It was recently announced by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University that mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be protected from the disease with pharmacological “chaperone therapy”. Alzheimer’s is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that currently has no cure. Abnormal clumps (amyloid-beta plaques) and tangled fiber bundles (neurofibrillary or tau tangles) […]
We live in a dangerous world. It is a big responsibility to care for another person, and even when things are going well, it can be stressful. A crisis, such as illness, trauma, natural disaster, or any other unexpected adverse event, will make that stress skyrocket. Thinking and adapting are hard when stressed, so disaster […]
According to some sources, long-term care facilities are underfunded by the government. They lack the resources to do proper inspections of residential health facilities. You may have seen the rating system provided by the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS awards stars to healthcare facilities on “Care Compare.” The stars are there to […]
There are many legal issues affecting older or disabled individuals that fall under elder law. Attorneys who practice elder law advocate for and create legal plans to assist seniors, and their loved ones, in living better lives. Elder law may include planning for retirement, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, long-term care planning, estate planning, guardianships, […]