By Jack M. Rosenkranz, J.D. How do we imagine the aging experience? What will it be like for us and how will we know what to do when our aging parent requires our help? Howard Gleckman attempts to answer these questions in his new book, Caring for our Parents, published this year (2009) by St. …
This headline ran over a Wall Street Journal article about rationing of health care in Canada. It offers a sad outlook if the US Health Care System follows the Canadian “Too Old for Hip Surgery” model. Preventive care will be the focus of the future. Quality of Life depends on having a supportive and conscientious …
Many elders are concerned about the existing and potential disparities in the American health care system. One’s quality of life depends on having a supportive and conscientious environment within which to age. Recognizing the danger that healthcare disparities represent in the American system, scholars and policymakers have begun to differentiate between the fundamental causes of …
What do individuals in all health care environments desire: to live comfortably without pain. This is of particular concern to aging adults who suffer from conditions with chronic care more than any other population. A recent study in the journal of Pain Medicine examined the nature of patient-directed care and the patient-provider relationship for aging …
Technological innovations are changing the way that patients, particularly the chronically ill, receive health care. Patients are becoming responsible for coordinating more of their own care. One example of this increase in responsibility is the use of remote patient management technologies – video conferencing between physicians and patients – …