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An elderly couple near Ferndale, Washington may have given into the stressors of financial struggles from looming healthcare bills. An article published on wtap, an NBC affiliate, reported that dispatchers received a call on the morning of August 7th...

We do not need to raise our volume and use a higher pitched voice when dealing with elderly confused patients. All it does is make things worse. Their brains are not going to suddenly understand if only we speak louder and louder and higher and highe...

As we age, most of us experience cognitive and physical losses. This could include chronic health issues that impede our ability to complete everyday tasks, or ones due to sensory issues with hearing, speech, or mobility. As nurses, we're often asses...

The percentage of adults over age 65 in the United States is now more than 16% of the population. Because this age group tends to have more comorbid and chronic conditions, they are twice as likely to be hospitalized as compared to people under the a...

Presentation Isabella Hill*, an 89-year-old African American female, is brought into the emergency department late one evening by her worried middle-aged daughter. Present History The daughter is very concerned about her mother's increas...