Topic: Susan Mitchell
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of elderly dementia patients has found that by 2050, between three and seven million may be hospitalized each year, up from just over one million a few years ago.That's worrisome both because the health ...
In older people, illnesses and injuries steeply increase the chances of developing new or worsening disability, and the Advanced Dementia Prognostic Tool (ADEPT), as a continuous measure, has a modest ability to identify nursing home residents with advanced dementia who are at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Advanced dementia is a terminal illness and should be viewed as such, researchers conclude in a report released Wednesday.Infections and eating problems are common and often herald the final states of life for these patients. Unfortunately, many ...
Nursing home residents with advanced dementia have a high mortality rate, and residents with end-stage renal disease who begin dialysis face a high risk of functional decline in the following year, according to two studies in the Oct. 15 New England Journal ...
Advanced dementia has often been treated as an amalgamation of symptoms in the aging, rather than a deadly illness in itself. "As the end of life approaches, the pattern in which patients with advanced dementia experience distressing symptoms is similar to patients ...
This finding not only points to a lack of knowledge about how dementia -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease -- can be a deadly illness, it suggests that deaths due to Alzheimer's and dementia may be severely underestimated, said report co-author Dr. ...
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A bite with Susan Mitchell - Maggie ...
Susan Mitchell interviews Australian fashion icon and TV presenter, Maggie ...2011-07-25 -
Episode 1: Living Well, Eating Well ...
Meet registered dietician and licensed nutritionist Dr. Susan Mitchell. In ...2011-05-11 -
Susan Mitchell
An award winning registered dietitian, Dr. Mitchell serves on the ...2007-12-20
