Whether you deal with your grief or not, your grief exists. It can manifest in many ways such as panic attacks, headaches or the...
With all the recent focus on what is now called advance care planning (ACP) in the medical and social work literature, it is important...
During the holiday season many families travel great distances to be with their parents and grandparents. They remember all the special traditions and memories...
Many seniors believe that they can’t really learn new things… a new language, a new habit or some hobby or game. This thought stops...
Back pain. Weakening bones. Bone fractures that don’t heal quickly. These are all the realities of osteoporosis, an often debilitating condition that puts your...
There are many articles out there that speak to senior health including dementia and hypertension as separate issues.
This latest news, from less than a...
It’s getting late, like around 11 pm when you’re supposed to be either watching the news or already in bed with a book or...
In my geriatric practice one of the complaints of families is how often their loved one tells them the same thing over and over.
They...
More than half of all seniors have it: hypertension, better known as high blood pressure.
Blood pressure is actually an overall view of your general...
You often hear that our eating habits and food choices change with age. The teenage junk food phase often changes to healthy choices as...
