Geriatric Specialist Elizabeth Landsverk, MD Provides Guidance and Tips for Patients and Families About 10% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, by the age of 85 that has increased to 30-50%. As the population aged 65 and older continues...
Earlier this week, Dr. Nancy Hoffman, neuropsychologist and I (Geriatrician in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area) presented a talk about undue influence and how to address financial elder abuse. Today, I read that Sumner Redstone, 92, is ousting long time...
Dr. Louis M. Profeta, and emergency physician practicing in Indianapolis has written a compelling article “I Know You Love Me- Now Let Me Die” This is a great blog post about end of life. I totally agree that we have “medicalized” end of life—it gets death...
Thank you to Bruce Ackermann of Ackermann Money Management for the following financial alert:The 2015 Medicare open enrollment period runs from October 15 to December 7. It’s the time when Medicare recipients can comparison shop and make changes to their plans. It’s...
The care landscape is changing rapidly. For years, policymakers have been pointing out that we don’t have nearly adequate resources to care for our growing number of elderly. There aren’t enough geriatricians. There aren’t enough geriatric psychiatrists. There aren’t...
Perhaps this is top of mind because I just gave a talk on financial elder abuse for the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco: But where is the help for the victims and families of victims who’ve suffered financial elder abuse? There is far too little financial...
