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11/16/2011

Advance care planning and the older patient

Aw D et al. - Making treatment decisions for older people is difficult, because of the complex interplay of their multiple co-morbidities, but also because of the fine balance of risks vs. benefit in any chosen management plan. This becomes even more difficult when they lose the capacity to tell us what they want, and often in such situations we have to rely on information from others in order to make decisions based on their best interests. Advance care planning should help with making these decisions clearer, based on the documented preferences of what the patient would have wanted while capacity was still present.

10/19/2011

Exercise helps patients cope with Alzheimer's Disease

Gravel crunches under his sneakers as he plods along, shielding his eyes from the streaming sunlight. As Duncan rounds the bend at Lou Neff Point, a harmonica-playing musician perched on a limestone ledge cheers him on.

10/19/2011

Coping With Dementia: Advice for Caregivers

Parkinson's disease is known primarily as a disorder that impairs movement. For some people with Parkinson's (PWPs), however, there are other disabling symptoms of Parkinson's. Coping with dementia, including difficulties with memory and slowed thinking or communication, is a challenge to PWPs and caregivers alike. Recognizing the signs and designing appropriate coping strategies can enhance a PWP's level of function as well as self-esteem.

10/06/2011

YouTube Videos Can Inaccurately Depict Parkinson's Disease And Other Movement Disorders

Looking online for medical information? Viewers beware, doctors caution. After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. As described in a Letter to the Editor in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, such medical misinformation may confuse patients suffering from devastating neurological disorders and seeking health information and advice online.

10/06/2011

Falls May Indicate Earliest Stages of Alzheimer's and Need for Further Evaluation

PARIS, July 17, 2011 - Falls are more common among individuals with the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, according to a study presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC 2011). The study measured the rate of falls among cognitively healthy older adults with and without preclinical Alzheimer's - as measured by amyloid imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) with Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) - and found twice the risk of falls for people with higher levels of PiB on their scan.

08/01/2011

Alzheimer's disease is a women's issue

As part of National Alzheimer's Disease Month in November, the Alzheimer's Association and First Lady of California Maria Shriver released The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's. The report is the largest study ever conducted to look at the effect of Alzheimer's disease on American women as caregivers, people with the disease and advocates.

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