One Reason Not To Trust Your Aging Parent's Doctor
Most US doctors who treat our aging parents are not trained in geriatrics. This creates potentially serious problems for aging loved ones who must go to the hospital. Psychologist Ken Dychwald of Age Wave warns that the surge of aging people in our healthcare system is putting pressure on physicians and nurses exactly where specialized knowledge is lacking.
If kids need a pediatrician, doesn't it make sense that old folks need a geriatrician? And yet my Parents primary care doctor didn't even suggest it. I nodded my head "yes" through this entire article. Like a lot of things lately I learned this the hard way. I'm not suggesting Logan's Run but what's the point of longer life spans without the corresponding social, financial, and medical infrastructure to handle it?
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Today is my Birthday. (Notice the capital 'b'.) So I figured the post would be on point!
[ARTICLE] The Loneliness Of The Old Is A Very Modern Curse – And It Needs Our Children To Lift It8/30/2016
Why spending time with lonely old people can be problematic: No matter how well told, a story about their latest and greatest bowel movement is not good dinner conversation. It's just not. Please. No sound effects.
Doesn't it! But okay. Let's be honest here. When grounded for something that was TOTALLY NOT YOUR FAULT, what teenager didn't wish their parents would meet an untimely demise under the weight of an ACME anvil? [SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE?] But now... #sigh
In this episode Leighann shares a story about the air conditioner wars being waged this summer in her multigenerational house. It gets hot. And not in a good way.
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