Knowing What It Takes

  A gerontologist is generally someone who does research in the area             of  aging.  Because aging  can be defined broadly  and everybody ages differently.  Researchers  from  a wide range of  fields – help  the aging       age – some aren’t physicians.  Such as psychologist, biologist and with    some  instances economist  who tell people  when to retire.  As with the Talmidic scholar Ben Azai said. “every man has his time.”

    For those whom have great emotional support or regularly attend religious services  at least once a week  and have better survival rates.          In some studies,  those who lack community  and social ties were more   likely to die earlier in life  than those whom do have those connections.     Also outlook plays  an important aspect, as well as,  denying your age       and seeing yourself  healthy is key to success.

  With your relationship with your doctor an added dimension as well.        Its important  to not allow your doctor  to treat you  in a colloquialisms patronizing manner  while  enjoying a visit.  A  physician  should  never ignore, interrupt or be dismissive of  your complaints, thereby, being to quick to refer test or prescribe a pill.  Thereby, before entering into their office be prepared  to organize your thoughts  and  articulate your chief complaint.

     Prioritize your complaints, list the events leading to your event and    bring a list of  your medications.  Also be specific, be transparent, don’t allow them to talk down to you. Also never assume your medical record   will  travel  from  your  physician  to a specialist  and back again. While having your doctor make the time to go over it with you to make sure it     has been communicated correctly. 

    Miscommunication (or non communication) happens all the time and          it is your responsibility  to make sure your doctors are on the same page. The King of Care Transition is Eric Coleman at the University of Colorado. He has studied  the  myriad of  medical errors,  dissecting how – why older  people get into trouble when they move  facility to facility or providers.

   With most of  his work being supported by John A. Hartford Foundation,  and  his  discovery  that the risk of  care transition can  often be prevented. In a related study,  medication discrepancies where three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within a month. With your doctor unaware 62 percent of  the time of  changes… the patient gets  tied up in the mix up.

    Being this is a  fact: its always important to know much to do about the  it’s nothing. The American Federation  for Aging Research (AFAR), and on its  fabulous  site http://infoonaging.org/  has a huge archives of  evidence based answers to questions  about treatments of  which both naturally and conventional.  Also websites like Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com   and PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed  are vital resources.

   While details to navigate the websites are sketchy and also complicated. Excellent  tutorials   http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar.about.html  for Google Scholar and www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed tutorials  for  PubMed can be  found. Getting a hold of the articles on a subject of  interest is just a  first step in your healing process.

   Its idea to know  quick references of  Medicare  and Medicare  which can   be  found at Kaiser Family Foundation  website www.kff.org/medicaid and www.kff.org/medicare or www.medicare.gov and www.medicaid.gov If it’s Eldercare  http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Index.aspx are great resources.  While its important  to  note some supplements ( folic acid, vitamin A can be detrimental, thereby, gaining it through beta carotene and folate in your diet …makes it wise to do your own research?  
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