevalence of dementia, social interaction is beneficial for the person with dementia., Talking about dementia, unpaid caregivers|Comments Off

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Could Different Cultures Teach Us Something About Dementia?

Picture two different families, each dealing with a diagnosis of dementia in one of its members. In one case, the patient is a retired executive, whose family tries as long as possible to keep the diagnosis secret, relying primarily on professional caregivers and eventually a nursing home. In another case, [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-26T16:25:36-05:00June 26th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia caregiving, Dementia community, Dementias touch many lives, diagnosis of dementia, irreversible neurologic condition, neurodegenerative disorder, nursing home, professional caregivers|Comments Off

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An Interview With Rev. Michael Beckwith As History Unfolds Before Us

"In this episode, Dhru and Reverend Beckwith discuss how we are in the ending of one world, the beginning of another, and the possibilities for this new world. They also discuss the true meaning of sacrifice, and the role it plays during these times. Also covered - what it means [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-26T16:42:07-05:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: AgapeLive.com, Dhru Purohit, Dr. Mark Hyman, Rev. Michael Beckwith|Comments Off

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As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

Harvard professor Dr. Arthur Kleinman asks, “How do we strengthen caregiving? How do we do those things that will make it recognized as important as it is? It’s going to take a radical rethinking. Our health care system is focused on entirely the wrong issues. Economics is not the most [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-25T01:50:15-05:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Aging, Alzheimer's caregiving, Dementia, Home Health Care, Long-Term Care, Navigating aging|Comments Off

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More Than 1 in 5 Americans Are Taking Care Of Their Elderly

"Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life... The nation’s family caregivers provide the lion’s share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults’ access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-17T10:57:00-05:00June 16th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Caregiver support, Caring for Our Caregivers, Changing dementia culture, COVID-19 and dementia care, COVID-19 pandemic, Dementia caregivers, Dementia community, health and finances of caregivers|Comments Off