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CONFERENCE ISSUE
November/December 2016
Vol. 9 No. 6
NEWS AND INSIGHT FOR PROFESSIONALS IN ELDER CARE
Combating
Counterfeit
Drugs
Unregulated suppliers
often provide unsafe drugs
to unsuspecting patients.
Could Anticoagulants
Improve Communication
in Dementia?
Negativ
Wound
for Wou
e Pressure
Therapy
nd Treatment
Cognitive Training
to Oppugn Alzheimer’s
Disease and Dementia WWW.TODAYSGERIATRICMEDICINE.COM
DISIMPACTION
SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO BE PAINFUL.
Eliminating a fecal impaction can be painful, uncomfortable, and
harmful. In fact, disimpacting digitally can require five, 10, even
15 passes, and can take hours. Each pass with a gloved finger
can further distend the bowel, causing more pain to the patient.
Hospitalization could be requ
CONFERENCE ISSUE November/December 2016 V
DISIMPACTION SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PAINFUL. Elimi
President & CEO Kathleen Czermanski Vice Pre
CONTENTS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
ONE IN FOUR OLDER ADULTS HASN’T DISCUSSED ADVANCE
MEDICATION MONITOR DRUG DIVERSION BY HEALTH CARE
problem in a health care professional. Maintain v
RESEARCH REVIEW NEW GUIDELINES ON NUTRITI
practice change and therefore offer a threshold o
COMBATING COUNTERFEIT DRUGS By Mark D. Coggins, P
Many older adults, unable to afford necessary med
mimic drugs prescribed to treat chronic diseases
• Twenty-three percent say they’ve purchased pr
with sites that fail to comply with federal and s
C www.TodaysGeriatricMedicine.com
Effective medical manage
Could Anticoagulants Improve Communication Demein
may include hypertension, high cholesterol, diabe
resides. The investigators divided the videos int
Cognitive Training to Oppugn Alzheimer’s Disease
By Jeffrey Buchanan, PhD, and Patti Celori
leading to increased ownership of learned skills.
Cognitive training as a means f
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Wound Trea
NPWT has proven successful among elderly patient
foot can be difficult. The variety of dressings an
Prior to the use of NPWT, basic techniques
NUTRITION NUTRITION FOR ARTERIAL HEALTH
beverages high in sugar.10 These recommendations,
ALZHEIMER’S UPDATE THE 5 LOVE LANGUAG
Once people gain an understanding of the 5L
NATIONWIDE • OR What is your legacy? Geriatric H
Main Line HealthCare has an opportunity for a fel
VINTAGE VOICES BETTER ORAL HEALTH MEAN
Meera Rathinasamy, M.A., CCC-SLP Speech-Language