Lorraine and Sunny Pinnock are worried about the well-being of an elderly woman after the province’s public trustee revoked their power of attorney rights.
Source:Couple concerned for well-being of elderly woman after public trustee revokes power of attorney
The elderly man became increasingly alarmed as the battles among his grown children grew acrimonious. His two daughters, worried that he wasn’t taking proper care of himself, wanted him to move to a retirement community. His three sons insisted he could …
Source:Professional mediators help resolve elder-care issues - San Jose Mercury News
Caring for elderly relatives while raising kids and working can make people depressed, exhausted and isolated if they lack support, a Massey University health psychology researcher says.
Source:Caring for elderly could lead to isolation - researcher
January 20, 2011 –
teAMs of matrons will be sent into hospitals to check the quality of elderly care.
Around 100 hospitals will be subject to the…
Source:Daily Mail (London, England), The - The Matron Hit Squads
Less red tape and more common sense is needed in caring for the elderly in Wales, a report from a group of organisations finds.
Thanks to Johann Hari (14 January) and to The Independent for headlining a shocking subject which merits much more front-page attention and constructive outrage than it usually gets. Every so often a burst of indignation pops up in the media but the indignation soon fizzles out.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jan 11;
Currow DC, Burns C, Agar M, Phillips J, McCaffrey N, Abernethy AP
CONTEXT: Health and social services rely heavily on family and friends for caregiving at the end of life. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with an unwillingness to take on the caregiving role again by interviewing former caregivers of palliative care patients. METHODS: The setting for this study was South Australia, with a population of 1.6 million people (7% of the Australian population) and used the South Australian Health Omnibus, an annual, face-to-face, cross-sectional, whole-of-population, multistage, systematic area sampling survey, which seeks a minimum of 3000 respondents each year statewide. One interview was conducted per household with the person over the age of 15 who most recently had a birthday. Using two years of data (n=8377; 65.4% participation rate), comparisons between those who definitely would care again and those who would not was undertaken. RESULTS: One in 10 people across the community provided hands-on care for someone close to them dying an expected death in the five years before being interviewed. One in 13 (7.4%) former caregivers indicated that they would not provide such care again irrespective of time since the person’s death and despite no reported differences identified in unmet needs between those who would and would not care again. A further one in six (16.5%) would only “probably care again.” The regression model identified that increasing age lessens the willingness to care again (odds ratio [OR] 3.94; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.56, 9.95) and so does lower levels of education (OR 0.413; 95% CI 0.18, 0.96) controlling for spousal relationship. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that assessment of willingness to care needs to be considered by clinical teams, especially in the elderly. Despite most active caregivers being willing to provide care again, a proportion would not.
Source:Palliative Caregivers Who Would Not Take on the Caring Role Again.
MANILA, PhilippinesA proposed law providing for mandatory family support for needy elderly members has been filed in Congress. House Bill 1514, or the Elderly Support Act of 2010 authored by Iloilo Representative Augusto Syjuco, seeks to put an end to the plight of abandoned elderly members of the community. Syjuco said the government must address the concerns of the growing elderly population …
An example was an elderly woman in a facility where hamburger sandwiches and salad with bread crumbs sprinkled on the top was the fare of the day. The woman had a swallowing problem, a definite concern for a proper digestion. Exercise means the right type …
Source:Five Ways to Determine Proper Nursing and Assisted Living Care - Associated Content
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An elderly woman who suffers from dementia was robbed by nurses caring for her in her home, according to police.
