Discharge planning

Discharge Planning: Care Transition From Hospital To Home by: Anita Kamiel, R.N., M.P.S.

Discharge 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. Understandably, the shift to life at home with less help can be cause for anxiety. While it is a relief to be going home, they…

elderly substance abuse

Senior Substance Abuse:  Prepare for an Increase – Really!

  Elderly 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…

exercise and Alzheimer's prevention

Exercise and Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention

The New York Times reported on a fascinating study published in the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience in an article entitled, “Can Exercise Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk?” by Gretchen Reynolds. They examined people aged 65-89 who possess a gene related to Alzheimer’s development, APOE epsilon4 allele (e4 gene for short). They looked at the hypothesis that even…