The Ups and Downs of Too Much Sugar
Mom is 88-years-old now and lives in a memory care facility. Her sweet tooth is going just as strong as she still is. The problem is she will sometimes eat one candy bar after another, to the point that she’s not hungry for a regular meal. One day a caregiver mentioned that my mother seemed a bit lightheaded that morning and she noticed a pile of candy bar wrappers in the wastebasket beside her chair. It was nearly empty the night before.
If you have a thyroid nodule does it mean cancer?
Lee, who’s in her 60s, thought she might have thyroid cancer a few years ago when a CT scan she had for something else showed a lump or a nodule on her thyroid. Further testing came back suspicious for papillary cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer. “Suspicious” doesn’t automatically mean cancer, but Lee’s odds were 60 to 70 percent. The next step was surgery to find out for sure.
Finding Transportation For An Elderly Parent
If your parent can’t drive any more, finding transportation in your community can seem like a daunting task. Lisa Corson, the Help Line coordinator at the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, urges people to try and plan ahead. When she takes a call from someone, it’s often after the elderly person has stopped driving and the family is in a bit of a crisis mode.
You Can’t Argue with Someone Who Has Alzheimer’s
By Diane Atwood, who writes the Advantage Home Care Blog. My mother has Alzheimer’s. I try to learn as much as I can about the
How to respond when someone with dementia begs to go home
It was heartbreaking. The moment he saw his wife, John would begin pleading with her to take him home. He had dementia and was living
Special Diet Considerations for Seniors
If you suffer from any medical condition, please check with your physician before starting a new diet plan. Pending approval from your physician, below are