Very often young people don’t understand how anyone could be depressed around the holidays. However as one gets older you do understand that with age comes loss. The elderly who are in nursing homes lose the most. Not only have they had to say goodbye to family and friends who have passed on, but they…
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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…
Our Recent Hospital Stays
My mother was just in the hospital last weekend and told me that her room mate was so disgusted with the level of her care and the way she was treated, that she packed her clothes and walked out. A couple of doctors tried to stop her and convince her to stay but she…
Why We Shouldn’t Detect Cancer Early
I am reading this article from the New York Times and I am blown away by what I’m seeing. I always was told and believed that detecting cancer early was a good thing so that treatment could be given before the cancer becomes so advanced as to metastasize and kill its victim. Unless I…