Family vacations can be a wonderful way to bring everyone together for some much needed rest and relaxation. But, when traveling with an elderly family member who has special needs due to debilitating disease or dementia, it’s important to plan ahead and take special care to ensure that everyone stays safe and happy during your…
DetailsCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR PRINT THIS ARTICLE. Being a caregiver for an elderly adult can be fraught with unforeseen and challenging situations. Understandably, many relatives are ill equipped to handle them. Managing all the details and logistics required can be daunting for a child or senior spouse. It is not easy to situate an…
DetailsGeriatrician — Another Specialist As specialists go, we have all heard of cardiologists, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, but how many of us really consider or have even heard of geriatric specialists or geriatricians when we think about care for someone 60 and older? As we age, the health challenges we face become more complex and the list…
DetailsDischarge Planning Returning home from the hospital can be stressful for the older adult for many reasons. In most cases, the patient has been 100 percent dependent on hospital staff and the shift to life at home with less help can be cause for anxiety. While it is a relief to be going home, they…
DetailsElderly Substance Abuse It’s something that we never associate with the elderly, but it does, in fact, exist —- it’s substance abuse. According to the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), this is a “hidden national epidemic”. While 60% of substance abusers in younger demographics are diagnosed, only 37% in the age…
DetailsI am excited to be sending you the second edition of the David York Agency Newsletter. I am thrilled to be able to provide this service to you and, based on the excellent feedback we received, our subscribers seem to be appreciative as well. Since professionally I am becoming more and more aware of this…
DetailsThe New York Times just reported on a fascinating study published in the May edition of Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience in an article entitled, “Can Exercise Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk?” by Gretchen Reynolds. By examining people aged 65-89 who possess a gene related to Alzheimer’s development, APOE epsilon4 allele (e4 gene for short), the hypothesis that…
DetailsWhether or not one is likely to get Alzheimer’s disease, or any other disease for that matter, may not be something people want to know. In a Washington Post article entitled, “Would You Want to Know if You’re Likely to Get Alzheimer’s Disease?” we learn of an interesting phenomenon where people are reluctant to sign…
DetailsIn this, our third edition of the David York Agency Newsletter, I wanted to focus on one topic that is so devastating to many of our elderly – Alzheimer’s disease. Given that many of us are confronted with this debilitating disease on either a professional or personal level, I wanted to bring you some of…
DetailsEnsuring Bathroom Safety Of the falls that occur within the home, approximately one-half of these occur in the bathroom. As such, bathroom safety is critical to the elderly where a fall can lead to tragic results. Available Products There are many bathroom safety products that are designed for ease of transfer in and out your shower or…
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