Is your parent's doctor eldercare educated?

Does your parent's doctor know how to treat senior citizens?  Does he/she know that elderly symptoms are often different from a younger individuals?  Did you know this? If not, then at the very least, the primary caregiver should know all they can so they can remain proactive for their loved one.  This thought was brought home today while I was reading the July 1st,  New York Times op ed, The Patients Doctors Don't know.

Here is some more information on elder health care:

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Eldercare | Elder Care ABC

More doctors are embracing the idea of “integrative medicine,” where traditional geriatric care is combined with CAM, and research is starting to support this approach as well. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds research on ...

Geriatric care management

In Germany, the care manager is a well-trained and professional nurse, who is working as an [[Nursing education|instructor]] for nurses and [[Medical doctor|doctors]] or related persons. This care manager also works in acquisition, ...

New Pain Guideline for Older Patients « The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non ...

Physicians treating patients aged 75 years or older for chronic pain should avoid using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), according to an updated guideline issued by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) in May. ...

Nurses An Important Part of the Healthcare Community : Article ...

Care is delivered by the student nurses under academic supervision in the hospital and in other practice settings. Clinical courses typically include: Maternal-child nursing. Pediatric nursing. Adult medical-surgical nursing. Geriatric ...

Implications for Pharmacy from the Institute of Medicine's Report ...

It seems logical that the foundation for improving the geriatric competence of pharmacists is through expanding emphasis on geriatric care in entry-level pharmacy curricula. Although the call to improve geriatric training for ...

Surgeonsblog: Oldies But Goodies

"Do what you think is best, Doctor," they said, which was like flopping into a comfy chair, after a day of walking on nails. It's impossible to care for the gray-haired and not think of grandparents, not to relax a little, ... The NYT article points out some ways in which the geriatric population differs from the younger. (It also makes the very good point that whereas all med students do time in pediatrics, obstetrics, etc, there's no requirement for geriatrics. ...

Commentary: Aging America: Meeting the Needs of Older Americ ...

On the face of it, the domains are clearly of major importance to geriatric care. We'd certainly refer our own grandmothers to any doctor competent to perform these 26 functions! The question we have with the competencies is not their ...

Raleigh GCM Testimonials from Caregivers Regarding Elder Care ...

... her family and doctors help her. Mrs. Watral’s help included recommendations and suggestions that lead me to direct and appropriate resources. All of her assessments and recommendations were spot on. Lauren Watral’s geriatric care ...

about Medicine: What type of doctor will be most needed in 10 years?

3) a pulmonologist (lung specialist), 4) a neurologist (brain specialist), or 5) a geriatrician (a primary care doctor specializing in care for senior citizens)? Answers: GERIATRICS. ...

The Elder Care Crisis in Jacksonville, FL

Elder care, or geriatric care management, as it’s officially described, is now the nation’s No. 1 family concern. It’s also a business issue – and a costly one, at that. Statistics show $33 billion – yep, with a “b” – is the value of ...

The Efficient MD - Life Hacks for Healthcare: Case Study of a ...

So if you have an iPhone, and are a health care professional or patient, this will hopefully be helpful. Even if you don't have an iPhone, some of the applications I describe are available for other PDAs — or they soon will be, since the iPhone has significantly ... World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics: Live Coverage - From this Sunday (4th of July), I will cover the World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics 2009 through my blog and Twitter account for 4 days. ...

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.: The Biggest Problem With U.S. Health Care ...

However well-intentioned they may be, most primary-care physicians have received little or no continuing education in geriatrics. The same holds true in nursing, allied health, and pharmacology. Every medical school in the United ...

Long-term care: How MDs fit in (and what they're thinking ...

The “occasional” doctor unfamiliar with the nuances of the LTC spectrum may be fading. Instead, a medical director/attending physician committed to working across the long-term care continuum and with the interdisciplinary team seems to be emerging. ... Geriatrics readers include more than 9000 medical directors who provide care for the elderly residing in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities1 and the results of this most recent survey make for interesting ...

Elder Care for Aging Parents

As much as possible, doctors’ appointments were scheduled for Wednesday. The Ivory House geriatric care manager also made recommendations for medical care which included, at the client’s request, a physician who specialized in Senior ...