July 15, 2021
According to a study by the CDC, chronic pain impacts over 16,386,000 older adults age 65-84 and an additional 2,596,000 MORE adults over the age of 85 (Dahlhamer et al,…
July 15, 2021
How common is pain among people 65 and older? For better or for worse, most of us associate chronic pain with getting older. We assume that as we age,…
December 1, 2020
In honor of world AIDS day on 12/1, I am devoting today’s episode to HIV and Aging. And, yes. HIV is an important topic when it comes to aging. An…
January 17, 2020
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions I get about delirium What is delirium? Delirium is an acute medical problem often resulting in changes in cognitive function and…
January 7, 2020
Do you know if the medications your older loved ones are taking are actually harming them? You might have a guess, but how do you actually know?! Thankfully there is…
December 4, 2019
One of the most complicated situations families that I work with are faced with has to do with older adults with dementia developing a delirium. Is the dementia…
