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Chronic conditions, medication safety and daily health management at home.
Health Conditions and Medication
Aggression in dementia usually has a cause, often pain, illness, fear, noise or an unmet need. Check those first, stay calm, do not argue, keep everyone…
Health Conditions and Medication
Six in 10 people with dementia wander at least once. A steady routine, door alerts and ID help, but never lock the person in. If someone…
Health Conditions and Medication
Palliative care is extra support for any serious illness at any stage, alongside treatment to cure it. Hospice is comfort care for a person a doctor…
Health Conditions and Medication
Memory loss in older adults can come from normal aging, mild cognitive impairment or dementia, but also from treatable causes such as medicines, depression, low B12…
Health Conditions and Medication
Osteoporosis usually causes no symptoms until a bone breaks, and it has no cure. Treatment can slow bone loss and lower fracture risk, and the doctor…
Health Conditions and Medication
Shingles is a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus waking up in the body. You cannot catch shingles from someone, but fluid from the blisters…
Health Conditions and Medication
Medicare pays for home health for a person with dementia only if they are homebound and need part-time skilled nursing or therapy ordered by a doctor.…
Health Conditions and Medication
Dementia is an umbrella term for symptoms that interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause, behind about 60% to 80% of cases;…
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