Delirium

Elders Who Abuse Their Family Caregivers

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people...

Dear Carol: I need tips on how to calm my husband who has been diagnosed with both Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. In...

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

Dear Carol: Until about six months ago, my mom, 93, was as cognitively sharp as ever. Unfortunately, she was hospitalized for several...

Note: This is an older article that’s still valid, so I’m running it. However, dementia experts keep learning, and the thinking now...

Just last week a reader asked me whether she should try to sway her mother, who had colon cancer, toward surgery. Her...

Dear Carol: My dad, 86, lives with me. He has an academic’s personality, so we’ve often talked about different issues that spanned...

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...