geriatrics

“Where Are My Keys?” Understanding and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease in the 21st Century

The San Diego Psychiatric Society, in partnership with the San Diego County Medical Society and the UC San Diego School of Medicine, presented a panel on Feb. 25, 2010, titled: Understanding and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease in the 21st Century. The distinguished panel included Douglas R. Galasko, MD, Lisa Snyder, LCSW, John Daly, MD, and Dan Sewell, MD. Steven A. Ornish, MD, served as panel moderator.

Fall Prevention: Positively Impacting the Health and Quality of Life of Older Adult Patients

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least one in three adults age 65 and older falls each year, and three quarters of them will fall again within six months. Based on recent census estimates, this means that nearly 122,000 older San Diegans will fall this year. Not only will 91,000 of these older adults fall again, but between 24,000 and 35,000 will suffer injuries that will make it difficult to get around or to live alone. Without preventive interventions, these figures are expected to double by 2030 as the population increases and ages in the county.

Keeping Older Drivers Safe and Out of the News

Driver, 86, loses license after mistaking the gas pedal for the brake and runs over man in Costco parking lot.

74-year-old driver with health problems plows into an El Cajon Carl's Jr., killing a man inside.

CHP Officers spend 40 minutes pursuing elderly motorist from Encinitas to University City. Driver did not notice the six squad cars and police helicopter following him the entire way.

Successful Aging: Alive and Well in San Diego!

When we think about treating the rapidly growing population of seniors, the first thing that may come to mind is an increase in disease and disability — a tidal wave of dementia, hip fractures, and walkers. But at the UC San Diego’s Stein Institute for Research on Aging, we focus on what goes right in the aging process — the science of successful aging. We believe that how and why people age without significant impairments is as important as how and why they become ill.

May 2010 "San Diego Physician" • The Geriatric Tsunami

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Features SDCMS Medical Office Manager’s Bulletin Board “Where Are My Keys?” Understanding and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease in the 21st Century Steven A. Ornish, MD, and Andrea Ladmer A Hospice Caregiver, Daughter, and Physician: Lessons Learned (Written September 2009) Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, MD Fall Prevention: Positively Impacting the Health and Quality of Life of Older Adult Patients Eric McDonald, MD, and Kimberley Bell, DPT, MPT Keeping Older Drivers Safe and Out of the News Linda L. Hill, MD, MPH, and James S. Grisolía, MD Successful Aging: Alive and Well in San Diego! William Norcross, MD, and Dilip V. Jeste, MD Health Reform Timeline for 2010 Tom Gehring Illegal Trafficking of Prescription Drugs: More Akin to Assault or Attempted/Negligent Homicide Than Simple Theft Adam Frederic Dorin, MD, MBA Bioethics Case Study: A 28-year-old Woman Presents in Active Labor Lynette Cederquist, MD DynaMed Offers Free CME for Reading Its Weekly Update Project Access Reaches 100 Physician Volunteers! Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, MD