Geriatrics for Patients, Caregivers and Health Care Professionals (Dr. Stall's Educational Web page)
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Geriatric Care Information Links

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by Robert S. Stall, MD, Internist/Geriatrician
[with my Grandma Elsie (1906 - 1983), Grandma Goldie (1909-1999), Grandpa Julius (1910-2000) & Grandpa Al (1900 - 1988)]

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Advance Directives | Ageism and Elder Abuse | Alternative/Integrative Medicine | Alzheimer's Disease
Caregiving | Driving | Falls | Geriatric Care | Inspirational/Humor | Medication Issues
Nursing Home Information | NYS Aging Resources | Pain | Privacy | Quality of Care

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Advance Directives


Compassion and Support At the End of Life

NYS Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
Overview

NYS Health Care Proxy
Overview | FAQ's | Form Instructions | OFFICIAL FORM

NYS Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate (Nonhospital DNR)
  Overview | OFFICIAL FORM

Physician's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Overview | SAMPLE FORM

Ageism & Elder Abuse
 


Ageism | Aging Quiz | Elder Abuse & Neglect

Alternative / Integrative Medicine
Buffalo Center for Integrative Medicine
 


Alzheimer's Disease
 


10 Warning Signs of Caregiver Stress | 10 Ways To Help An Alzheimer Family | Alzheimer's Association of WNY

Caregiving

 
5 C's of Comfort | Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire (AMA) | Caregiver Sourcebook
Caregiver's Handbook Web | Paper | Eldercare At Home | Family Caregiver Alliance
National Family Caregivers Association | Powerful Tools for Caregivers | Social Issues (Merck Manual of Geriatrics)
Today's Caregiver Magazine | Wendy Lustbader:  Books / Videos / Trainings on Elder Care | Yahoo - Caregiving

Driving


NYS Handicapped Parking Application Form | Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers

Falls


Falls and Hip Fractures Among Older Adults - NCIPC

Geriatric Care


Geriatric Medicine Syllabus 

Lecture Notes in Geriatrics by Hank Wieman, M.D.
"Geriatric Doctors Revive the House Call as a Tool of Their Trade"
(Washington Post article about Hank)



  Primer on Geriatrics

Inspirational / Humor


Lunch With GOD |Seniors Are the Nation's Leading Carriers of Aids | Supercentenarians

NPR
If I Live to Be 100 (book) | Living to Be 100 Years Old | One Hundred Years of Stories - Abraham Goldsteen
One Hundred Years of Stories - Louisiana Hines | The Secrets of America's Supercentenarians

With Age Comes Experience

Medication Issues


Medication Related Problems
(excellent overview from ASCP)

Nursing Homes
MyZiva.net - The Complete Nursing Home Guide | Non-Chew CookBook | Restraint-Free Environment

Innovative Facilities / Organizations
Beechwood Residence | Eden Alternative | Fairport Baptist Home | Leelenau Memorial Health Care Center
Live Oak Living Center and the Regenerative Community | Meadowlark Hills | Pioneer Network
Regenerative Communities | Wellspring | Wellspring - Tudor Oaks Retirement Community
 


NYS Aging Resources
 


Pain
AMDA - Chronic Pain & Pain Management | American Academy of Pain Management | American Pain Foundation
American Pain Society | Challenges in Pain Management at the End of Life, American Family Physician, 10/1/2001
Pain (from the online Merck Manual of Geriatrics) | Pain.com
Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center | Partners Against Pain | StopPain.org
Privacy
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (from US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - CMS)

  Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) - HIPAA Information

 

Quality of Care


Demanding Medical Excellence : Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age by Michael L. Millenson, Economist
Interview with Mike



To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (by the Institute of Medicine)
 

Thanks for your interest!

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What Should You Expect At Your Age?  A Lot!
 
Office Address:  350 Greenhaven Terrace, Tonawanda, NY  14150
Phone: 716-213-4345   FAX: 888-387-1238   E-mail:
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A Grassroots Geriatrics Web Page
Last update July 12, 2008