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The Elderly and Prescribed Medication

Approx 80% of seniors take one prescription medication. And about 45% of seniors take three or more prescription medications.

The Elderly appear to be thinner. But they retain more body fat and have less lean muscle mass than they did when they were younger. This affects medications that are stored in the body’s fat.
  Elderly people will retain these medications longer and thus prolong the actions of the drug.
There is a decrease in the percentage of body weight made up of water. With a decreased percentage of water, some medications have increase concentration.

 Liver and kidney functions declines with age. The liver’s function is to breakdown the medication. The kidney’s function is to eliminate excess medication from your body.
 When these functions decreases,and work less efficiently medications can  build to toxic levels.

When you receive a new prescription for a medication you should ask questions of both your physician and your pharmacist until you know:
• What the name of the medication is
• What the medication is for and why you are taking it
• When to take the medicine.
If you still do not understand your new medication, continue to ask questions. Do NOT give up until you understand. ). Do not be afraid to be a pest. Ask and ask again until you understand your medications ( This is true of your current medications also.

It is your body !! You know it better than anyone !! So it is up to you to understand what medications can do to harm you as well as what they should do to assist with whatever they have been prescribed for.

As you get elderly this gets more impotant

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All he wants to use it for is getting online, surfing the net, and doing e-mail. He doesn’t want a used one or refurbished one. But, neither does he need all the bells and whistles. He doesn’t have room for a desktop.
well in micro center i saw a laptop that was small but used only linux, and hope he does not care that there is no CD drive dose he? computer cost $298

 

 


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83% of seniors take one prescription medication. And 50% of seniors take three or more prescription medications.
Changes related to medication and age:
There is an increase in percentage of body weight that is fat. Seniors appear to be thinner. But they retain more body fat and have less lean muscle mass than they did when they were younger. This affects medications that are stored in the body’s fat. Seniors will retain these medications longer and thus prolong the actions of the drug.
There is a decrease in the percentage of body weight made up of water. With a decreased percentage of water, some medications become more concentrated.
Both liver and kidney function declines with age. The liver’s function is to breakdown (metabolize) the medication. And the kidney’s function is to eliminate excess medication from your body. When their function decreases, they work less efficiently to eliminate the medication from the body. This allows some medications to build to toxic levels.
What to do with a new prescription
If you receive a new prescription for a medication make sure to ask questions of both your physician and your pharmacist until you know:
• What the name of the medication is
• What the medication is for and why you are taking it
• When to take the medicine.
If you still do not understand your new medication, continue to ask questions. Do NOT give up until you understand. (As a nurse I have seen numerous patients admitted to the hospital because they took their medications incorrectly. On one occasion, I know one patient died because of his lack of understanding of his new prescription). Do not be afraid to be a pest. Ask and ask again until you understand your medications (and this is true of your current medications as well. You do not have to wait for a new prescription to gain understanding of your medications.)
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I have to write a few paragraphs on the elderly perspective of exercise and nutrition, but can’t really find any information online. So i need help, does anyone know any answers with sources?

I would check out the Health section at AARP. AARP is the American Association of Retired Persons and has a very large membership base.



My mother is 86 and I was advised by a friend that several elderly patients at the Nursing Home where she worked, was taking Lyrica and required not assistance with walking, but after taking Lyrica for a month or more became inmobile and unable to walk. I’m curious, because, we just put my Mom in a nursing home because she got to where she could not use her legs.

Lyrica Can cause weakness in the lower extremities . This has been touted as the miracle drug but I find that it’s very debilitating for the elderly. If your mother is already experiencing problems with her legs, this medication is not going to improve that condition. Talk to the doctors about using something different that has less side effects.



My mom-in-law heard of a grant helping home owners make additions to their homes for their elderly parents. She just doesn’t know which company/group provides this grant. Can anyone point my mom-in-law in the correct direction?

She should check with her county offices. Yes, there are some counties that offer this. My sister’s county does. However, the grant only covers handicapped accessible stuff – you have to provide proof that you have a loan that will cover the rest of the building plan. IF you county has such a program, they will tell you what you need to do. Her grant will cover the cost of all the fixtures, sink, shower stall OR tub (not both), toilet, lighting and special no-slip tile. It will not cover the rebuilding of the room itself or extras like towel holders or vanities.

Also, Habitat for Humanity had some thing going, but I believe this is only available in rural areas. I can’t remember the details.



I have over 30 years of experience working with home health, I had my own home assistance business for 10 years, Iam very good at what I do, I don’t want to sit at home in a rocking chair just because iam a senior now, I can add living space on to my home to house elderly persons to provide safe,comfortable living condition, and at the same time provide employment for others.

It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK – lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants — all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same – hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html…

"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT – Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women’s Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women’s business center that will train women entrepreneurs

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center’s Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It’s a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don’t have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.

http://www.cfda.gov
http://www.grants.gov
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm
http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html



He will be having day surgery, I will pick him up, then take him again the next day for a checkup.
I don’t know him well, he lives near my job, really nice man, is havign catarac surgery. He offered to pay me. Just one night and two trips to the doctor….

why are you charging him ,,,????