MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'elderly parents'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416852&cid=t_173733_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Felizabeth-munro-supremely-selfish.html Elizabeth MunroElizabeth Munro is 66 years old and single.She has no children of her own. She does have step-children from a previous relationship but does not see them or their children. To that extent, I feel sorry for her. She is lonely.Now she has revealed that she is about to give birth to a baby (by elective Caesarian Section) conceived by IVF carried out in a dubious sounding private clinic in the Ukraine. She could not get such treatment in the UK or even in Europe. But for £10,000 she got in the Ukraine. She has no partner, no brothers, no sisters and she will be 80 when her child becomes a teenagerThis is an act of supreme selfishness.How many would criticise local social services if they commenced action to take this child into care? How many, indeed, would criticise social ser... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416852 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:19:00 +0100 2416852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1312522&cid=t_173733_158_f&fid=36024&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fcaregiver%2Fjeff%2Fpops-and-paperwork%2F I don’t know when the last time Pops filed a tax return was – a dozen years ago or longer, but now he says he wants to file one for 2007 to get the $300 payment from the federal government under the recent stimulus package. The only problem is Pops didn’t keep any of his 1099 income statements when they came in the mail. In addition to Social Security, he receives small pensions from his old carpenter’s union and from the state from when he was superintendent of buildings and grounds for a local school system. He needs these forms to file his taxes. Pops blames the cleaning lady for losing his income statements, but this is an old excuse he has used when he loses stuff that comes in the mail (before it was the cleaning lady it was my mother losing stuff). The fact is he is not a �... Caregiver Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1312522 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:41:16 +0100 1312522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300772&cid=t_173733_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Ffalls-and-fall-related-injuries-are-all-too-common-in-older-adults%2F My father will turn 89 in early April, and he was recently described by a visiting physical therapist as “a fall waiting to happen.” So the March 7, 2008 article in the CDC’s “MMWR” publication about seniors falling is one of personal interest to me. And since the CDC reports that falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injury in persons 65 years and older, it’s likely that this subject will resonate with HealthTalk readers concerned with their personal risk of falls as well as with the risks to their parents, friends and other loved ones. The CDC has estimated that in a three-month period in 2006, about 5.8 million persons over 65 fell and of those about 1.8 million sustained some type of fall-related injury. The overall estimate is that each year in the United Stat... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300772 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:16:09 +0100 1300772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298828&cid=t_173733_158_f&fid=36024&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fcaregiver%2Fjeff%2Fcaregivers-need-to-see-the-doctor-too%2F If you are a reader of this blog you may remember my New Year’s resolution to get myself a medical checkup in 2008 . It had been quite a few years since my last, and I am getting to the age when anyone’s health begins to fray a bit around the edges. I already know I have asthma (pretty well controlled) and sinusitis that causes my nasal passages and ears to clog up from time to time. I also suspected my cholesterol was high—it always has been—but then everybody’s is high, including my 90-year-old father’s. Other than that, I have been feeling pretty good, and I didn’t expect any surprises. I saw Dr. H a couple weeks back and got the usual kneading, probing, blood tests, traces and scans. Not surprisingly, I had all the maladies I knew I had, but then I learned I had some othe... Caregiver Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298828 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:23:59 +0100 1298828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816818&cid=t_173733_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fcommunicating-when-parents-say-no.html At http://www.caringtoday.com/node/58 there is an article titled "Caregiver Communication: When A Parent Says "No!", Tips on how to turn "No!" into "Yes".When elderly parents do not want to accept having a hired caregiver in the home the article says more success is obtained when the topic is framed as the adult child needing some rest and feeling better if someone else can come in to help the elderly parent.When elderly parents do not want to go to a senior center for activities, often because "there are too many old people there," a "no" turned into a "yes" when just one activity that fit the senior's interests was suggested.Going to the doctor, another possible "no" topic, turned into a "yes" when acknowledgement of a problem or illness was discussed.When parents of adult children had r... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816818 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:52:00 +0100 816818