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Health care and home care are ever changing and evolving. Below we have collected some articles that will be of interest to you as they were of interest to us.

Dementia can steal more than memory
Dementia steals a person's memory, but sometimes it also takes away the good judgment and social brakes that help people get along with others. No one knows for sure what happened last month between Verne Gagne and Helmut Gutmann in the memory care assisted living unit at Friendship Village in Bloomington. But experts say families and care facilities frequently must cope with 'challenging behaviors' ...
Keeping balance, listening at same time hard for elederly
Home Aging Eldercare Posted under: Everyday tasks that require listening and balancing simultaneously, like walking while paying close attention to an audio book or a conversation, may become more difficult for people as they age past their late 70s, according to new Pitt research. Joseph Furman, M.D., Ph. D., director of UPMC s Center for Balance Disorders, a professor in the ...
Early flu strains this season resistant to treatment
Jan. 12--Tests showing that nearly all early-season flu cases are resistant to the main antiviral drug will likely complicate treatment of the elderly this year and planning for pandemics in the future, health officials said.<br/><br/>The impact from flu has been slight so far this winter, and it's unclear how the public will be affected. Very little influenza has been confirmed to date. ...
Geriatric Care Managers Meet with Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Improve Caregiving
Jan. 8--Newswise Leaders of the (NAPGCM) and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) met recently with senior governmental agency representatives and experts from health care advocacy organizations, providers of services and foundations to brainstorm ways to improve caregiving. NAPGCM and NAELA representatives joined about 40 other opinion leaders at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid ...