Fall 2010

Fall 2010

• Creative Nutrition: Solutions for Failure-to-Thrive Patients
  Numerous factors can contribute to older adults’ failure to thrive. Careful evaluation and intervention are essential.
• Speech Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease
  Early intervention is critical to help constrain the progressive decline of PD patients’ communication skills.
• Physical and Mental Healthcare Nexus
  Healthcare practitioners must recognize the inextricable link between older adults’ mental and physical health.
• Beating the Odds: New Treatments Combat Atrial Fibrillation
  Improved techniques have increased cure rates for atrial fibrillation, but it’s critical for providers to recognize symptoms and recommend appropriate treatment.

Departments

From the Editor

Intervention Insight

Letters to the Editor

Health Matters

Injectable Prolia: Osteoporosis Update

Eye on Nutrition

Defeating Dehydration

Medication Monitor

A Call to Action: Inform Patients of Clinical Trials

Datebook

Summer 2010

• Going Up! Keeping Elevators Safe for Older Adults
  Practitioners can take measures to improve elevator safety among older adults, a population at particular risk for elevator-related injuries.
• Unlocking Memory: Art and Music Serve as Keys
  Even when practitioners believe there’s no possibility of reaching elders with Alzheimer’s disease, music and art therapies can foster memory recall and promote communication.
• Ankle Replacements Keep Boomers Moving
  Eager to maintain their active lifestyles, boomers can take advantage of cutting-edge techniques and devices that make ankle replacement a promising option to combat ankle arthritis or injury.
• Eliminating Bedsores
  Consistent periodic turning of immobile elders reduces the incidence of bedsores. Learn to evaluate risks for and anticipate potential problems associated with bedsores.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

Remembering a Longevity Luminary

Letters to the Editor

Health Matters

Beware Herbal Supplements With Heart Meds

Medication Monitor

Detecting Drug-Induced Parkinsonism

Datebook

Eye on Nutrition

Dwindling Appetites

Vintage Voices

My Marriage or My Mom!

Spring 2010

• Cardiac Rehab: High Value, Low Usage
  Although cardiac rehabilitation can be incredibly effective for older adults suffering from heart conditions or recovering from surgery, it’s vastly underused.
• COPD and Nutrition — Dietary Considerations for Better Breathing
  A good diet exerts a positive influence on breathing abilities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease sufferers.
• Understanding Hearing Loss
  Practitioners can be proactive in detecting hearing loss and addressing associated deficits.
• MRI — What Geriatrics Professionals Should Know
  Older adults’ safety while undergoing imaging procedures warrants special considerations.
• 2010 Buyers’ Guide
  Explore the latest options and ideas unique to aging patients and clients.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

Take Rehab to Heart

Health Matters

Imaging Alzheimer’s Disease

Medication Monitor

Invisible Epidemic

Datebook

Eye on Nutrition

Nutrition Following Heart Attack

Vintage Voices

What’s in a Name?

Winter 2010

• Communication Partners
  Communication partners create a vital link in the exchange of information for older adults whose communication capabilities are impaired by disease or trauma.
• Exercise as Medicine
  Boomers recognize exercise as a vital component in preserving both physical and cognitive function as they age.
• Brain Fitness Games: The Real Deal?
  Experts hold varying opinions regarding brain fitness games’ abilities to improve older adults’ cognitive skills with respect to memory and activities of daily living.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

Pandemic Priorities

Medication Monitor

Tough Decisions About Medications

Datebook

Eye on Nutrition

Facts on Fats