Aging and Mental Health
Friday's Progress Notes - November 17, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 34
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CONTENTS
1. Adult children lack knowledge about how to help elderly parents
2. Use of psychotropic drugs in nursing homes
3. Preventing abuse and neglect in long-term care
4. Evaluating an elderly patient's fitness to drive
5. Practice guideline for treatment of dementia
6. Medications for mental illness
7. Caregiving
8. Hospice
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Dear Colleagues,
November is National Alzheimer's Disease Month and National
Family Caregivers' Month. Over 25 million Americans provide unpaid,
long-term, care to loved ones. Care-giving is more than a one-person
job, yet one family member most often carries the responsibility
alone, says the National Family Caregivers Association. Today's
newsletter focuses on issues related to aging.
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Regrards,
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John L. Miller, MD
1. KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
National Survey on Health Care and Other Elder Care Issues
A recent survey finds that many adult children with elderly
parents lack basic information on how to help these seniors
with their health and financial decisions.
http://www.kff.org/mediapartnerships/20000925a-index.cfm
2. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Nursing Homes
The authors outline the HCFA guidelines and the clinical use of
psychotropic drugs with the elderly.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000301/1437.html
3. ANNALS OF LONG-TERM CARE
Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care Part I:
Legal and Political Aspects
http://www.mmhc.com/nhm/articles/NHM9912/mclean.html
Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care Part II:
Clinical and Administrative Aspects
http://www.mmhc.com/nhm/articles/NHM0001/maclean.html
4. POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
Evaluation of Fitness To Drive
The authors discuss how to assess and counsel patients -
particularly the elderly and those with dementia - and their
families about a patient's ability to drive safely.
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/03_00/kakaiya.htm
5. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients
With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias of Late Life
This guideline summarizes general treatment principles of patients
with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias associated with aging.
http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/treatg/pg/pg_dementia_32701.cfm
6. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Medications for Mental Illness
This booklet is designed to help mental health patients and their families understand how and why medications can be used as part of the treatment of mental health problems.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/mcabinet/m_mentalillness.html
7. NATIONAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATION
Caregiving
As the population of older citizens grows dramatically — by the year 2030 there will be 5.3 million aging baby boomers who need long-term care — many caregivers put their own lives on hold to meet the needs of ill loved ones.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/caregiving.html
8. 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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