Forum Discusses Care for Aging Relatives
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By STAFF  As the country's senior population grows, local services and agencies are dealing with an influx of calls from those caring for seniors who can no longer care for themselves.
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At a time when local governments are in a whirl of planning for aging baby boomers, folks in one Montgomery County community have mastered the art of delivering senior-friendly services.
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Caregivers who place a relative with dementia in a long-term care facility experience significant anxiety and depression afterward, and their use of tranquilizers to relieve anxiety increases, a new study finds.
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SUNDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- A generation or two ago, dentures were common among the elderly, even the middle-aged.
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America is "very concerned" about healthcare in retirement. That's okay with us.
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Your parents are getting older. Here's how you can help them.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Elderly people who are abused are much likelier to die sooner than are their peers who are not mistreated, but medical professionals are in a powerful position to detect cases and even intervene.
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Most people have no plans to put money aside to pay for the extra care they will need in old age, a survey suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no racial distinction when it comes to depression in the homebound elderly, says a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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NEW YORK  - The majority of elderly people  in assisted-living or residential care facilities are not  receiving all of the medications they need for four common  conditions, according to new study findings released Monday.
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A terminal leukemia patient must  have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to  do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.  Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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US health officials are asking Americans this Thanksgiving to try to find out what their family medical history is, as this can have a big impact on an individual&#39;s health and longevity.
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The family of an 82-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer who was abandoned at a hospital have come forward.
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Blog: Eldercare service providers contemplate using technology to help them administer care and change their business models.
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Among health-care workers and relatives of the terminally ill, tales of patients who somehow &quot;held on&quot; past the holidays or birthdays are common.
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A terminal leukemia patient must have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive. Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.