A new study has found that although most women can live to age 70, those that maintained a good weight from the ages of 18 to 50 were in good health at age 70. Those that were overweight between the ages of 18 and 50 tended to have suffered from a number of diseases…
Category Archives: Elderly Care
Bedside Advocates
I was flipping channels and stopped at this small cable show. I don’t know the name of it, but I know that it’s hosted by a woman in her 80′s. Her name is Suzanne, and her show is about senior issues. Today near the end of the show, she had an elderly gentleman as…
Children’s Treatment Rights
There was a story not too long ago about a 13 year old boy who had cancer. His parent decided after one chemo treatment that they didn’t want any more for their son. They cited religious reasons why they stopped the treatments. The doctors reported them and a judge ruled that he get the…
Sentenced For Spreading HIV
A former martial arts instructor has been sentenced to a 45 year jail term for intentionally spreading HIV to several woman without telling them he was infected. The women are now HIV positive and are of course not very happy about it. Wow, that’s really an awful thing to do to another human being….
Organ Donations
A study says that 72% of Americans said that they would donate their organs after death, while in reality only 38% actually do. The researchers say they understand the reason for the discrepincy and that is that there are many misconceptions about the process of organ donation. First, many people think that if they…
Nursing Home Tragedy
I just wanted to mention the recent shooting that claimed seven lives, one a nurse and the other six residents at a nursing home two days ago. Thus far as I’ve heard the suspect is in custody however no reason has yet to be provided as to why this happened. Nursing homes are one…
Nursing Home Abuse
Four employees and a supervisor are being charged with abuse of a 94 year old Alzheimer’s patient. They punched the woman and stomped on her feet among other things. This abuse occured at night at the Kane Regional Center’s Glen Hazel facility. Another employee finally reported it after six months. The abuse occured during…
Final Thoughts On Hospice
It’s been a while since my last post because I’ve lost both my parents. My mother unexpectedly died December 2 morning, and my father died December 4. We had hospice take my dad to a hospice unit in a hospital, where they were better staffed and equiped to care for him. I believe that…
Another Look At Hospice
I’ve had a fist hand look into hospice and want to change my opinion from my last post about the subject. My father is laying here with me right now in a hospital bed which was just put in his living room. He is out of it, with the severe pain, the morphine,…
Hospice
I was very surprised to find out that hospice was first start in about 1967. It seems like it would have been something that should have been in place for a lot longer. It took a little convincing but my father agreed to have hospice come in. Right now they are only coming to…