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Aging

Friday's Progress Notes
Mental Health Information
Vol. 2 Issue 29 - July 24, 1998
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CONTENTS:

1. Working with older adults around difficult issues
2. How the environment affects the health of older adults of color
3. Caregiving
4. Selected aspects of women's mental health and well-being
5. Early signs of Alzheimer's
6. Alzheimer's care guide
7. Hospice


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Colleagues,

As you know, the number of people over the age of 60 continues to rise. Those of us in practice are likely to see increasing numbers of older adults. Often, the problems of seniors are inter-related and include medical, psychological, social, legal, and financial issues. Being able to access and offer information about these issues can be an important element in the treatment process. In fact, seniors are one of the fastest growing age groups using the Internet, and they have a particular interest in information about aging and health.

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Regards,
John L. Miller, MD



1. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Working with Older Patients: Talking About Sensitive Subjects
Many older people have a “don’t ask/don’t tell” relationship with doctors about health care problems, especially about sensitive subjects, such as urinary incontinence or sexuality.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/sensitivesubjects.html

2. AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING
Effects of Environmental Hazards on Older Persons of Color
How the environment affects the health and lives of older people. http://www.asaging.org/diversity/EPA_Environment_and_Aging_Report.pdf

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3. PARTNERSHIP FOR CARING
Caregiving
Baby boomers are often faced with a caregiving dilemma.

4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Mental Health and General Well-Being
The Women's Health and Aging Study is a major effort by the National Institute on Aging (NIA)to better understand the causes and course of disability in older women. The referenced chapter of the study examines selected aspects of mental health and general well-being. You can access the entire study by clicking on the table of contents at the end of the article.

5. AHCPR
Early Alzheimer's Disease
The booklet describes the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/alzheimers2.html

6. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Alzheimer's Disease: Caregiver Guide
Dressing, bathing, eating--basic activities of daily living--often become difficult to manage for both the person with AD and the caregiver.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/alzcareguide.html

7. NATIONAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATION
Hospice
The most common concerns people express are fear of becoming a burden to others, loss of control, loss of dignity and choice, finding meaning in their lives, spiritual concerns — in short, not necessarily the physical component of dying but the psychosocial component.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/hospice.html


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