Senior Alerts
More than 200 doctors stay on Medicare rolls despite disciplinary actions
By Matt Wynn, MedPage Today and John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 17, 2018 | Updated Dec. 31, 2018. Doctors who land in hot water with state regulators have a helping hand when it comes to keeping… Read More
Home Health Care Is Suddenly Harder To Come By For Medicare Patients
By Judith Graham, KHN.org, FEBRUARY 3, 2020. The decision came out of the blue. “Your husband isn’t going to get any better, so we can’t continue services,” an occupational therapist told Deloise “Del” Holloway in early November…. Read More
The Hidden Drug Problem: Seniors Medication Overload
By Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, the President of The John A. Hartford Foundation. August 20, 2019. An Interview with the Institue for Healthcare Improvement. In a recent Health Affairs article, you and Shannon Brownlee of… Read More
Drugs Causing Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
What Is an Ototoxic Drug? According to Neil Bauman, Ph.D., “Ototoxic drugs are those medications that can cause ototoxic (ear damaging) side effects to your ears. Such drugs can cause hearing loss, hyperacusis, tinnitus, and other...
Millions Of Diabetes Patients Are Missing Out On Medicare’s Nutrition Help
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, Sep 09, 2019. Louis Rocco has lived with diabetes for decades but, until he met with a registered dietitian in August, he didn’t know eating too much bread was dangerous… Read More
Social Security Error Jeopardizes Coverage for 250,000 Seniors
Social Security Error Jeopardizes Medicare Coverage For 250,000 Seniors By Susan JaffeSHOTS NPR, Kaiser Health News. A quarter of a million Medicare beneficiaries may be receiving bills for as many as five months of premiums… Read More
Common Medications Can Masquerade As Dementia In Seniors
“Drug-Induced/Iatrogenic Dementia: A Perfect Crime” By all accounts, the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She couldn’t focus on questions that medical… Read More
A Fall Can Be Deadly – Medications Can Affect Your Balance
Medications can be lifesaving by performing critical tasks such as keeping blood sugar at safe levels, hearts thumping rhythmically, and moods afloat. Yet side effects and interactions between drugs (both prescription and nonprescription drugs) may...
The Danger of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults
From the American Geriatrics Society. Delirium is an acute decline in cognitive function and attention and represents acute brain failure. Postoperative delirium is recognized as the most common surgical complication in older adults, occurring in… Read More