offering u a babysitting job ? when u arrive - they sit you down, and tell you that they kind of 'lied to you'.
there is no 'infant' or child to babysit.
instead, its the mans mother - who is well over 100 yrs old.
A close friend drives u to that house and asks to spend the first night at...
A new study indicates that patients aged 75 years or older who have confined kidney tumors do not live longer if they have their entire kidney removed. The research reveals that these patients typically have other medical problems of greater significance and that many should receive more...
Seniors who consume a higher level of dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures than seniors whose daily dietary protein intake is less, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School...
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The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) today released a Mobility Matters bulletin documenting the case of a 68-year-old amputee from Yucca Valley, Calif. whose Medicare claim for a power wheelchair was denied by the government. Mobility Matters, a bimonthly update sent to...
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) today released a Mobility Matters bulletin documenting the case of a 68-year-old amputee from Yucca Valley, Calif. whose Medicare claim for a power wheelchair was denied by the government. Mobility Matters, a bimonthly update sent to...
nutrition? I have to write a few paragraphs on the elderly perspective of exercise and nutrition, but can't really find any information online. So i need help, does anyone know any answers with sources?
Evidence for the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccines in the over 65s is poor, despite the fact that vaccination has been recommended for the prevention of influenza in older people for the past 40 years. These are the conclusions of a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Adults aged 65 and over...
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health found that 18% of elderly women with severe dementia undergo screening mammograms, despite guidelines from the American Cancer Society and other groups that recommended against such screening for women with a life expectancy of less than five...
My Aunt is 87 years old and is in the hospital with an infection. She is on a saline IV drip and has had no liquids or nutrition by mouth for 12 days. How long can she survive like this? Also, can there be damage to the brain due to lack of nutrition?
There are some good answers, but I feel...
Older adults experience a number of medication-related problems, including under treatment, suboptimal drugs, suboptimal dosing, and non-adherence, which can have negative effects on their quality of life. Now new research1, from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North...
Wisconsin to Chicago? My grandfather lives way up north in Ashland, WI and has lived there for years without ever really leaving town. His granddaughter is getting married in Chicago. We are trying to find a way to get him to his granddaughter's wedding without having to drive up there ourselves...
Hi - please would anyone who understands this problem, be kind enough to advise me. My mother in law who is in her late 70's has suffered from runny eyes for the past few years. Last year she had an operation on her eyes to unblock the tear ducts, but it hasn't made any difference at all. I...
i want to be able to talk straight into the room, either with VOIP or normal phone rates, preferably with speakers amplifying the sound.
does anyone know if such a product exists?
the non compus mentus elderly receiver should not even have to press a button or speak, to listen to me.
What do you think of her?
I've grown up in her since I was a little kid (I am now twenty-one) my parents gave her to me when I graduated from high school.
I absolutely love this car. It is very classy, fun, the engine sounds and performs beautifully. It's very comfortable and pleasurable...