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The Emergency Medical File Every Caregiver Should Create
Family caregivers, especially those with medical power of attorney (POA), should assemble a folder containing these 9 important medical details that can be easily handed off to nurses, doctors and first responders when seniors need emergency health care.
7 CommentsER, Urgent Care or Primary Care: Which Should You Choose?
When a senior needs medical attention, consider the level of care they require and the immediacy of the need before deciding where to take them for treatment.
8 CommentsHow to Be a Better Patient
Use these 7 tips to become an active participant in your medical care and you'll have a better care experience with more successful outcomes.
1 CommentCognitive Effects of Anesthesia on the Elderly
For seniors in need of major surgery, such as a joint replacement or cardiac procedure, it is important to understand that the side effects of anesthesia in elderly patients can be significant over both the short and long term.
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Medical Care Questions
My poor mum is 84 has heart failure and keeps getting really high blood pressure and severe headache at the same :(.
4 AnswersAlvaDeer Answered 8 hours agoWhat do you do when not one but multiple doctors in the area never follow up? I never get a return a call, don’t answer phone?
5 AnswersAlvaDeer Replied Nov 26, 2024We suspect 80 year old dad has major depressive disorder, what can we do?
18 AnswersSantalynn Answered Nov 26, 2024How "stressful" is a chemical cardiac stress test and myoview injection?
4 AnswersAlvaDeer Replied Nov 25, 2024
Medical Care Discussions
Covid vaccine side effects, wished I had stayed with the previous pharma which had mild side effects.
42 Commentsfreqflyer Commented Nov 25, 2024How to fight the 2-year private pay when already on Medicaid?
2 Commentsfunkygrandma59 Commented Nov 25, 2024Amazon One Medical: virtual visits to treat 30+ common conditions
5 CommentsAlvaDeer Commented Oct 2, 2024No healthy, good assisted living in Modesto, CA. Mother age 83. Cognitive good. Serious physical decline and malnutrition.
4 CommentsLostinPlace Commented Sep 30, 2024
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