by Vladimire Herard | Mar 2, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Management
Pain Management Options Based on the category of illness and their stage level of sickness and their levels of pain, pain is usually caused by underlying inflammation and terminally ill patients will rely on a specific class of opiates and other pain relievers as part...
by Vladimire Herard | Mar 2, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Management
by Vladimire Herard Diagnosis type, treatment cessation, nutrition, religion and spirituality, sedation or pain relief administration, the choice to prolong or end life, symptom management and drugs, physician, family or friend support and the development of advance...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
SOURCES: Advocates for Fibromyalgia Funding, Treatment, Education and Research, http://www.affter.org American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, http://www.aaos.org American College of Rheumatology (ACR), http://www.rheumatology.org Arthritis Foundation,...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
Diagnoses, Testing, Treatment of Arthritis The diagnoses, testing and treatment of the different forms of arthritis vary. This includes degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, fibromyalgia, gout and back pain. Degenerative Joint Disease,...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
by Vladimire Herard Physical, message and alternative therapies, exercise, medical foods, nutrition, NSAIDs, DMARDs, corticosteroids, over-the-counter pain relievers, steroid injections, anti-pain creams, surgeries and medical devices are succeeding in treating senior...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 7, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
A separate 2002 study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition instructs osteoporosis patients to take calcium with phosphorus to ward off deficiency in the latter mineral. Researchers explain that patients suffering from osteoporosis ought to...